“ Choosing the little platters, putting them in the big ones, spicing up the flavors, savouring the colors, enjoying with the eyes, putting a pinch of heart, delighting your taste buds, making the gourmets melt”

Lollipops, candies, toffees, chocolates… La Gourmandise XXL awakens your senses from your pupils to your taste buds! Succumb to the temptation of a sweet moment of pleasure with candies in a singular scenery, which was once Louis XIV ‘s law court.

With its acidulous colors you will follow the road of LU and M.Louis Lefévre-Utile who thought that “ To stir greed up there is nothing like delighting the eyes”

From the famous “ Biscuiterie Nantaise” and its snacks to the “ Rigolette” of Charles Bohu, via Mrs Couët’s “ Berlingot”, you will be delighted to discover a confectioners land, a tradition which was born in the heart of Nantes’s history which was once a sugar port during the XVII century .

Come and taste the delicate flavors of Nantes.

Leave the nest and live some amazing moments of the expedition 5 weeks in a Balloon, Jules Verne’s famous novel published in 1863.

 Doctor Samuel Fergusson, Joseph Wilson or Richard “Dick” Kennedy… As those heroes of the novel, come aboard a lovely conciergerie whose scenery will allow you to get some fresh air.

 Take off and go and dream in a suspended bed installed in the Victoria gondola, the audacious hydrogen-inflated balloon.

 A calm atmosphere after the tempest, that is what that “nantaise” experience will allow you to find again, whether you stay there for a long or a short time. 

« I grew up in the sea movement of a great commerce city, the starting and arrival place of many long travels. »

Extracted from « Les Cahiers du Musée Jules Verne, N°10.

 Come along side the legendary « Quai de la Fosse » and enter the Durbé hotel, a luxurious house once owned by a ship manager of the XVIIIth century, which now conceals the memories of Jules Verne’s Extraordinary Travels.

 The mission : a real trip in the heart of Jules Verne’s imaginary worlds

The rocket launching spot : Nantes

The astronomers : the most curious minds

Departure time : as soon as you have reserved

 Are you ready to go on board inside Jules Verne’s visionary world ? Then, get ready for an unusual and unique experience.

La Nuit - Jules Verne

 In “La Nuit” you may lay down with the gentle rocking of a poetry.

Let the rhymes of the writer call you, the moment of a verse.

 Your pause becomes prose. Alexandrine, acrostic or sonnet, the town’s musicality is “re-creative”. Take your quill and note your memories down, comfortably settling at the imposing desk of that romantic suite. And then, with your words, continue the story written by the previous travellers who, just like you, lived that experience.

 Which meaning will you give to that fable of Nantes’s ?

 Looking forward to reading your words …

Captain Nemo hides many secrets and proposes you to land on that particular island.

The main characters: the city and you.

The setting: Nature. 

Let’s dream that in the middle of the verdant living room stands a tree. Now follow the branches to discover one of the bedrooms with a nest bed ! As a bird nesting there, the traveler will fall asleep at twilight rocked by the sweet light of the moon.

At the crowing of the cock, you will migrate to the « Machines de l’île » to cluster on the branch a prototype of the « Arbre aux Hérons » unless the wind lead you seaward. 

 Nantes will take under its wings all the passengers for a poetic takeoff./ Nantes will know how to take you under its wings for a poetic flight. 

Moored at Quai Henri Barbusse , our ancient river boat from the 1930s welcomes you in the very heart of Nantes for a little trip along the Erdre river.

 A real flying bubble, this unusual and unexpected place is open to the outside with its large windows, which will offer you a singular view on the city and the river.