Antibes Things to Do Tips by micajo

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.

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Address: Antibes, France

You can walk along the fortress of Antibes and if you have time go and have a swim in the small beach under the fortress cos it is really sweet unfortunately we had not enough time.
If you like old buildings narrow streets and stuff like that for sure you'll enjoy Antibes
By the way people are really helpful and nice.

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Not far away from Antibes i.e. 20 mins by bus there is the theme park Marine Land where you can enjoy a whole day there, it's fun for children and even for adults. There are shows of dolphins, killer whales and sea lions. You can enjoy a picnic in the picnic area. One thing you need to go early for the show cos one minute you'll not even a person and after 1mins it's all packed up.

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The 16th-century Fort Carre' is a massive, star-shaped fortress on a promontory overlooking the Port Vauban. The fort is built on the site of the Chapelle St. Laurent, which sat on the ruins of the Temple of Mercury. You can't visit the fort, but there is a nice walk around it.

Fort Carre' history:-
1550: construction of the Saint-Laurent tower
1565-1588: 4 defensive walls were added
1592: the Duc d'Eperon occupied the fort
1746: the fort, occupied by the Austo-Sardes
1860: the fort lost its strategic role when Nice was attached to France, although it was maintained as a military fort until 1895
pre 1914-18: military caserns were built
1938: classified as a historical monument
1940-43: it was a transit camp for the concentration camps
1967: the end of the use as a military casern
1997: purchased by the town of Antibes for use as a sports and youth center

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Marche' Provencal (covered market):
Sept-May: Tue-Sun mornings; June-Aug: all mornings
At the Cours Massena, in front of the Mairie
Fresh fruit, vegetables, fish and flowers, along with other regional products

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