In January, Feluka's planner fills 2 full days in Nantes, fitting each place around its listed opening hours and visit length. Here is that plan, day by day, in the order the planner visits them.
The opening hours behind this plan come from each place’s listing and are unverified; they may have changed, so check before you go.
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Day 1: Malakoff and Saint-Donatien, City centre
Jardin des Plantes
about 60 min
A 7-hectare botanical garden in the city centre with 600 camellia varieties, a palm greenhouse and dwarf goats; free, open to 9:30 pm.
What to do there
Walk among 600 camellia varieties
Step into the palm greenhouse without a ticket
See the Hectot magnolia, over 200 years old
Stroke the dwarf goats in the morning
Find the play installations from Claude Ponti books
Malakoff and Saint-DonatienRue Stanislas Baudry, 44000 NantesBest: morning, late morning, afternoon, golden hourWebsite ›On the map ›Something wrong?
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Nantes Museum of Arts
about 90 min
A fine-art museum of French and European art from the 13th century to today; free on the first Sunday and late on Thursdays.
What to do there
See French and European art from the 13th century on
A carousel nearly 25 m high of three stacked rides, with 36 moving sea creatures that visitors operate, beside the Machines.
What to do there
Operate a sea creature on one of three levels
Board the giant crab or the squid
Île de NantesParc des Chantiers, 2 Bd Léon Bureau, 44200 NantesBest: morning, late morning, afternoon, golden hourWebsite ›On the map ›Something wrong?
Les Machines de l'Île
about 120 min
An artistic park attraction with a giant mechanical elephant and heron, inspired by Jules Verne and Leonardo da Vinci, on the Île de Nantes.
Hours unverified: they come from its listing and may have changed.
Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery
about 40 min
A free 7,000 m2 promenade on the Loire quay with 2,000 glass plaques, dedicated to abolitionists and victims of the Atlantic slave trade.
What to do there
Walk the Loire quay among 2,000 glass plaques
Follow the meditative passage under the quays
Walk here from the history museum at the castle
City centrePasserelle Victor-Schoelcher, Quai de la Fosse, 44000 NantesBest: morning, late morning, afternoon, golden hourWebsite ›On the map ›Something wrong?
Dobrée Museum
about 75 min
A museum of Thomas Dobrée's collection of art, books and coins in a 19th-century palace in the Graslin quarter.
What to do there
See Thomas Dobrée's collection of art, books and coins