Car Rental Nantes Airport Brittany

Nantes is a relatively large city in the West of France with more than half a million inhabitants in its metropolitan area to an area of approximately 65 square kilometres. Thus, it is the sixth largest city in the country. The city of Nantes is primarily characterised by the picturesque Loire on its North side is a large part of the town. The climate is however significantly of the 55 kilometers away Atlantic.

Settled the region around Nantes has 900-600 BC and settled here, the first Celts to 500. In the course of its history, the city was ruled by different rulers until she benefited due to its strategic location of the slave trade in the 18th century and came to recovery and prosperity. A renewed review experienced Nantes by the decline of the shipyards in the 80's, but at an early stage the city fathers put on structural change and established the city by hosting large festivals, such as, for example, the classical music festival, La Folle Journée, the end of January place is.

Des Ducs de Bretagne, is worth seeing in Nantes in the Chateau in particular meaning Castle of the Dukes of Brittany, which opened in 2007 after 15 years of restoration work. The picturesque castle dates from the 15th century and is surrounded by a 500 metre-long wall. Architectural elements of the Gothic and Renaissance unite here. Sensationally, the architectural masterpiece in the dark shines when the sophisticated lighting design by Pierre Nègre and Sylvia victory appears the whole Castle in a mysterious glow.

Nantes is ideal to explore with a rental car, as well worth a detour on the Atlantic coast.

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