Marché ProvençalThe covered market of the Cours Masséna – the old «Place Vieille», renamed in 1860 – has fed the town since farmers came to sell here at the start of the nineteenth century; its metal hall dates from 1928.Musée d’ArchéologieAntibes’s archaeology museum sits in the Bastion Saint-André, built in 1698 on Vauban’s plans at the southern tip of the town walls; its two brick-vaulted galleries were the garrison’s refectory.Musée Peynet et du Dessin humoristiqueRaymond Peynet drew his famous «Amoureux» in 1943 and settled in Antibes in 1976; the museum on the Place Nationale opened in 1989 with nearly 300 works he gave the town.
Place NationaleThe old town’s main square.Helge Høifødt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPlage de la GravetteA small sandy beach tucked inside the harbour, at the foot of the ramparts, sheltered from the wind and the swell.Lavoir de la TourraqueOf the three wash houses Antibes once had, only this one, on the Rue de la Tourraque at the edge of the Safranier, remains; women came here to do the «bugade», the laundry.
Fort CarréBuilt on the orders of Henri II in the middle of the sixteenth century, the fort watched the border with the County of Nice from its rock 26 metres above the sea; it was operational by 1585 and first attacked in 1592, by the Duke of Savoy’s army.Abxbay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPlage de la SalisThe long sandy beach between the old town and the Cap, with shallow water that makes it the town’s favourite for small children and, across the bay, the ramparts of Vieil Antibes with the Alps behind.Plage du PonteilThe Salis’s twin, closer to the old town: a long, shallow sandy beach, safe for little ones, with a lifeguard post, showers, toilets and an accessible entry.La Garoupe LighthouseA first lighthouse was lit on the Garoupe plateau in 1837; blown up by the German army in August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1948, 29 metres tall.La Pinède GouldThe pine wood in the heart of Juan-les-Pins is in two parts: to the north a playground, a carousel and a sculpture by Sosno under century-old pines; to the south the open-air stage where Jazz à Juan has played since 1960.Anthéa – Antipolis Théâtre d’Antibesanthéa – Antipolis Théâtre d’Antibes – is the town’s large modern performance hall, on the Avenue Jules-Grec, with its programme published season by season.Posidonia – Espace Mer & LittoralAt the southern tip of the Cap, the Batterie du Graillon – a former military site owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral and run by the town – holds 2.2 hectares of pine wood ending in rocky cliffs over clear water.
Place NationaleThe old town’s main square.Helge Høifødt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPlage de la GravetteA small sandy beach tucked inside the harbour, at the foot of the ramparts, sheltered from the wind and the swell.Lavoir de la TourraqueOf the three wash houses Antibes once had, only this one, on the Rue de la Tourraque at the edge of the Safranier, remains; women came here to do the «bugade», the laundry.Fort CarréBuilt on the orders of Henri II in the middle of the sixteenth century, the fort watched the border with the County of Nice from its rock 26 metres above the sea; it was operational by 1585 and first attacked in 1592, by the Duke of Savoy’s army.Abxbay · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsPlage de la SalisThe long sandy beach between the old town and the Cap, with shallow water that makes it the town’s favourite for small children and, across the bay, the ramparts of Vieil Antibes with the Alps behind.Plage du PonteilThe Salis’s twin, closer to the old town: a long, shallow sandy beach, safe for little ones, with a lifeguard post, showers, toilets and an accessible entry.La Garoupe LighthouseA first lighthouse was lit on the Garoupe plateau in 1837; blown up by the German army in August 1944, it was rebuilt in 1948, 29 metres tall.La Pinède GouldThe pine wood in the heart of Juan-les-Pins is in two parts: to the north a playground, a carousel and a sculpture by Sosno under century-old pines; to the south the open-air stage where Jazz à Juan has played since 1960.Anthéa – Antipolis Théâtre d’Antibesanthéa – Antipolis Théâtre d’Antibes – is the town’s large modern performance hall, on the Avenue Jules-Grec, with its programme published season by season.Posidonia – Espace Mer & LittoralAt the southern tip of the Cap, the Batterie du Graillon – a former military site owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral and run by the town – holds 2.2 hectares of pine wood ending in rocky cliffs over clear water.A selection by the Metro Mode editors, by place – never by rating. Each place has its own page with its sources.
Sources
The places’ own pages (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the Office de Tourisme, the Ville d’Antibes, the Guide MICHELIN for distinctions). Text: Metro Mode.