Business Class Flights to Nantes, France

Flights to Nantes, France, arrive at Nantes Atlantique International Airport (NTE), located in the Nantes suburb of Bouguenais, about five miles from the Nantes’ city center. The airport handles about 7.3 million passengers each year, many of whom are business travelers who fly to Nantes for work. The airport is a hub for low-cost airlines easyJet and Volotea, making cheap flights to Nantes available to travelers who are on a budget.

Because it is a major business center, direct flights to Nantes are available from a number of cities in Europe, North Africa, and North America year-round. These include London, Madrid, Algiers, Rome, Athens, Lisbon, Prague, and Venice, among others. Some flights to Nantes are seasonal, operating only during the summer tourist season when tourists fly to Nantes to visit its surrounding beaches and coastal villages.

Tourists who come to the city will find a number of things to do and see in Nantes. The city is home to several museums. The Fine Arts Museum, which is the city’s largest museum, has an extensive collection of works by Italian Renaissance, contemporary, and Dutch Baroque artists.

The Nantes Cathedral (also known as the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul) is a destination worth visiting. It took over 450 years to build this cathedral, from the early-to-mid 1400s to the late 1800s. Today, it’s a historical monument known for its Gothic architecture and beautiful stained glass windows.

The Botanical Garden of Nantes is also another beautiful site to take in. The outdoor sections of the garden are free to the public, but the indoor greenhouses require admission. Visitors can take in the beautiful landscaping and designs, as well as its over 11,000 species of plants.

Nantes is also home to plenty of theaters and other performing arts venues.

The city also hosts many annual festivals that draw thousands of people to Nantes each year. These include the La Folle Journée classical music festival, held in the winter. Since 1979, the Three Continents Film Festival, which features films from lesser-known filmmakers in Asia, Africa, and South America, has been held in the city. Other smaller city festivals include the Scopitone digital art festival and the Utopiales international science fiction festival.

Notable people from Nantes include 19th-century novelist and writer Jules Verne, author of Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days; writer André Breton, founder of the surrealist arts movement in the early 20th century; French New Wave film director Jacques Demy; and former French prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aristide Briand.