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 – 21 April 2025
Labour Day – 1 May
Victory in 1945 – 8 May
Ascension Thursday – 29 May 2025
Whit Monday – 9 june 2025
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 informationExhibitions, festivals, visits, and cruises
Labour 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.
8th May weekend
Some sites will be exceptionally closed on 8th May
Machines de l’île
Memorial to the abolition of slavery
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Planétarium
Jules Verne Museum
Dobrée Museum
Tour LU
Musée Naval Maillé Brézé
Cruise on the Erdre River
Petits voyages extraordinaires Mini-golf
Tourist Train tour
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
Estuaire Nantes <> Saint-Nazaire
The journey in the Vineyards
Exhibitions, festivals, visits, and cruises
Ascension Thursday – 14 May 2026
Château des ducs de Bretagne – Musée d’histoire de Nantes
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Jules Verne Museum
Planétarium
Dobrée Museum
Musée-atelier de l’imprimerie de Nantes
Musée Naval Maillé Brézé
Cruise Estuaire Nantes Saint-Nazaire
Cruise on the Erdre River
Cruise on the Loire with Le Papillon Bleu
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
Détours de Loire Bike rental
Exhibitions, festivals, visits, and cruises
Monday 25 May 2026
Monday 25 My 2026 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
Memorial to the abolition of slavery
Musée d’arts de Nantes
Jules Verne Museum
Planétarium
Musée Naval Maillé Brézé
Cruise on the Erdre River
Tourist Train tour
Détours de Loire Bike rental
Ruban vert – nautical activities
Floating – nautical activities
Estuaire Nantes <> Saint-Nazaire
Tourist Train tour
Petits voyages extraordinaires Mini-golf
Exhibitions, festivals, visits, and cruises
1st November 2025
1st November 2025 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 2025
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 4-6 April 2026
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).