Antibes, ramparts and the Picasso Museum

Nearly 1 mile of ramparts still ring Antibes, their 17th‑century bastions keeping watch over the bay. Inside the walls, the Grimaldi Castle became Picasso’s temporary studio in 1946—23 canvases were born here, including work on a portrait of Dora Maar facing the sea. Steps away, Cours Masséna hums with cailletier olives and Riviera flowers at the covered market, while Port Vauban lines up its giga‑yachts along the Billionaires’ Quay. The Cap d’Antibes closes the horizon; after rain, the light sharpens and the mistral can bite.

Your driver collects you at your hotel in Juan‑les‑Pins in a Mercedes and stays on standby throughout. Five minutes to the old town, then you browse while he handles drop‑offs and parking; taste a pan bagnat or a slice of tourte de blettes while the car pulls up by the Saint‑André bastion. The pace flexes: a photo stop at the Bastion de la Plage, direct drop at the Picasso Museum, then the coastal loop around the Cap with views to La Garoupe. Back on the dot, with no detours forced.