"Antipolis, as the Greeks used to say" Top 5 Page for this destination Antibes by Pavlik_NL

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The old walled Antibes - Antibes
The old walled Antibes
A safe harbour in the shade of fortifications

Antibes is old ... ancient. The Greeks already used the safe natural harbour that the rocks of the coastal mountains provide here. Antipolis, they called it, as it was opposit (anti) of Nikaia (Nice), the most important place in the vicinity then and now. From those Greeks only little artefacts remain. They can been seen in the local archeological museum. What you see now is a heavily fortified town around a large marina and harbour. Here even the bigger ships can come close to the kays and therefore Antibes also houses a important part of the French mediterranean fleet.

From the archeological to the present art
The castle, now housing the Picasso museum - Antibes

The castle, now housing the Picasso museum

Greeks were great craftmen and what the left in arts is quite amazing to their times. Antibes however also saw her share in other artists, among which Picasso is one of the more modern. Furthermore Antibes has a very cosy atmosphere, which stretches out over the whole cape. Restaurants, funny shops, terraces and great icebars, can be found within the old narrow streets of the centre.

Around Cap Antibes and the town
No boredom, just from tiredness of all excitement - Antibes

No boredom, just from tiredness of all excitement

Cap Antibes is a wonderful cape that has a rather busy coastline in buildings and privat places. Parking is made very hard and therefore it also is not recommended to go here to one of the beaches (La Paloma), though they look mighty fine. The marina (yaught harbour) around the cape are very nice and the views from the "other side" are magnificent.
North of Antibes are some great attractions. Marineland (a very exciting dolfinarium with many shows and activities) and Aquasplash (a huge water park with waterslides, swimmingpools etc.)

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Irina with her beloved Aloe bushes - Antibes Enormous bushes of Aloe Off The Beaten Path (2)

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From Cap Antibes one looks at the town itself - Antibes Cap Antibes and around the cape Off The Beaten Path (2)

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    Aug 4, 2007 at 2:39 PM

    Very nice "Antipolis" page!

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    Mar 16, 2005 at 3:00 AM

    I enjoyed reading your tips.

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    Oct 28, 2004 at 2:35 AM

    Nice page, well written tips and excellent pics. I like tohe old part of the town :)

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    Gili_S's Profile Photo
    Oct 16, 2004 at 8:26 AM

    Wow, I like the way you see such places, not boring at all for me, I need a bit more to explorer also the country side of southern Europe. (He he, from Helsinki almost all of Europe is south for me LOL)

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