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Popular Things To Do | Other Things To Do Tips | All Tips (115) "Le Cap d'Antibes" is idealy situated between "La baie des Anges" and Canne's bay. Moreover it is an hill where set on the top probably one of the best view point in the area. To be even higher you can walk up the lighthouse (smoker avoid smoking an hour before!), and a 360° view on the french riviera to please your tired eyes. I put the picture from there on my album. Leave a Comment
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A few great artists used to live and die in Antibes including Picasso and Nicolas de Stael. Tre Picasso Museum used to be Picasso Atelier in the 40th ands part of what he painted at this time is displayed.
But in my opinion the masterpieces of the museum are the paintings from Nicolas de Stael : they're just wonderful. Leave a Comment Address: In the old town not far from the marketDirections: http://www.antibes-juanlespins.com/fr/art_culture/musees/picasso.html
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Along with the tower of the nearby Château Grimaldi, the Tour Sarrasine was built in the 11th century to provide advance warning of Saracen attacks, from which Antibes had gravely suffered. Both towers were built using stones from the ruins of Roman monuments. This one, adjacent to the Cathedral, is 40 metres high and also serves as the Cathedral's bell tower.
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And they seem slow anyway so one could jump into their pool while they're sleeping ;-)
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Antibes is a small town not so far from Nice ... even though by train everywhere is reached easily. This place is great and if you happen to find the daily market go and take a look cause they are all specialities of Antibes like cheeses, sweets and other stuff... they are fresh. In fact we went early morning and we bought fresh bread and cheeses and for dessert sweets and we went the marina where there are the yachts and had breakfast there. Then we went to a caffetteria and enjoyed the view. Address: Antibes, France
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Antibes was a Greek fortified town named Antipolis in the 5th century BC, and later a Roman town, and always an active port for trading along the Mediterranean.
Long-time resident Graham Greene said it was the only town on the French Riviera that hadn't lost its soul. The picturesque town was founded by the Greeks. Then came the Romans. During the Medieval times the town was a part of the Savoy’s County but the Grimaldi of the Monaco ruling family somehow managed to build a castle here (today it houses the Picasso Museum). The town was fortified and visitors can still see the ramparts in and along the sea. Eventually Antibes joined France in the 15th century and famous Fort Carré was built on the seashore. The fantastic blending of mountains, cliffs, sea, and sky has been the primary draw of the French Riviera throughout the ages. Its French name, Cote d’Azur or Azure Coast, epitomizes this beauty.
The Antibes area offers an incredible number of vacation activities. Our favorite included visiting the International Film festival, enjoying world class museums in Antibes, Nice and Biot, exploring beautiful Cannes and Nice, and visiting amazing Eze and Vileneuve-Loubet. Leave a Comment
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As a warm up to the forthcoming Juan le Pins/ Antibes annual Jazz Festival "Jazz a Juan" , which is most certainly not free, the city puts on ocassional free jazz concerts. Set up in various locations around the town, the pleasure of sitting back in the hot Saturday afternoon sun, drinking in cool jazz in the open air. Twisting melodic adventures from the saxaphone, sweet rythmic chords vamping up and down the guitar neck, meanderings lines from the stooped double bassist. Few nicer more relaxed settings can be imagined. Jazz beneath the palms, the Oleander and Bouganvillea just coming into flower. Old Antibes.
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As in Nice, I can recommend to just wander around and look around and up.
Wonderfull little streets, and some of them not crowded my tourists, quite some squares with restaurants on it, the city walls, and the Cote d'Azur ofcourse.
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Be sure to visit the historic town center on foot in order to take in the pretty squares and narrow streets. Here you can check out the craft workshops and boutiques with their sun-faded façades. Leave a Comment
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Beautiful little museum, partly dedicated to Pablo Picasso, who had his studio in this house.
Overlooking the Cote d'Azur. Directions: Vieux ville.
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