Editing Antibes (section)

==Sights==

===Beaches===
[[File:Antibes Beach.jpg|thumb|Plage de la Gravette, as seen from the city's walls]]
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[[File:Pinguini_Z.JPG|thumb|[[Penguin]]s at [[Marineland of Antibes|Marineland]]]]

There are 48 beaches along the {{convert|25|km|abbr=in}} of coastline that surround Antibes and Juan les Pins.

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===Museums===
; Archaeology Museum: This museum sits atop the Promenade Amiral de Grasse in the old Bastion St Andre, a 17th-century fortress. The museum's collection focuses on the classical history of Antibes. Many artifacts, sculptures and [[amphora]]e found in local digs and shipwrecks from the harbour are displayed here.
; Naval Museum of Napoleon: Housed in a 17th-century stone fort and tower, this museum presents a collection of Napoleonic memorabilia, paintings and naval models. Several wall paintings show historic moments in Napoleon's reign and there are also pieces of his clothing including one of the hats he wore.
; Picasso Museum: The [[Musée Picasso (Antibes)|Picasso Museum]] houses one of the world's greatest Picasso collections: 24 paintings, 44 drawings, 32 lithographs, 11 oils on paper, 80 pieces of ceramics, two sculptures and five tapestries.
; La Tour Museum: This small museum in the centre of town brings the contemporary history of Antibes to life through its exhibit of costumes, tools, photographs and other objects used by the local people.
; Absinthe Museum: The [[Absinthe]] Museum is located in a basement in the Roman foundations of Old Antibes. It is dedicated to the manufacture and appreciation of this green liqueur.

===Parks and gardens===
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; The Exflora Park: The Exflora Park is a five-hectare ({{convert|5|ha|disp=output only}}) garden open to the public. Next to the large olive grove, there are different styles of Mediterranean gardens, from ancient Rome to the exuberant Riviera of the 19th century. Fountains and ponds stretch along the terrace, making a waterway {{convert|500|m}} long. Antibes is renowned for rose production, and rose bushes line the path leading to the sea. The exotic garden and palm grove is reminiscent of the [[belle époque]],{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} when English gardeners succeeded in planting flowers that bloom in winter, the season when the aristocracy visited the [[Côte d'Azur]].
: A little further on is the Théâtre de Verdure, inspired by Italian gardens, and a panoramic viewpoint with a view of the sea and the Iles des Lerins. In the style of Provençal gardens of the 18th century, there is a maze with sculpted hedges. Further on, Islamic gardens are featured, with an orange grove where the ground is patterned with terracotta irrigation pipes similar to those in the celebrated [[Seville Cathedral]] in Spain. The vegetable gardens and orchards in the Arsat are planted in hollows as in [[Morocco]] to protect them from the sun and maximise shadow and humidity. A representation of a Moroccan house pays homage to the painter Majorelle, creator of the blue garden in [[Marrakesh]]. In another area, the winter garden contains plants that flower in winter, such as [[mimosa]] and [[camellia]]s.
; The Eilenroc Gardens: Villa Eilenroc was built on a rock in the middle of a virtual desert. The area was transformed into a garden through the patience and talent of [[Jacques Greber]], landscape architect and consultant to the Great Exhibition in [[New York City]] in 1939. He was commissioned by Mr Beaumont to create this park of {{convert|11|ha}}.
: The gardens lie thirty metres above the sea with a view across the bay of the Cap. Planted with traditional Mediterranean species such as marine and parasol pines, Alep and Canary pines, [[cypress]], [[oak]]s, [[olive]] trees, [[arbutus]], [[lavender]], [[thyme]], [[rosemary]], [[eucalyptus]], [[ficus]] etc., as well as three kilometres ({{convert|3|km|abbr=off|disp=output only}}) of [[pittosporum]] hedges, a whole part of the park has been created with plants found in the Antibes area in 1920.
; Thuret Park: In 1857, Gustave Thuret discovered the Cap d'Antibes and bought five hectares ({{convert|5|ha|disp=output only}}) of land where he built a villa and began the creation of a park. Bequeathed to the state by his heirs, the [[Jardin botanique de la Villa Thuret]] is now managed by the INRA (National Institute of Agronomic Research). The collection of trees and exotic plants, and the rich earth, provide many opportunities for learning, and the cross-fertilisation of plant species that grow on the Mediterranean coast.
; Marineland: In 1970, Roland de la Poype created this animal exhibition park called [[Marineland (Antibes)|Marineland]] in Antibes. First, it was a small oceanarium with a few pools and animals, but now it is one of the biggest in the world and receives more than 1,200,000 visitors per year. It is the only French sea park featuring two cetacean species: killer whales and dolphins.

===Garoupe Lighthouse===
[[File:Phare de la Garoupe.jpg|thumb|Garoupe Lighthouse]]
The old lighthouse of Antibes provides views from its lofty hilltop. To get here, you must walk about one kilometre up the Chemin de Calvaire from the Plage de la Salis.

===Church of the Immaculate Conception (Antibes Cathedral)===
[[File:Cathedrale Antibes.jpg|thumb|upright 1|Church of the Immaculate Conception]]
The [[Antibes Cathedral]] was first built by Bishop Armentarius in the fifth century. It was destroyed multiple times during its history, notably by Saracen pirates in 1124 and by Austrian bombardment during the 1746-7 [[Siege of Antibes]]. Its current façade dates to the rebuilding that followed the latter catastrophe, and blends Latin classical symmetry and religious fantasy. The interior houses some impressive pieces such as a Baroque altarpiece and life-sized wooden carving of Christ's death from 1447.

===Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc===
This large villa, set in "a forest" at the tip of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula, re-creates a 19th-century château. Since 1870 (then called Villa Soleil) the glamorous white-walled [[Hôtel du Cap]] on the French Riviera has been one of the most storied and luxurious resorts in the world.<ref name="LF"/> Guests who flocked there included [[Marlene Dietrich]], the [[Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor|Duke]] and [[Wallis, Duchess of Windsor|Duchess]] of [[House of Windsor|Windsor]] and [[Winston Churchill]]. [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and [[Richard Burton]] conducted an affair and honeymooned there.
{{Further|Villa La Vigie, Juan-les-Pins}}

===Ports===
[[File:Antibes Port Vauban 01.jpg|thumb|upright=2|[[Port Vauban]], the main port of Antibes]]
There are many yachting harbours which provide moorings for a range of ships ranging from fishing vessels to full sized yachts.

* Port Vauban: The largest yachting harbour in Europe, with more than 2,000 moorings, can accommodate craft of more than 100 metres. This old port was the heart of the ancient Greek city of Antipolis and has a long and colourful history which includes Ligurians, Romans and Crusaders on their way to the Holy Land. Today, it is the largest marina in Europe, serving both local fishing boats and luxury yachts.
* Port Galice: 542 moorings
* Port de la Salis: 233 moorings
* Port du Croûton: 390 moorings
* Port de l'Olivette: Situated in the sheltered cove of the same name, this is a harbour for sailors and their wooden fishing boats who enjoy the old marine, provencal traditions.

[[File:Château Grimaldi, Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.jpg|thumb|City walls of Antibes by the sea shore]]
[[File:Antibes, Alpes Maritimes, France.jpg|thumb|The view of the Gulf of Antibes]]