A close-up look

“It’s a rock! It’s a peak! It’s a cape! What am I saying, it’s a cape? It’s a peninsula”.
One could indeed, as a parody of Cyrano de Bergerac, paint a geological picture of Antibes that vaunts its rocks and extraordinary nature, but we think it’s better to follow in the steps of botanist Gustave Thuret, who the local tourism office tells us discovered the “Cap” in 1857.

On the trail of The Great Gatsby

Inspired by the fact that the book was written right here by the illustrious F. Scott Fitzgerald, one simply has to slip into sandals and sneak off to the paths with charming names such as Tirepoil, Douaniers and Tour Gandolphe and discover its monuments and breathtaking look-outs.

Nose to the wind, a little like Cyrano de Bergerac… one simply can’t resist the scent of pine trees and marine fragrances, or the allure of the magnificent villas, hidden behind high walls that one catches sight of only through eventual gaps in the hedges. The Gatsbys of this world may no longer be here, but they have left traces….
And then you simply have to visit the garden of your local guide, Gustave Thuret himself, with its many precious plants, and of course, “Eilenroc” villa with its Edenic garden.



Good to know :
- Parc Thuret: for reservations/fax dial +33 (0) 4 93 67 88 88
- Eilenroc: for information call
+33 (04) 93 67 74 33