Art and culture

Many artists, writers, and painters have been inspired by Antibes.

Antibes attracted famed impressionist painter Claude Monet, modern artist Nicolas de Staël, and even the celebrated Pablo Picasso, who bought the Château Grimaldi as a residence, which is now the Museum bearing his name. Writers who fell under the city’s spell include Somerset Maugham and Guillaume Musso. Juan les Pins owes some of its fame to Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, who started the spa tourism trend in the 1930s.

• The Peynet and Cartoon Museum across from the Place Nationale column given to the town by Louis XVIII.
• The Saint-Bernardin Chapel, built in 1513, but recently renovated.
• The Picasso Museum.
• The Postcard Museum.
• The Hartung Bergman Foundation, honouring the greatest 20^th century figures of abstract art.
• Villa Eilen-Roc and its gardens: 11 hectares that represent the luxury and sensuality of the Belle Epoque. The Villa was built in 1867 to a design by Charles Garnier, architect of the Opera Houses of Paris and Monte-Carlo.
• The Museum of Archaeology, located 200 m from the hotel.

 

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