3,500 sq m of the former submarine base are now given over to an exhibition devoted to the legendary age of transatlantic liners including vessels such as the Île de France (1927), Normandie (1927) and France (1962). The tour is designed like a cruis..

The panoramic terraces built on the roof of the submarine base offer some of the finest views of the port of Saint Nazaire, one of the largest in Europe.

The Atlantic shipyards were born from the merger of the shipyards of the Loire and of Penhoet. After some years of stagnation, the orders flowed back and Saint-Nazaire has found its smile again.

3,356 m long, this bridge over the Loire, crosses it at a height of 61 m over the water. It provides access to the Vendée and the Charente.

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Built in 1957 at the Augustin-Normand dockyard in Le Havre, the Espadon (Swordfish) was the first French submarine to navigate beneath the polar ice. A tour of its narrow passageways provides an insight into the underwater world of the 70 sailors who..

The history of Saint-Nazaire’s port began in 1856 with Nantes’ outer harbour, which has since developed into a major port covering an area of 20 000ha between the two towns. In the 1990s, a project involving the reclamation of wasteland and the subma..

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Here you will find St Nazaire, the port, the naval industries....the icing on the cake is the visit to the Submarine Espadon.

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