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Full of fabulous features, fantastic photos - inspiring, entertaining and informative. Culture and history, destination guides including Paris, Brittany, Toulouse, Troyes, Alsace-Lorraine, Champagne and more. Discover brilliant city, country, seaside and gourmet breaks. Truly scrumptious recipes to make at home. And much, much more. Bringing France to you - wherever you are.
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Place Stainslas golden gate<br />
Always an artistic town, Nancy didn’t stop<br />
evolving after the Art Nouveau movement,<br />
and it has become a hub of innovative street<br />
art. From intricately-carved drain covers to<br />
sculptures made from park benches, it’s an<br />
open-air art scene which goes far beyond<br />
murals and graffiti. To make sure you don’t miss<br />
any of it, book onto a street art tour. To stay on<br />
theme, eat at Brasserie Excelsior in the evening,<br />
an Art Nouveau bistro with a classic menu and<br />
a painted ceiling worthy of a chapel.<br />
© Nancy Thermal<br />
visites.nancy-tourisme.fr<br />
48h<br />
24h<br />
72h<br />
Some like it hot – day 3<br />
Begin the day with a stroll in one of Nancy’s<br />
immense urban parks. Jardin Pépinière has Art<br />
Nouveau pavilions, and resident peacocks and<br />
monkeys. It’s worth leaving the city centre to<br />
visit the botanical garden, Jean-Marie Pelt, on<br />
the city’s periphery, which has everything from<br />
alpine to tropical plants.<br />
It would be a sacrilege to leave Lorraine<br />
without trying their famous quiche, and the<br />
best in town is at Le Potager.<br />
After all the sightseeing, enjoy a relaxing<br />
trip to Nancy Thermal. This thermal spa<br />
first opened at the beginning of the 20th<br />
century, but by the 1930s it had already been<br />
abandoned. It took almost a century for the<br />
spa to bounce back, and in the spring of<br />
2023, a 20,000m 2<br />
complex was unveiled.<br />
There’s the original round swimming pool<br />
under the dome, surrounded by pillars and<br />
looking rather like a Roman bath, outdoor<br />
heated Nordic pools, hammams, waterfalls,<br />
saunas, jacuzzis and a solarium, and all the<br />
water comes directly from the naturally<br />
thermal springs below Nancy.<br />
Top tip: Pop to the tourist office to buy a City<br />
Pass for 1, 2 or 3 days – it includes entrance to<br />
all museums and monuments in the Greater<br />
Nancy area, guided tour of the city and audio<br />
guide, travel on the public transport network,<br />
city guide, ride on the little tourist train plus<br />
special offers and discounts in numerous shops<br />
and activities.<br />
Find all the details for what to see and do in<br />
Nancy at: Nancy-Tourism.fr/en<br />
Information and booking<br />
on nancy-tourisme.fr/en<br />
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