Arriving at Antibes we get caught up in the closing stages of a yacht race – normal size yachts rather than the rich-men’s playthings we had seen at San Remo. As we enter the enormous harbour at Antibes it too is full of ‘normal’ yachts. We moor just outside the city walls and head in to explore. The city is littered with statues of people in active poses, mounted on poles. Part of an art installation and very eye-catching.
The next morning we find a wonderful cafe with a garden crammed with plants and tables. We breakfast ‘continental’. We are all a bit subdued which might have something to do with the fact that the Genoa wine stocks were depleted the night before.
Restored, we explore further, walking around the old city walls, past the Picasso museum before heading back to the boat. There is wind. Time to sail.
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The end of the holiday approached. The next stop was to be the splendid Antibes.
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Jez enjoying Atalanta Mary
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An interesting house on the way to Antibes
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Nice from Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. We were tempted ….. but resisted.
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As we neared Antibes we were enveloped in a race fleet
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Antibes was a great place. The marina was full of ‘normal’ size yachts. And the town of these statues.
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They were everywhere.
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Everywhere!
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Another schooner
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And a very pretty sloop
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Skyline statues
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Old Antibes
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The arches join the building structure to assist earthquake resistance
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Beautiful B&B, courtyard and statue
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Some of them were quite eerie
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A variation on the statues
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Leaving Antibes, looking back at the old port.