Route: Place Saint-Pierre to Place Royale through the medieval quarter, seven tastings of regional products along the way
Tip: Roughly thirty minutes of the ninety is spent walking, so the pace suits a morning before lunch rather than a full day out.
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Nantes sensorielle is the long Les Épicuriens food tour of Nantes, five hours and fourteen tastings from a fine grocer to a chocolate maker.
Tip: About an hour and a half of the five is walking, so this is the version to book when you want the day itself to be the outing.
Do Eat Better runs its Galette and Muscadet tour of Nantes from Place Graslin, three and a half hours of buckwheat, seafood and fondant baulois.
Tip: Departures are at 10:30 from Tuesday to Saturday, so it doubles as lunch; the meeting point is the fountain, not the opera steps.
Erdre
Bateaux Nantais sails the Erdre out of the Gare fluviale in Nantes at 12:30, a two-and-a-half-hour lunch cruise past the river's châteaux and folies.
Tip: Boarding closes at 11:45 and the boat is back on the quay by 15:00; the spring and summer menus run from 3 April to 29 September.
Erdre
The Bateaux Nantais dinner cruise leaves the Quai de la Motte Rouge in Nantes at 20:30 and works the Erdre and its châteaux for two and a half hours.
Tip: Boarding is at 19:45 and the boat returns at 23:00; weekday seats cost less than weekend ones on all three menu tiers.
Bike'N Tour rides electric bikes out of Place Tour de Bretagne in Nantes for three and a half hours, with three wine tastings and local cheese.
Tip: Riders must be at least fourteen and 1.5 m tall; the season runs Tuesday to Sunday from April to October and daily in July and August.
La Muscadet Experience runs two hours at La Muscadetterie in Nantes, sensory stations on soil and aroma before a tasting of five Muscadet cuvées.
Tip: The tasting closes with two classic Muscadets, two geographical-designation wines and one cuvée of your own choosing.
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