Antibes

Small town which lies sandwiched between the Greek heritage of Nice and Cannes, known as the city’s Jazz Festival was first held in Europe since 1960 are still ongoing today. If jazz was so popular in Antibes, thanks to two masterpieces of the world’s first jazz, Louis Armstrong and King Oliver to the year 1923 lived in Cap d ‘Antibes and introduced the Afro-American music in the local community, until finally born, named Jazz Festival in Juan . The Festival is held every July, has come up with famous jazz artists of the world, like Marcus Miller, Wynton Marsalis, Salif Keita, Diana Krall, James Carter to Joshua Redman.

Not only popular in jazz, Antibes is also famous as a city of art and culture. This is thanks to the presence of a large number of artists who knit to Antibes and a lot of natural wealth to produce work there, ranging from Meissonnier, Monet, Nicolas de Staël to the Picasso who breathed his last in it. In fact, the wealth of art and culture of Antibes, can be witnessed from numerous museums spread across the city with a population of more than 73,000 people. Among others, Picasso, Archaelogy Museum, Musee du dessin Peynet and humoristique, and the Musee de la Tour (folk art museum). Even the hero of France, Napoleon Bonaparte who once lived Antibes, also rewarded with the establishment Musee Napoleonien, which still holds relics of the time he landed in 1815 after escape from Elba.

Cannes

Can not be separated from the Cannes International Film Festival, a tribute to mankind’s most prestigious film industry in the world. It is undeniable, one tourist attraction most visited tourist is the Palais des Festivals, place to hold a film festival that has stood since 1946′s.

However, when visiting outside of May, do not expect to watch the red carpet or the glitter of the world’s artists. As a healer disappointment, we could down the Allee des Etoiles du Cinema, a row of handprints of artists and filmmakers in the world has ever attended the Cannes Festival. Starting from the local film artists and workers, to Hollywood, like Sharon Stone, Spike Lee and Richard Gere.
From the Palais des Festivals, the journey was continued by browsing to the old town, Le Suquet overlooking the old harbor and surrounded by historic buildings such as the Chapel of Saint Anne from the 12th century, Castre Museum and the Church of Notre-Dame d’Esperance built-century 17.

Two other locations are dear to be missed is the rue Meynadier, a special road for pedestrians who peddle a lot of local cuisine, such as cheese, sweets and handicrafts. Other places are Forville market, where local fishermen sell their catch. On Monday, the place is transformed as a flea market.