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Social events and sightseeing
Welcome cocktail party and evening social events
Welcome cocktail party at the Cité Internationale des Congrès (Sunday 14th June 2009)
Item included for all (normal tariff, student tariff, accompanying person).
Tour and Buffet at La Plessissière: ‘The story of wine’ (Monday 15th June 2009)
The evening will start with a vineyard tour though wine-growing country just 30 minutes from Nantes.
Then a visit to a wine cellar filled with its characteristic perfumes of wood and vinified grapes. Guides will give an introduction to the world of winemaking in the special atmosphere created by the lines of typical casks.
The evening will culminate with a buffet accompanied by white, red and rosé wines from the Loire region and still and sparkling mineral waters.
Bonne dégustation !
17.45 Bus pick-up at the hotels, departure for La Chapelle Heulin
18.30 Welcome at vineyard tour
19.00 Visit to the wine cellar
19.30 Workshop
20.00 Wine tasting and Buffet
22.45 Return to Nantes by bus
English-speaking guides
Item included in the normal registration price.
Item optional for students registration price, per day registration price and accompanying persons registration price, at the price of 35 € (inc. tax).
Dinner at Petit Plessis Manor House (Tuesday 16th June 2009)
This ‘Nantaise’ evening will be held in the grounds of Petit Plessis Manor, an authentic 19th century manor house. In a real picture postcard setting, the manor parkland leads down to the Loire riverside,
where you can dip your hands into the water.
The conviviality of the evening will be completed by the clear country air mingled with the odours of grilling brochettes.
There will be live music to accompany the meal plus a bonus surprise:
All the necessary ingredients for a great time!
20.00 Buses depart from the hotels
20.00 Arrival and aperitif
20.00 Buffet-dinner in the marquee
23.00 Return to the hotels
Item included in the normal registration price.
Item optional for students registration price, per day registration price and accompanying persons registration price, at the price of 45 € (inc. tax).
Gala dinner ‘Voyage to the land of Jules Verne’ at the Château de la Poterie
(Thursday 18th June 2009)
 The prestigious gala diner.
The Château de la Poterie, located on the banks of the Erdre river at La Chapelle-Sur-Erdre, is Nantes’ venue for large receptions.
This is just the start of a voyage ‘Around the world…*’ on the theme of this evening: Jules Verne, the famous 19th century French author of Adventure and Science Fiction, who came from Nantes.
 You will be received at the Chateau by Master of Ceremonies Calixte de Nigremont, who will give readings from the works of Jules Verne, in French and English.
Calixte will provide the entertainment during this gastronomic diner. Accompanied by his musicians, he will teach the most prestigious dances of the French kingdom with his irresistible humour and deliciously refined manners.
A truly unforgettable evening!
20.30 Start of the evening’s party and dinner
02.00 End of the party
Evening dress preferred.
* ‘Around the world in eighty days’ by Jules Verne
Optional item, priced at 70 € (inc. tax) per person
Excursions and sightseeing trips
Visits for delegates (Wednesday 17th June, afternoon)
Accompanying persons are also welcome to register for the excursions.
The organisers reserve the right to cancel these excursions if there are insufficient numbers of participants.
Beautiful Nantes
 The best of Nantes: traditional, modern and artistic.
A discovery tour on foot and by tram of this fine city, to explore these three fascinating aspects of ‘Beautiful Nantes’.
You will be given a travel pass and a map of the city with your discovery trail.
This will lead you to a visit of the prestigious castle ‘Chateau des Ducs des Bretagne’; to discover the shops of old Nantes and taste a deliciously sweet local speciality; and finally, to ride on the Great Elephant of the Ile de Nantes and/or visit the machine gallery.
Bon voyage !
14.00 Meeting point: Place du commerce.
14.15 Departure in 3 groups :
1 |
14.15 |
15.15 |
16.15 |
2 |
15.15 |
14.35 |
16.15 |
3 |
15.15 |
16.15 |
14.15 |
17.30 end of the visits.
English translation by an accompanying guide
Optional item, priced at 50 € (inc. tax) per person
Medieval Guérande
Guérande is a granite jewel in the land of white salt.
The impressive preservation of its building and battlements makes it a favourite site for movie makers and for pleasant wandering.
The multitude of shops selling local food and craft products make this fortified village unique. The sea air, cries of the gulls and its natural charm will delight you. The nearby salt marshes of the Pays de Guerande create a landscape of flat horizons, dotted with white domes of salt.
 14.00 Bus departs from Nantes to take you to Guérande
15.30 Welcome and visit in 2 groups:
Group 1: visit to the salt marshes: a working salt pan with a salt maker
Group 2: visit of the centre of Guérande
18.00 Departure for Nantes
19.30 Arrival in Nantes
English speaking guide
Optional item, priced at 60 € (inc. tax) per person
The oyster and its secrets
This voyage into the world of oyster farming will start at Port du Bec, close to l’île de Noirmoutier, 1 hour’s journey from Nantes.
The first group* will taste oysters from the ‘claires’, the ponds where these molluscs spend the final stage of rearing, with a presentation by the president of ‘La Route de l’Huitre’. This association for the discovery of oysters and oyster farming in Vendée, gives consumers a view of the life of these shellfish and their culture. Oysters will be served with lemon and white wine.
The tour will continue to a nearby wind farm site where regional representatives of the project will give an introduction under the third of the wind turbines.
Lastly, the group will visit the Vendée Naissain oyster hatchery, with state of the art facilities for controlled oyster reproduction.
A second group will make the same visits in the reverse order*.
14.00 : Buses leave Nantes for Beauvoir-sur-Mer
15.00: Welcome and start of the visits in two groups :
 15.00 : Oyster farm visit |
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15.00 : Vendée Naissain oyster hatchery visit |
16.30 : Departure for the Wind Farm
then on to Vendée Naissain |
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16.00 : Departure for the Wind Farm then
on to the Oyster farm visit |
17.00 : Vendée Naissain oyster
hatchery visit |
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16.30 : Oyster farm visit |
18.00 : End of the visits, departure
for Nantes by bus |
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18.00 : End of the visits, departure
for Nantes by bus |
| 19.00 : Arrival in Nantes |
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19.00 : Arrival in Nantes |
English Translation.
Optional item, priced at 50 € (inc. tax) per person
Special programme for accompanying persons (optional tours)
For persons accompanying the delegates, we propose a selection of three different activities in the city of Nantes.
Reservations for these optional activities should be made directly with the organisers ‘Gens d’Evènement’ :
icmss09@gensdevenement.com
Tel : +33 (0)2 28 24 88 34
Fax : +33 (0)2 28 24 88 32
Prices are given as a guide only.
Other ideas for outings can be found on the page Nantes, a city to enjoy
Historic visit to « Château des Ducs »
 Once just a single tower, the château des Ducs castle in Nantes has not always looked as it does today. Each period of history has left its mark and each stone carries a memory of the castle’s past.
The castle museum offers a tour through this history, which can be followed by a stroll around the ramparts.
Optional item, priced at 4,2 € (inc. tax) per person
Cruise on the Erdre
 The Erdre is ‘the most beautiful river in France’, according to King François the 1st.
Discover the riches of the Erdre ‘little river’ (erdam in celtic), on this unusual cruise.
 The Nantes boat company proposes a commentated trip along the river, on which you will learn of the river’s history, its numerous chateaux, and its flora and fauna.
Price: 24 euros per person*
Optional item, priced at 10 € (inc. tax) per person
Lunch option: 54 € (inc. tax) per person.
Visit to the Great Elephant by the Machines of L’Ile de Nantes
 This gigantic elephant is a work by the LA MACHINE group of artists. The creation is animated and moves!
Not to be missed.
www.lesmachines-nantes.fr
Optional item, priced at 6 € (inc. tax) per person
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