Sights in Antibes Juan Les Pins
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Beaches
Antibes’ small sandy beach, Plage de la Gravette, gets packed; you’ll find the best beaches in Juan-les-Pins, including some free beaches on bd Littoral and bd Charles Guillaumont. Plage de la Salis, on the road between Vieil Antibes and Cap d’Antibes, has the most incredible view of the Alps.
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Musée Peynet
More than 300 humorous pictures, cartoons and costumes by Antibes-born cartoonist Raymond Peynet, as well as brilliant temporary exhibitions.
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Vieil Antibes
Vieil Antibes is a pleasant mix of food shops, boutiques and restaurants. Mornings are a good time to meander along the little alleyways, when the Marché Provençal is in full swing. Check out the views from the sea walls, stretching from the urban sprawl of Nice to the snowy peaks of the Alps and nearby Cap d’Antibes.
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Musée Picasso
Pablo Picasso once wrote, "If you want to see the Picassos from Antibes, you have to see them in Antibes". Spectacularly positioned overlooking the sea, 14th-century Château Grimaldi served as Picasso’s studio from July to December 1946. The museum now houses an excellent collection of the master’s paintings, lithographs, drawings and ceramics, as well as a photographic record of the artist at work.
Particularly poignant is Picasso’s La Joie de Vivre (The Joy of Life), one in a series of 25 paintings from the Antipolis Suite. The young flower girl, surrounded by flute-playing fauns and mountain goats, symbolises Françoise Gilot, Picasso's 23-year-old lover, with…
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