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1. Historical sites & Castles: « Chaque homme est une humanité, une histoire universelle » (“All men are one humanity, an universal history”) -Jules Michelet. The ramparts and the fort Carré d’Antibes Address: Avenue du 11 Novembre, 06600 Antibes Phone Number: 04 92 90 52 13 Open every day except Monday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from 13:30 to 16:00 The castle of Roquebrune-Cap Martin and their Medieval village

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Page 1: 1. Historical sites & Castles: « Chaque homme est une ... · -Jules Michelet. The ramparts and the fort Carré d’Antibes Address: Avenue du 11 Novembre, 06600 Antibes Phone Number:

1. Historical sites & Castles:

« Chaque homme est une humanité, une histoire universelle »

(“All men are one humanity, an universal history”)

-Jules Michelet.

The ramparts and the fort Carré d’Antibes

Address: Avenue du 11 Novembre, 06600 Antibes

Phone Number: 04 92 90 52 13

Open every day except Monday from 10:00 to 12:00 and from

13:30 to 16:00

The castle of Roquebrune-Cap Martin and their Medieval village

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Not to be missed in the Roquebrune village: the wash-house,

the deux Frères (two brothers) Square, the Sainte Marguerite

Church, the forge republic, Montcollet Street, Captain Vincent

Square, the Millennial olive tree and, of course, the castle. The

views are breathtaking.

Address: 06190 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Phone number: 04 93 35 07 22

The castle is open:

-From the 1st of October to the 1st of January: from 10:00 to

12:30 and from 14:00 to 17:00

-From the 1st of February to the 31st of May: from 10:00 to 12:30

and from 14:00 to 18:00

-From the 1st of June to the 30th of September: from 10:00 to

13:00 and from 14:30 to 19:00

-Closed on the 1st of May; on the 1st and the 11th of November,

on the 25th of December and on the 1st of January.

-Closed on Fridays between the 1st of November and the 31st of

January

Prices: Adults: 5€; People over

the age of 60 or groups of more

than 10 people: 4€; Children and

students: 3€

BIOT: Situated on a rocky peak, the

old village of Biot it’s famous for

the traditional craft of pottery,

blown glass and the Fernand-

Leger Museum. This village is also

officially one of the “Most

beautiful stops of France”

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The jar is the symbol of the village.

For several centuries, Biot used to be one of the most important

centers of pottery and the most important center of jar-crafting in

the whole Mediterranean region

Villa Kérylos

Address: Impasse Gustave Eiffel,

06310 Beaulieu-sur-Mer

Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

Address: 1 Avenue Ephrussi de Rothschild,

06230 Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

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2. Activities around the nature

« Regardez profondément dans la nature, et alors vous

comprendrez tout beaucoup mieux ».

(“Look deeply in the nature, and then you will understand

everything better”)

-Albert Einstein.

Exotical Garden of Eze

Address: 20 Rue du Château, 06360 Èze

Exotical Garden of Monaco

Address: 62 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique, 98000 Monaco

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Mercantour National Park (1 hour from the Hotel****Alain Llorca)

The Mercantour National Park is one of the ten national parks of

France. It’s situated in the Alpes-Maritimes and Alpes-de-Haute-

Provence department.

It’s mostly known for being one of the wildest parks in France, and

one of the most variegated for the landscapes, with remarkable

contrasts: its geographical situation brings some Mediterranean

touches on the Alpines Mountains.

It is here where the wolf came naturally back to France in 1992,

from Italy.

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Gourdon is one of the most beautiful villages in France and it’s a

true Medieval Fortress; Gourdon overlooks over the green “Vallée

du Loup” (Wolf Valley)

L

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Vallée des Merveilles (Valley of Wonders)

This site presents itself as a wide glacial circus, dominated by

Mount Bégo (2873 meters), with several lakes and big rocky

slabs, polished by the glaciers, on which carvings are found

Hiking: You must consider 2 hours and 30 minutes of walk, with

a 700 meters slope to reach the site entrance (refuge CAF des

Merveilles, beside Long Lake), then 2 hours and 30 minutes are

necessary to see the carvings.

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From Nice, take the A8 highway until Vintimille, in Italy, and

then go through the “vallée de la Roya”, following the “Tende”

direction. At “Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende”, a village situated some

kilometers before “Tende”, take a route on your left to the

village of Casterino. After driving for 20 minutes, you will reach

the different starting points for hiking (2 hours away from

Nice). A first parking, at the place called the “Lac des Mesches”,

will be the starting point for the “Vallée des Merveilles”

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3. Museums:

« L’art lave notre âme de la poussière du quotidien. »

(“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life”)

-Pablo Picasso.

Fondation Maeght

623, chemin des Gardettes 06570 Saint-Paul-de-Vence,

France

+33 (0)4 93 32 81 63

[email protected]

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Picasso Museum:

Address: Promenade Amiral de Grasse, 06600 Antibes

Phone Number: 04 92 90 54 28

Renoir Museum

Le “Musée Renoir de Cagnes-sur-Mer” or “Domaine des Collettes à

Cagnes-sur-Mer” is dedicated to the Impressionistic painter

Auguste Renoir

Address: 19 Chemin des Collettes, 06800 Cagnes-sur-Mer

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 20 61 07

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Bonnard Museum

Address: 16 boulevard Sadi Carnot -

06110 LE CANNET

Phone Number: +33 (0)4.93.94.06.06

Matisse Museum

The “Musée Matisse de Nice” is dedicated to the works of the French

painter Henri Matisse. It regroups one of the most important collections

in the world of his works.

Museum’s address: 164 Avenue des Arènes de Cimiez, 06000 Nice

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 81 08 08

Visit the “Chapelle du Rosaire” (Rosary Chapel), also called “Chapelle

Matisse” à Vence. It’s a small chapel built from 1949 to 1951 and

entirely decorated by Henri Matisse

Address: 466 Avenue Henri Matisse, 06140 Vence

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4. Shopping

"Pleurer, c'est bon pour les femmes ordinaires.

Les belles femmes font du shopping."

(“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping”)

-Oscar Wilde

Historical Factory: Fragonard Perfumery

A beautiful factory, in a 19th Century building, in the heart of

the old town, where every day, our perfumes and soaps are

produced.

It’s in 1926, in honor of the famous painter Jean-Honoré

Fragonard, that the factory took the name of “Parfumerie

Fragonard”.

Through a free guided tour of our ateliers and laboratories, you

will discover the creation of our products, realized using the

best raw materials in perfumery.

Open to public every day between 9:00 and 18:30, last tour is

available 1 hour before closing time.

Address: L'usine historique, 20, bd Fragonard 06130 Grasse

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 36 44 65

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« Espace Terroir »

Address: 45, Chemin des Castors,

Quartier Saint Antoine,

06130 Grasse – France

Opening Hours: from Monday to Saturday, from 9:30 to 19:00

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 77 83 23

Mail: [email protected]

Centre commercial « Polygone Riviera »

Address: 137 Avenue des Alpes, 06800 Cagnes-sur-Mer

Find out all the shops and boutiques on the website:

https://www.polygone-riviera.fr/

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Confiserie FLORIAN des Gorges du Loup - Pont du Loup

Address: Le Pont du Loup, 06140 Tourrettes-sur-Loup

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 59 32 91

Confiserie FLORIAN de GRASSE

Address: 3 Rue Jean Ossola,

06130 Grasse

La Verrerie de Biot: le souffle de

la création (The Biot Glass

factory: the blow of creation)

Address: 5 Chemin des Combes, 06410 Biot

Phone Number: 04 93 65 03 00

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5. Sport

« Le sport c’est une très mauvaise idée: ça fait grossir quand

on arrête ».

(“Sport is really a bad idea: it makes you fat when you

stop”)

Golf:

Golf De La Vanade

Address: Route de Grasse, 06270 Villeneuve-Loubet

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 92 02 24 61

Golf Opio Valbonne

Address: Route de Roquefort,

06650 Opio

Phone Number: 04 93 12 00 08

Golf de Biot

Address: 1379 Route d'Antibes, 06410 Biot

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 65 08 48

Equitation:

Horse or donkey ride

Address: Bergerie du couleret, 5120 Route de Coursegoules - Plan

des Noves

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 58 62 40

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Equitation de la Colle sur Loup (rides on

reservation)

Address: 1456 Route du Pont de Pierre,

06480 La Colle-sur-Loup

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 58 39 47

CAVETIERE (LA) – FERME EQUESTRE PEDAGOGIQUE (Pedagogical

Riding Stable)

Addrese:Col de Vence, route de Coursegoules VENCE

Phone Number:+33 (0)6 16 22 78 92 / (0)4 93 73 62 48

Tennis:

Tennis Padel Vence

Address: 10 Chemin de la Plaine, 06140 Vence

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 58 15 50

SPCOC Tennis

Address: 167 Chemin de l'Escours, 06480 La Colle-sur-Loup

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 32 68 08

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6. Divertissements

« Le sourire est l’institut de beauté du visage ».

(“The smile is the beauty salon of the face”) BOWLING NICE ACROPOLIS

Address: 5, Esplanade Kennedy

NICE

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 55 33 11

CIRCUIT OCEANE

Address: Route de Biot (in front of

Marineland)

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 97 21 99 81

Baby go-carting, baby quads and

baby motor biking.

LASER GAME

Address: 1er étage

Forum Lingostière,

604, Route de

Grenoble NICE

Phone Number: +33

(0)4 92 29 19 00

MINIGOLF

Address: avenue Mozart, 06600 ANTIBES

Phone Number: +33 (0)892 426 226 (0.34€/min + appel local)

CANYONING

Website: www.azurcanyoning.com

Phone Number: +33(0)6 11 87 52 82

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7. Activites for children

Marineland

NAGEZ AVEC LES DAUPHINS

(Swim with dolphins) Address: Quai Rambaud, Port

Vauban 06600 ANTIBES Phone Number: +33 (0)6 03 53

82

KID’S ISLAND Address: Avenue Mozart, 06600 ANTIBES

Phone Number: +33 (0)8 92 30 06 06

LUDI PARC

Address: Route de la Colle-sur-Loup, 06330 Roquefort-les-Pins

Opening Hours: 10:30-19:00 (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays)

HAPPINEST

Address: 34 chemin du Val Fleuri

Phone Number: +33 (0)9 52 07 55 95

Gyms, children activities, artistic

and creative training

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8. Taste the French Riviera ...

La Biscuiterie d'Antibes (Biscuit factory of Antibes)

Come visit the “Biscuiterie d’Antibes” and dive into the core of

biscuit making, by discovering the different steps of the

making of these gourmet biscuits, realized in the respect of the

traditional recipe.

Address: 2047 Route de Nice

06600 ANTIBES

Phone Number: +33 (0)04 93 34

06 85

Opening hours: 9h-19h30

Vineyards of the French Riviera high hills:

ST JEANNET

Address: 800, chemin des Sausses

06640 ST JEANNET

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 24 96 01

The method of the fabrication of the Saint-Jeannet wine is one

of a kind. This wine, described as “tuilé”, it is left for months in

glass carboys in the sun. It is transferred then in an oak barrel

where it attains its final ripeness.

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La petite Cave de Saint-Paul de Vence

Address: 7, rue de l'Etoile

06570 SAINT-PAUL DE VENCE

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 32 59 54

Frédéric Theys, passionate sommelier, welcomes you in an

authentic 14th Century cellar, in order to make you discover the

wines of Saint Paul de Vence.

Domaine de la Source Vin de Bellet

Address: 303 Chemin de Saquier, 06200 Nice

Phone Number: +33 (0)4 93 29 81 60

Château de Bellet

Address: 482 Chemin de Saquier, 06200 Nice

Phone Number: + 33 (0)4 93 37 81 57