Hangar à Bananes

Nantes


This former banana-ripening warehouse on Île de Nantes is home today to a line-up of trendy restaurants, bars and clubs, each hipper than the next. Pavement terraces lounge by the water's edge and are particularly atmospheric after dark when Daniel Buren's riverside rings glow a rainbow of bright colours.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Nantes attractions

1. Musée Jules Verne

0.21 MILES

Overlooking the river, this is a magical museum with 1st-edition books, hand-edited manuscripts and cardboard theatre cut-outs. Child-friendly interactive…

2. Le Cale 2 Créateurs

0.38 MILES

Edgy temporary art exhibitions, events and happenings fill this old industrial slipway, shaped like a wedge of cheese at the foot of Île de Nantes'…

3. Les Machines de l’Île de Nantes

0.53 MILES

Nantes' quirkiest sight is this fantasy world – a serious and seriously wacky workshop with mechanical contraptions galore displayed in plant-filled…

5. Musée d’Histoire Naturelle

0.91 MILES

Nantes' Natural History Museum has a fascinating collection of minerals, fossils, stuffed animals and an impressive whale skeleton. There are frequent…

6. Château des Ducs de Bretagne

1.54 MILES

Forget fusty furnishings – light-filled rooms inside the Castle of the Dukes of Brittany house multimedia-rich exhibits detailing the city's history. Look…

7. Cathédrale St-Pierre et St-Paul

1.63 MILES

Inside Nantes' Flamboyant Gothic cathedral, the tomb of François II (r 1458–88), Duke of Brittany, and of his second wife, Marguerite de Foix, is a…

8. Musée d’Arts de Nantes

1.78 MILES

A six-year renovation job by London architects Stanton Williams has done wonders for Nantes’ art museum, open again since 2017 inside the historic Palais…