Old Greek counter, Roman city, become pontifical tawn, Antibes Juan les Pins saw the unloading of Napoleon 1st, when he returned from the Isle of Elba in its attempt to take the crown one more time.
Antibes profited in the nineteenth century from the attraction of the aristocracy and the middle-class, which discovered tourism and the virtues of the sea baths.
Today, Antibes and Juan les Pins, the closer city, became an appreciated holiday place, because of a strong tourist infrastructure and a very broad range of leisures, downtown and in the surroundings.
Hirings and lodgings in Antibes. City with tourist vocation, Antibes has a rental offer as important as varied. Several hundreds of studios, apartments, houses or villas are proposed by private individuals or agencies. Among those we can quote: One finds also some camp-sites more or less close to the beaches.
- Apartment for rent with 4 rooms for 2 to 8 people thus composed: Entry, living room with sofa bed 140x190cms, television with TNT, reader of CDs, equipped kitchen (hotplates, microwaves, mini furnace, refrigerator, dishwasher, washing machine, small household appliances, 1 bathroom/WC, 1 shower room, 1 WC, 3 rooms with 2 beds 90x190 each one, pieces of furniture for baby (bed and mattress, high chair and small bath-tub). Terrace with garden. The apartment is in a residence located at 1 kilometer of the beach. The customers have swimming pool, bath for children and tennis court. Address: Résidence La Vigie, impasse Tanagra, 35 avenue du Chataignier Antibes. Tél: 0033(0)611712962.
- Hiring apartment with 3 rooms in villa including 1 electric kitchen equipped with furnace and plates, furnace microwaves, refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher. 1 living room furnished with television, 2 rooms including 1 room with a bed 140x190cms and 1 room with 2 beds 90x190cms. Shower room with WC. Private parking. The villa is located at 900 meters of the beaches and 700 meters of the shops.
Adresse: Villa les Eucalyptus
Avenue des Eucalyptus
06160 Antibes.
- Hotel Ambassador: This 4 seasons establishment counts 206 rooms (some communicate for family stays) and 19 suites, all with balcony or terrace. One finds there all the range of usual services for establishment of this category. The external swimming pool is bordered of palm trees. Space back in shape includes a sauna, a gymnasium and a heated interior swimming pool. The hotel counts 3 restaurants, including 1 located at the edge of the swimming pool and a piano-bar open in the evening. Possibility of stay in full or half-board. In addition, the Ambassadeur hotel has a private sand beach, where the customers can lunch from April at October and even dine, from May to September. Address: 50-52, chemin des Sables BP 49 06161 Juan les Pins cedex.
- Hotel Villa Nina: Hotel 3 seasons, with 18 rooms, this establishment offers a good comfort level. The customers of the hotel will appreciate its situation at the seaside. Address: 5, rue Sainte Marguerite - 06160 Juan les Pins.
- guesthouses: The villa Carpe Diem proposes 3 very comfortable guesthouses in hiring. The customers have free access to the swimming pool and the sauna. The villa is located in a very quiet zone at a few minutes of Cannes, Nice, Marineland, or beaches of Antibes. Address: Villa Carp Diem 12, Boulevard des lentisques 06600 Antibes.
- Camp-site near Antibes beach: Douce France, camp-site of Antibes rents bungalows throughout the year. The place is close to the beach and the discotheques of the area.
Leisures. Because of a privileged situationat the seaside, Antibes in Juan les Pins offer all the possibilities of water sports and sea activities (windsurf, cruisings, underwater divings hiring of jet ski, …). The fine sand amateurs will preferably attend the beaches of Gravette, Ilette and Salis.
Local maritime companies organize excursions towards the islands of Lerins, Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat.
The amusement park of Marineland present spectacles of orcs and dolphins.
The International underwater and adventure image festival 2011 edition runs from March 31st to April, at the Fort Carré of Antibes.
In July occurs the jazz festival “Jazz à Juan”.
Antibes and Juan les Pins count ten discotheques for unconditional of night life.
Private beaches: Antibes, Cap d' Antibes and Juan les Pins count ten private beaches. These establishments offer many services (hiring of mattress and parasols, service plagist, private carpark for the customers…). These services are paying but the holiday maker can spend the day in a very pleasant and comfortable framework.
For any extra information, contact the tourist office of Antibes 11, place du Général de Gaulle - BP 37 06601 Antibes Cedex, or the tourist office of Juan les Pins 55, boulevard Charles Guillaumont 06160 Juan-les-Pins.
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