Antibes (10)
20.05.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur:A futuristic design for the town’s new cultural and sporting venues
This month, The Riviera Times looks at current municipal building projects in Antibes-Juan les Pins due to be completed later this year and in 2013. The stated aim of the building programme is to stimulate the economy and create employment and wealth, while providing better cultural, sporting and medical facilities for residents and visitors. Funded by a combination of public and private sector partners, the cost to Antibes-Juan les Pins Council has been less than 20 per cent of the circa 175 million euros investment, and to date there has been no increase in local taxes.Read more … Antibes-Juan les Pins for the 21st century
11.05.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Unleash your inner rock god at the Antibes Rock Festival
Classic rock is having a heyday on the Côte d’Azur this summer as a stellar line-up including Status Quo, Simple Minds, Jean-Louis Aubert and Michael Schenker come to Antibes for the Amp It Up Riviera rock festival. Watch some of the world’s rock icons as well as getting a taste for fledgling French talent as a handful of promising new musicians also take to the stage.Read more … Amp It Up!
10.05.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: 20 metre vessel has caught fire
Forty firefighters were called to the port in Antibes to help control the flames of a fire that began onboard one of the harbour’s yachts earlier today. Owners of nearby vessels were evacuated for fear that their boats may too succumb to the blaze.Read more … Fire rages in the port of Antibes
28.04.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: Completed projects in the new millennium
The town of Antibes has known many changes since its beginnings as the Greek city of Antipolis in the fifth century BC. In 154 BC it became part of the Roman civilisation and possessed a theatre, amphitheatre, thermal baths, aqueducts and triumphal arches, while serving as an important trading post.Read more … The changing face of Antibes Juan les Pins
18.04.2012
Provence & Côte d’Azur: Mother forced to give birth in the pouring rain
As torrential rain poured down on the Riviera last Friday, a mother was forced to give birth to her baby son in front of the La Fontonne hospital in Antibes. The “baby of the flood”, as he is now known, is said to be doing well despite his unusual entrance into the world.Read more … Born in the gutter
16.04.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur:An overview of the 4 day boating event in Antibes
After its first opening in 2007, the Antibes Yacht Show has been a growing success, appealing to a host of professionals in the yachting industry. The annual international boat show took place last week in the biggest pleasure harbour of the Mediterranean, Port Vauban, offering a feast of activities. Read more … Round up: Antibes Yacht Show 2012
11.04.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: A band from Antibes have complained about their music being used in a video supporting the Front National
An electro music group from Antibes was horrified to discover that one of its songs was being used in a campaign video for Marine Le Pen's far right political party, the Nationale Front. Read more … Local band furious with National Front
29.03.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur: This year's show will kick off in April
Antibes will take advantage of it's unique, geographical location by hosting its annual Yacht Show again this April. Visitors will have an opportunity to see some of the finest yachts in the world, while exhibitors can partake in important networking and promotion. Read more … Make way for the Antibes Yacht Show
23.03.2012
Provence & Côte d'Azur:Cap d’Antibes shines with restored manor
The sumptuous Villa Eilenroc on Cap d'Antibes has finally been restored to its former glory and is now open to the public. The imposing white neoclassic villa, supported by immense Corinthian columns, stands at the end of a long drive that passes through an aromatic pine grove. Looking out over the lush gardens from the top of the monumental steps leading up to the front door, it is hard to believe that 150 years ago all this was barren rock and scrubland.Read more … Villa Eilenroc opens to the public
