Sports and the Outdoors

Bateaux Nantais. Take a 90-minute cruise along the pretty Erdre River, past a string of gardens and châteaux, on the Bateaux Nantais. There are also four-course lunch and dinner cruises that last about 2½ hours (€53–€91). Quai de la Motte Rouge, Nantes, Pays de la Loire, 44000. 02–40–14–51–14; www.bateaux-nantais.fr. €12.50. Mar.–Apr. and Oct.–Nov., Sun. and holidays at 3:30; May–June and Sept., daily at 3:30; July–Aug., Mon.–Sat. at 3:30 and 5:30, Sun. and holidays 10:30, 3:30, and 5:30; Dec.–Feb. call for info..