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Machines Island, Nantes, France. Here is a clear and concise mini guide to visiting the machines de l'îlle, with 5 essential things you need to know. 

The Isle of Machines Nantes in France is an outlandish place, the result of the inspiration of the stories and fantasy animals of Jules Verne. Its great attraction the elephant Nantes is without a doubt the great modern icon of this city.

Here are the 5 things you should know before visiting this eccentric elephant island of Nantes, as some call the machine island Nantes:

1 One island, three outlandish attractions

The Isle of Machines in Nantes has 3 main attractions: the Elephant, the Carousel and the Machine Gallery.

2 Tickets island of machines Nantes

The Isle of Machines in Nantes is not an amusement park as such, closed and with a ticket to enter. The island of machines is actually 3 different attractions located nearby but not in the same space. Each of these attractions has a price and the tickets are purchased separately, as if they were from a fair.

 3 Price island of machines Nantes

The price for boarding the elephant in Nantes, boarding the Julius Verne carousel in Nantes or visiting the gallery of the eccentric machines is € 8,5 each for the attractions for adults or € 6,5 for children.⁠ 

There are no tickets for sale for a combination of more than one attraction that is cheaper for you, so if you want to do it, the entire price will be a total of € 25,5 per adult.

4 Nantes machine island workshop

With any entrance of any attraction you can enter to see the workshop where the machines are built. They also pass a documentary and you can go up to the garden tree where you can watch the outlandish elephant stroll.

5 The surroundings of the island of machines Nantes

The island of machines, is an island of Nantes with the remains of a very industrial area, with ships converted into restaurants, circus schools or even karting. A curious area.

You can park around without too much trouble and don't panic if you see the area left. The project of the machines is precisely to reconvert this ex-industrial island almost abandoned before.

And if you want to know more about Nantes, we recommend you see the post of the Snaky's Travels , some fellow bloggers who also travel by campervan who have detailed everything about this city very well.