Monuments
Phare, chapelle, jardins botaniques et sentiers côtiers — les monuments incontournables du Cap.
Les monuments de la presqu'île témoignent de siècles d'histoire maritime, religieuse et botanique. Le phare de la Garoupe et la Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Garoupe, au point culminant du Cap, offrent une vue panoramique des Alpes à l'Estérel. La Villa Eilenroc et ses jardins sont ouverts au public certains jours, tandis que le Jardin Thuret, créé en 1857, est l'un des plus anciens jardins d'acclimatation botanique de la côte méditerranéenne.
Phare de la Garoupe
The Phare de la Garoupe is the lighthouse that crowns Cap d'Antibes, standing at the summit of the Garoupe plateau at an altitude of 103 meters above sea level. Its beam has guided sailors into the Baie des Anges since the 19th century, and its silhouette against the sky is one of the most recognizable images of the Cap.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Garoupe
The Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Garoupe is one of the oldest and most spiritually significant sites on Cap d'Antibes. The hilltop sanctuary sits beside the Garoupe lighthouse and has roots that reach back to antiquity: this was a Ligurian oppidum where Romans worshipped the moon goddess Selene, and a Christian oratory was established here as early as the 5th century.
Sentier du Littoral
The Sentier du Littoral, also known as the Sentier de Tirepoil, is the legendary coastal path that traces the rocky southern shoreline of Cap d'Antibes. Stretching approximately 5 kilometers from Plage de la Garoupe to the far side of the peninsula near Villa Eilenroc, this trail offers one of the most beautiful walks on the Mediterranean coast.
Jardin Thuret
The Jardin Thuret is a remarkable botanical garden in the heart of Cap d'Antibes, created in 1857 by the botanist Gustave Thuret and now administered by INRAE, France's national agricultural research institute. Spread across 3.5 hectares, the garden contains more than 1,600 plant species from Mediterranean, subtropical, and warm temperate climates around the world.
Villa Eilenroc (Parc)
Villa Eilenroc is one of the great Belle Epoque estates of the French Riviera, set on 11 hectares of landscaped gardens at the tip of Cap d'Antibes. Built in the 1860s by the wealthy Dutchman Hugh-Hope Loudon, the villa takes its name from Eilenroc, an anagram of Cornelie, his wife's name. Mrs. Beaumont bequeathed the estate to the city of Antibes in 1982 with the condition that the gardens remain open to the public.
Port de l'Olivette
Port de l'Olivette is the most photographed spot on Cap d'Antibes: a tiny harbor tucked into the western shoreline where colorful pointu fishing boats bob in water so clear it seems to glow. This miniature port shelters around fifty traditional wooden boats, a living link to the fishing heritage that defined this coast before tourism arrived.
Plateau de la Garoupe
The Plateau de la Garoupe is the highest accessible point on Cap d'Antibes, a pine-covered hilltop at 103 meters above sea level offering an unobstructed 360-degree panorama. On clear days it extends from the Esterel mountains near Cannes to the hills of Italy beyond Monaco.