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Explore Antibes
Visiting Antibes Juan-les-Pins can be a relaxing or stimulating experience; there is ancient history as well as all the amenities of a modern town. Explore with the family, friends, the one you love, or on your own. Here are some ideas for interesting walks.
Tall houses, narrow paved streets, the fragrance of flowers in the air, this is old Antibes. Antipolis, the ancient Greek city which evolved to become Antibes. On each street, you can find remains of this rich past.
Walking up the rocky area, you come to the imposing Chateau Grimaldi, which is the Picasso Museum. Behind the building is the sea and the ramparts, built by the architect Vauban.
Further along is the Bastion Saint André. Be sure not to miss the most Provencal area of the town just near it, Safranier.
Warm sun and blue skies, perfect ingredients for a walk on Cap d'Antibes. Leaving the Bastion, you pass Albert 1er square, before arriving at promenade Pierre Merli, then Port de la Salis. A little further on look back at the classic view of the old town. If the weather is clear, it seems as if the mountains are just behind the town.
For the most wonderful view, walk up to la Garoupe lighthouse. Tucked away in the verdant greenery of Cap d'Antibes, the lighthouse is next to Notre Dame Chapel, the sailors' church.
The Cap has been inhabited for 150 years. During the 19th and 20th century it became more developed as luxury hotels were built, and the rich and famous discovered it and built their sumptuous villas there.
Stop off at the Napoleonic Museum, then walk to Juan-les-Pins, passing the small Olivette harbour where the small, traditional, wooden sailing boats are moored.
The internationally renowned Juan-les-Pins, famous for its jazz festival and beach resort, a swimmers' paradise during the day and nightclubbers' heaven at night. A great place to go with friends.
Contrary to appearances, Juan-les-Pins has developed its own personality since 1920 when it began to grow, a growth initiated by the wealthy American Frank Jay Gould. Since that time many famous stars have visited the resort: Sydney Bechet, Mistinguett, Marlene Dietrich, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Claude François, and Johnny Halliday when he was an up-and-coming star.
After a stroll around the town, return to Antibes up boulevard Wilson, and stop to admire the architecture of the Grand Hotel in place de Gaulle, a souvenir of the Belle Epoque.
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