Visit to the museum
La Baule and its surrounding areas invite you to discover, during your visit to the French coast, the best Museums focusing mainly on the professional art of the sea or the marshes and the history of the region of La Baule or that of aeronautics.
In the Guérande region, a city located a few kilometers from La Gaule, you can visit the Museum of the Doll and the Old Toy and the Museum of the Pays de Guérande with its atmosphere of great medieval beauty.
The Fishing House
It is a museum that is located at the port of La Turballe. This one creates values for the craft and the life of the fishermen of formerly. It tells, detail by detail, the history of the fishing as well as tinned turkish canneries. Many are the entertainment that are organized on reservation that can discover the famous sardine fishing boat called "By the winds".
A visit to this museum will also allow you to get to know the old port of the region and to watch the fish auction. On the other hand, workshops will be able to accommodate young and old who wish to learn about the construction of fishing boats or the accomplishment of sea knots with ropes.
The Aeronautical Museum
The Musée Aéronautique is located on the Côte d'Amour Peninsula, a region not far from La Baule. The site is mainly located at La Baule-Escoublac aerodrome. The exposed devices have been improved and are kept in excellent condition to fly. Among other things, the aircraft are meticulously maintained by a dynamic, dedicated and passionate team that manages this tourist heritage.
The galleries change according to the improvements of the work done on the airplanes. The latter are thus transported to a place where they will be redone and give themselves a new youth.
The Port of Saint-Nazaire
Various axes of tourist interest are concentrated on the port of Saint-Nazaire or in the submarine base built by the Germans during the Second World War. The platform and its surroundings have been restored for almost 15 years as part of the La Baule project.
When you are on the scene, do not hesitate to visit the Escal'Atlantic reminiscing the great ships of yesteryear. This one, indeed, makes plunges the visitors in the history of the great naval times thanks to the diffusion of a scenography.This Ecomuseum exhibits, among other things, models relating all the intriguing epics of Saint-Nazaire, its port and its industries. You can admire models of Normandy and French steamers fashioned in the shipyards of La Baule.