Resort Description
In old Antibes: the Vauban Harbour and the 'Fort Carré' (Square Fort), the Vauban Ramparts, the Cathedral (12th and 18th centuries), the Grimaldi Chateau and its Picasso museum, the History and Archaeology Museum (Bastion Saint-André), the Peynet Museum (posters, drawings, etc.), the old colourful streets (with the Rue de Sade and the Provençal market in the Cours Masséna), the 'Musée de la Tour' (Gilli Tower Museum: popular arts and traditions).
Cap d’Antibes: shady coves, Bacon Point, the Jardin Thuret (4-hectare botanical garden), Naval and Napoleonic Museum (in the Sella Tower), L’Olivette (view of Cannes, the tip of La Croisette and the "Iles de Lérins" islands, Port Crouton and Port Galicia).
The surrounding area
Hauts-de-Cagnes, a mediaeval town (frescoes, Renoir Museum), 9 km away.
The famous villages inland : Biot and its glassworks (7 km), Vallauris and its ceramics (5 km), Grasse, the perfume town (23 km), Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the artists' town (18 km), Vence (20 km), Gourdon (château and view of Cap Roux, Les Courmettes peak and Le Loup) 36 km away.
Cannes (the square, the La Castre Museum and Notre-Dame de l’Espérance, the Rue Meynadier and Forville market, La Croisette and its façades, markets, old districts), 12 km away.
Nice (Promenade des Anglais, Church of Gesù, Cours Saleya, Masséna, Matisse and Chagall Museums), 20 km away.
Other places to see: the hills of the Massif du Tanneron, the Massif de l'Esterel, Monaco and Monte Carlo, 40 km away.
Resort Fêtes and events
April :
- The "Jazz à Juan Révélations" Festival in the Juan les Pins Congress Centre (young international talent competition).
May :
- The Cannes Film Festival (9 km).
June :
- Battle of the Flowers (parades of floats made with carnations in all colours).
- the International Young Soloists' Festival (introducing young international talent).
July :
- The Lyric Arts
– Music Festival in the heart of Antibes (the greatest voices from all over the world).
- the International Jazz Festival "Jazz à Juan" (the oldest jazz festival in Europe).
August :
- the "Festival Pyro-mélodique", on the Juan les Pins bay (music and fireworks show).
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