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.
The chapel is renowned for its extraordinary collection of around 300 ex-votos, painted panels offered by sailors and their families to give thanks for divine protection. The oldest dates from 1506. These naive paintings depict shipwrecks, storms, illnesses, and miraculous escapes, creating a vivid and deeply moving record of maritime life on this coast over five centuries.
Each year on the first Thursday of July, the Corporation des Marins d'Antibes carries the statue of Notre Dame de Bon Port in a solemn procession from the chapel down to the Antibes Cathedral, a tradition that has continued since the 16th century. The chapel is open to visitors and free to enter.