The most beautiful parks and gardens Loire-Atlantique

Opened on the northern square of the train station, this Jardin des Plantes delights the people of Nantes and travelers in transit. With its 7 hectares of greenery, it is one of the four major botanical gardens in France, with 10,000 living species, 800 m² of greenhouses, more than 50,000 flowers planted each season and its collection of camellias, the emblematic flower of Nantes. Some trees, like the old magnolia, have been there since the early 19th century! Children and adults alike love the aviary and the dwarf goats, as well as the playgrounds.

You will find a breathtaking view of the peninsula at the price of a slight whirling. In this recently renovated garden, close to the train station, a snail's road leads to a butte, especially from the ballast of ships that are supplied with Guérande salt. On Mont Esprit, observe 360 ° from right to left Batz-sur-Mer and its tower Saint-Guénolé, Le Pouliguen, La Baule, Guérande and its collegiate, La Turballe and Pen Bron before you look at the port of Du and the rest of the commune.

The esplanade du Mindin is the main esplanade of Saint-Brévin, which is home to an outstanding guest: the impressive sea snake, a work from the 2012 Estuaire exhibition. The walk along the sea is particularly pleasant and allows you to breathe the sea air while admiring the bridge and the Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The landscaped garden, renamed Parc du Littoral, will delight botany lovers. There are coastal plants, such as the sea cail, and deep-rooted plants planted to stabilize and protect the dune barrier. Several playgrounds are available for children.

This former Benedictine convent was bought in the Italian style by Jacques-Charles Valentin in the early th century. Access is made by the park which borders the Monk. A place for walks, with the Garenne Lemot, is the other bucolic park of Clisson to discover. It was Lemot who helped her friend on this site. All Garenne Valentin is attached to the Church of the Trinity. It is made from the remains of the old convent cloister, Belvedere and three bodies of hosts. The landscaped park has a monumental factory called the «rock pavilion» built on a granite rock dominating the Monk, on the foundations of the old convent latrines. It was built in 1819 and restored in 2003.

It is a pleasure to walk in this 76-hectare park with its undergrowth, a 17th century castle and its ponds. In the 19th century, many trees and plants were planted there thanks to the shoots brought back from across the Atlantic by the sailors. Some of these rare species are still the curiosity of passers-by. In 1973, the City of Saint-Herblain acquired the site and opened it to the public, while also welcoming lay associations and a theatrical nursery. From the undergrowth, you arrive at the edge of the ponds where a few fishermen cast their lines, then you walk along the lawns lined with hundred-year-old trees, before passing under the porch of the castle. A good breath of fresh air!