Got a spare few hours? Plenty of time to get to Nantes in Western France, then- thanks to the new Air France service. Check in at London City airport in just 15 minutes, and arrive in France inside two hours. The flights (twice daily during the week and daily at weekends) may have been designed with business people in mind- but food is a serious business, too- and a day eating round Nantes is undoubtedly The Business! For the uninitiated, Nantes was voted the 'Best place to live in France', and is packed with restaurants, cafes and shops. The architecture's not bad, either- and visiting in June lets you take in the free Estuaire art installations across the Loire estuary nearby
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