Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
for lunch Mon and Wed, closed all day Tue, opposite 4 Rue Thuret, tel. 04 93 34 33 05,
Le Brulot
is an Antibes institution with two restaurants—Le Brulot and Le Brulot
Pasta—thatsitalmostside-by-sideashortblockbelowMarchéProvençalonRueFrédéric
Isnard. Join Antibes residents at the very popular
Le Brulot,
known for its Provençal
cuisine and meats cooked on an open fire. It's a small place, overflowing onto the street,
with a few outside tables and a dining room below. Try the aioli (
menus
from €19, closed
Sun, at #2, tel. 04 93 34 17 76).
Le Brulot Pasta
is family-friendly, with excellent pizza
(the €11
printanière
is tasty and huge) and big portions of pasta, served in air-conditioned
comfort under stone arches (daily, at #3, tel. 04 93 34 19 19).
Les Vieux Murs
is a romantic splurge with a candlelit, red-toned interior overlook-
ing the sea. The outside tables are worth booking ahead—but pass on the upstairs room
(€44 dinner
menu,
€30 lunch
menu,
closed Mon, also closed Sun evening off-season, valet
parking available, along ramparts beyond Picasso Museum at 25 Promenade de l'Amiral
de Grasse, tel. 04 93 34 06 73,
www.lesvieuxmurs.com
)
.
For a comparison of train and bus connections, see the “Public Transportation in the
From Antibes by Train:
TGV and local trains serve Antibes' little station. Trains
go to
Cannes
(2/hour, 15 minutes),
Nice
(2/hour, 15-30 minutes, €4),
Grasse
(1/hour, 40
minutes),
Villefranche-sur-Mer
(2/hour, 40 minutes),
Monaco
(2/hour, 50 minutes), and
Marseille
(16/day, 2.5 hours).
By Bus:
Handy bus #200 ties everything together, but runs at a snail's pace when
traffic is bad (Mon-Sat 4/hour, Sun 2-3/hour, any ride costs €1). This bus goes west to
Cannes
(35 minutes); and east to
Nice
(1-1.5 hours). Bus #250 links to
Nice Airport
(2/
hour, 40 minutes, €8).
For a verdant, rocky, fresh escape from the beaches, head inland and upward. Some of
France's most perfectly perched hill towns and splendid scenery hang overlooked in this
regionthat'smorefamousforbeachesandbikinis.Drivingistheeasiestwaytogetaround,
though the bus gets you to many of the places described. Vence and St-Paul-de-Vence are