Antibes is a resort town of southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea in the Côte d'Azur, located between Cannes and Nice. Is situated on the east side of the Garoupe peninsula.
FACTS AND FIGURES
- Population: 72,500
- Has one of the largest yacht marinas on the Côte d'Azur, built in the 1960s on the site of a Roman harbor
- There is still a local fishing industry, much diminished from its size a century ago
- The major attractions of Antibes are its history, climate, art, beaches and yachting
SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS
- Villa Eilenroc
- Churches: of St. Maurice and of St. Francis
- Notre-Dame de Bon Port
- Marineland
- Museums: Picasso and Naval et Napoleonien
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