Staying in Nantes for a public holiday or making a special trip?
If you want to know what’s open or closed, you’ve come to the right place!
Public holidays in France
New Year’s Day – 1 January
Easter Monday – 1 April 2024
Labour Day – 1 May
Victory in 1945 – 8 May
Ascension Thursday – 9 May 2024
Whit Monday – 20 May 2024
Bastille Day – 14 July
Assumption Day – 15 August
All Saints’ Day – 1 November
Armistice Day – 11 November
Christmas – 25 December
Follow the Green Line all year round!
Most of the stages of the Voyage à Nantes are accessible 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Further informationLabour day – May 1st
On Labour Day, most of the visitor sites are closed.
This is the only day of the year when public transport is not in operation.
Wednesday 8th May 2024 and Thursday 9 May 2024
Some sites will be exceptionally closed on Wednesday and Thursday.
Machines de l’île
Pierrick Sorin. Faire bonne(s) figure(s)
Please touch! Art and matter
Memorial to the abolition of slavery
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Planétarium
Tour LU
Musée Naval Maillé Brézé
Cruise on the Erdre River
La Toue de Nantes
Bateau Ouch
Cruise on the Loire river
Tourist Train tour
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
La Cantine du Voyage
Station Nuage
La Sablière
Mauves Balnéaire
Monday 20th May 2024
Monday 20th May 2024 is a public holiday, an opportunity to take a 3-day break in Nantes and discover the whole range of permanent travel.
Some sites will be exceptionally closed on Thursday: the Museum of Printing and the Chronographe.
Machines de l’île
Pierrick Sorin. Faire bonne(s) figure(s)
Please touch! Art and matter
Memorial to the abolition of slavery
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle
Jules Verne Museum
Planétarium
Tour LU
Musée Naval Maillé Brézé
Cruise Estuaire Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Cruise on the Erdre River
La Toue de Nantes
Tourist Train tour
Détours de Loire Bike rental
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
La Cantine du Voyage
Station Nuage
La Sablière
Mauves Balnéaire
Estuaire Nantes <> Saint-Nazaire
1st November 2024
1st November 2024 is a public holiday, an opportunity to a stay in Nantes and to discover the whole range of permanent travel offers.
Our Pass Nantes sites and partners below are open on 1 November
11th November 2024
3 days to explore Nantes!
Our Pass Nantes sites and partners below are open on 11 November
25th December and 1stJanuary
To celebrate the year-end holidays, Le Voyage à Nantes is offering a Voyage… in winter! In keeping with the Voyage Permanent and the yearly summer festival, the city is once again interpreted through the singular and sensorial lens of different artists.
See moreEaster weekend
This first public holiday of the year is an opportunity to spend 3 days in Nantes and to discover the whole range of the permanent tour.
(Some sites are closed on Mondays: the printing museum, the Nantes history museum and the Chronographe).
Please touch! Art and matter
Memorial to the abolition of slavery
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle
Jules Verne Museum
Planétarium
Cruise on the Erdre River
La Toue de Nantes
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
Estuaire Nantes <> Saint-Nazaire
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