Dear cybernauts: My wife and I have to spend a few days in Nancy in the not
too distant future. We'd be thankful for suggestions and ideas on what is
worth seeing, where to eat and any other tidbit that worked for you when in
the area.
Best and thank you. MR

You do not say why you are going, nor what your interests are.


However, I am sure you know (and if you don't, you should do some
'homework') that the city is the 'home' of the famous Art Nouveau glass
artists Daum, Gall=E9, etc.

If you are not familiar with this area of art, you would do well to read
up on it and enjoy this wonderful part of world art.

If you do, enjoy yourself; I would go back any time. It's a beautiful
city with wonderful art.










"It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do
it in the street and frighten the horses".
-- Mrs. Patrick Campbell (English actress)

Hello,

Marc Raizman a écrit:
    > Dear cybernauts: My wife and I have to spend a few days in Nancy in the not
    > too distant future. We'd be thankful for suggestions and ideas on what is
    > worth seeing, where to eat and any other tidbit that worked for you when in
    > the area.

Nancy itself has several nice spots worth the visit. In Lorraine, there
are two nice palces I know: the chateau de Chatel sur Moselle, and the
Chateau d'Haroue. Cristal (glass) makers are famous around Baccarat, and
there is a museum there which I found interesting (Musee du Cristal in
Baccarat).

If you like hiking, I suggest that you move a bit S-E to the Vosges
that are low altitude mountains (max. el. 1400 m, 4500 ft). There are
quite nice places to discover around the "Donon" and "Honeck" for instance.

Though there is some "ancient opposition" between Lorraine and Alsace, I
suggest a tour to Alsace. If you like cities, Strasbourg, and Colmar are
really beautiful, with "old building" from the 14 and 15th century.
Strasbourg Cathedral is a wonderful piece of architecture. If you love
Art, stop a the unterlinden museum in Colmar. If you are a wine lover,
the route des vins is quite interesting. Two places are highly touristic
but worth a stop imho: Riquevihr and Kaisersberg.

This should keep you busy I guess.

Cheers,

Yves

"Yves Dessaux" wrote in message
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    > Hello,
    > Marc Raizman a écrit:
    > > Dear cybernauts: My wife and I have to spend a few days in Nancy in the
not
    > > too distant future. We'd be thankful for suggestions and ideas on what
is
    > > worth seeing, where to eat and any other tidbit that worked for you when
in
    > > the area.
    > Nancy itself has several nice spots worth the visit. In Lorraine, there
    > are two nice palces I know: the chateau de Chatel sur Moselle, and the
    > Chateau d'Haroue. Cristal (glass) makers are famous around Baccarat, and
    > there is a museum there which I found interesting (Musee du Cristal in
    > Baccarat).

Sadly the other "best place" in Lorraine has been badly damaged by fire, the
Chateau at Luneville (acute accent on the first e) - known as the "other
Versailles". But the china factory is still there and worth a visit.
Luneville is 20 miles from Nancy and there is a main line train connection
between them.

Michael Forrest
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    > My wife and I have to spend a few days in Nancy in the not too
    > distant future. We'd be thankful for suggestions and ideas on what is
    > worth seeing, where to eat and any other tidbit that worked for you
    > when in the area.

If you have any interest in Art Nouveau glassware, go see the Daum
collection at the Fine Art Museum.
http://www.ecole-de-nancy.com/aujourdhui/daum/left.html doesn't
begin to do it justice.

And for more Art Nouveau, see the Musée de L'École de Nancy.
See http://www.ecole-de-nancy.com/aujourdhui/men/left.html;
follow the artist links and then click on the thumbnail photos.

In nearby Baccarat, I was enchanted with Église St-Rémy. It's a
modern church with incredible stained glass windows, which I've
read were Baccarat crystal. I had the place entirely to myself,
and I stayed there for about an hour, absorbing it all. On the other
hand, the Baccarat museum in town did nothing for me.

Baccarat is an easy train ride from Nancy - and so is Metz, with
its wonderful St-Étienne cathedral. St Maximin's has windows
by Cocteau, if you're a fan of his (as I am).

The Cathedral has all sorts of windows - older, traditional ones and
some modern ones by Chagall. I have yet to see photos that do
the place justice, but you can take a look at
http://www.vonwentzel.net/Wedding/Week12/01-08-09/
http://rsi.alsace.2002.free.fr/tourisme.htm




Jeri