Excursions
Excursion Program Overview
We are pleased to announce the program of excursions taking place on Saturday, 13 September 2025. These excursions are exclusively available to congress participants.
Registration Information
A registration link has been sent directly to each participant.
Pre-registration and full payment by credit card are required to secure your spot.
The registration deadline is 25 August 2025.
Important Details
Please consult the description for each excursion to view pricing and detailed itineraries.
The excursion fee includes transportation, lunch, and all scheduled visits.
All excursions will depart from and return to the Cité des Congrès.
Activities will be conducted in English.
Participation Requirements
Each excursion requires a minimum of 15 participants, with a maximum capacity of 35 participants.
The organizers reserve the right to cancel any excursion that does not meet the minimum participant requirement. If the organizer cancels an excursion, participants will be notified and reimbursed.
Cancellations made by participants are non-refundable.
Further Inquiries
For any questions, please contact: registration@ifla2025.com
We invite you to discover and enjoy these unique experiences as part of the congress!
EXCURSION 1: ANGERS - Rives de Maine: Innovative Landscape Experiences in the Heart of Angers
The Maine River and its banks are envisioned as a link between the two natural spaces upstream and downstream, but also as a grand chain of representative collective spaces. These shorelines cannot be frozen into a single boundary between land and water. Several longitudinal lines embody this coexistence: banks, vegetation embankments, riprap, high and low quays, tree lines, paths, building fronts, etc.
This perception is embodied in a broad plan of intentions and specific projects that guide the shaping of the new banks in the very heart of the historic center and the expansion of the city center into neglected areas.
Price per person: 130 euros (VAT included)
Programme :
8h30 : Departure from Nantes by bus (Meeting point Cité des Congrès)
10h15 : Visit to Promenade du Bout du Monde
11h00 : Short visit to Angers Castle
12h15 : Lunch
13h45 : Visit to the square in front of Saint-Maurice Cathedral
14h15 : Visit to Operation Cœur de Maine – Mail Poissonnerie
15h00 : Visit to the Promenade de la Reculée
16h00 : Visit to Parc Saint-Serge
17h15 : Visit to Parc des Ardoisières
18h00 : Departure from Angers for Nantes
19h15 : Arrival in Nantes
© Antoine Monié
© Phytolab
© Phytolab
© Phytolab
EXCURSION 2: ESTUAIRE DE LA LOIRE - From Nantes to Saint-Nazaire : the Loire estuary landscape and the urban seafront
After a 2,5 hour river cruise from the center of Nantes to the estuary of the Loire, this excursion will feature the recent park and public space projects of Saint-Nazaire. Starting with the Méan-Penhoët park by LALU Paysagistes, then followed by the seafront revitalization by Phytolab Paysagistes and finally the historical landscaped park undergoing redevelopment by D’Ici La, this excursion will showcase the diversity and breadth of public landscape projects in an industrial port city and now coastal destination.
Price per person: 130 euros (VAT included)
Programme :
8h30 : Departure from the Maritime Station (Quai Ernest Renaud) by boat
11h30 : Arrival at the fortified lock
11h45 : Tour of the submarine base followed by lunch
14h45 : Tour of the Parc de Méan-Penhoët
16h15 : Visit to the Saint-Nazaire seafront from Place du Commando
17h00 : Visit to the Landscape Park
18h30 : Departure by bus to Nantes
19h45 : Arrival at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes
EXCURSION 3: MORBIHAN - Between land and sea: From the land and forest of Arthurian legends to the Gulf of Morbihan, “one of the most beautiful bays in the world.”
Visit the Ducal city of Ploërmel at the gates of the legendary Forest of Brocéliande, where a comprehensive urban renewal project has been implemented. After a long walk down to the Gulf of Morbihan and the ocean at the foot of the medieval castle of Suscinio, discover the coastline at the tip of Penvins.
Price per person: 130 euros (VAT included)
Programme :
8h30 : Departure from Nantes by bus (Meeting point Cité des Congrès)
10h30 : Arrival in Ploërmel
10h45 : Introduction to Ploërmel 2035 and tour of projects
12h00 : Lunch
15h00 : Presentation of the Morbihan Gulf Regional Nature Park
15h30 : Tour of the Domaine de Suscinio
16h45 : Tour of the Pointe de Penvins development and renaturation project
17h45 : Departure from Penvins for Nantes
19h15 : Return to Nantes
© Phytolab
© Phytolab
EXCURSION 4: RENNES
Integration of ecological issues into the landscape considerations of development operations, thought out upstream of a project: the experience of Courrouze and the Baud-Chardonnet ZAC
Price per person: 100 euros (VAT included)
Programme :
8h30 : Departure from Nantes by bus (Meeting point Cité des Congrès)
10h30 : Welcome and tour of Cœur Courrouze – former industrial and military wasteland.
12h45 : Lunch
14h00 : Tour of Les Halles en Commun
15h00 : Travel to the Baud-Chardonnet ZAC
15h30 : Tour of the Baud-Chardonnet joint development zone
17h00 : Departure from Rennes for Nantes
18h30 : Return to Nantes
EXCURSION 5: VILLANDRY - At the confluence of the Cher and Loire rivers, the gardens of Villandry Castle
To explore the gardens of Villandry is to explore the stylistic library of French garden art, from the mediaeval garden to the Renaissance garden, the garden “à la française” to contemporary garden design.
The gardens have been redesigned by Joachim Carvallo, who, having restored the Renaissance-style château to its former glory, is implementing his plan to give it a spectacular green setting. Seven gardens, organised according to the classification established by Joachim himself – kitchen garden and orchard, ornamental garden and water garden – have been born out of this monumental enterprise: the Ornamental Kitchen Garden, the Love Garden and the Garden of the Crosses, the Music Room, the Herb Garden, the Maze, the Sun Garden and the Water Garden
Price per person: 160 euros (VAT included)
Programme :
8h30 : Departure from Nantes by bus (Meeting point Cité des Congrès)
10h45 : Arrival at Villandry Castle
11h00 : Welcome/break with a glass of wine or coffee at La Doulce Terrasse
11h30 : Tour of Villandry Park
13h00 : Lunch
14h30 : Tour of Villandry Castle
15h45 : Departure
17h45 : Return to Nantes
