From June 15, 2012 It is possible to live in the monumental city of Nantes with an amazing artistic and cultural proposal: The Journey to Nantes (le voyage à Nantes). It is an event that calls for the city to transform itself and get visitors to participate in a great festival. To enjoy it you have to make a perfectly marked route of 8.5 kilometers. In the images you can see the place Royale in which the fountain has been covered in a structure to perform climbing and exploration tasks. The area is shown as I saw it at the time of construction and as expected for the inauguration (in the guide). I love it as an option for children to start trying it.
The trip to Nantes is a great cultural commitment of the mayor of Nantes, currently Prime Minister of France, which turns the city into the support of the exhibition. And everyone can participate, from the shops of the merchants that include works of art inside, to the streets where you can enjoy a lot of family spaces.
The trip to Nantes is a illusion to get carried away and discover a path in which you can see works made by contemporary artists. During the visit I was able to make to Nantes I could enjoy beautiful views of the city, unknown treasures, history, walls, beautiful views from the estuary that apparently look more at sunset and some places, those of the island of Nantes, fascinating. Some spaces of modern architecture, respectful, beautiful and a recovery of old spaces that look especially in the part of the Island of the Machines of which I will speak soon.
I loved the city power with contrasts between the classic and the modern. Although my tastes tend to choose history, I have to recognize that I increasingly like modern architecture that seeks sustainability, a passion for durability, surprising materials and a taste for novel forms. And in Nantes you can share that variety with very smooth transitions.
You can clearly see a more modern and industrial area of the nineteenth century that has become a space of daring shops, the very old area, the cathedral and the walls of the fifteenth century, where there are very specialized shops. And the contrasts that as we have commented come from the island that is accessed by crossing the beautiful and mighty Loire that runs through Nantes perfectly channeled.
I recommend live the 30 stages of the journey that goes from east to west and that they are united by a curious spirit that children will live while they learn culture, history and a lot of imagination from contemporary artists.
Important note: I have been invited to Nantes by West France that promotes three regions of western France (Poitou-Charentes, Pays de la Loire and Brittany) in Spain.
