Juan-les-Pins is a young, more than 100-year-old, fashionable resort of the Côte d'Azur, located in the depths of the secluded bay of Golfe Juan, between the green cape of Cap d'Antibes and the Croisette , which is connected with Cannes by the famous Boulevard de la Croisette.)
The extensive sandy beaches stretching along the magnificent pine grove, and the vibrant nightlife made this place especially popular among the Azure Coast youth. Countless music cafes, bars, cabarets, discos, Promenade du Soleil with its chain of coastal coffee houses and "star" boutiques, open day and night, one of the most beautiful casinos on the Riviera and, of course, the world's most famous annual jazz festival - all this fills this charming Mediterranean bay with the spirit of courtesy and resort bliss
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Tourist Office of Juan-les-Pins
Address : 11, place du General de Gaulle, tel: 33 (0) 492-905-305 (Juan-les-Pins), site.
How to get to
Juan-les-Pins is 30 km from the international airport of Nice, from where the express train with the stop in Antibes / Juan-les-Pins walks towards Cannes. The city also has a railway station, so it is very easy and quick to get to Cannes, Nice, Monaco, Grasse and Biaot by train. In Cannes, round-trip ticket costs 4.40, a one-week pass costs 6-7 EUR, and Monaco can be reached at 14.40 (round-trip).
Also, along the winding road Nice-Cannes, there is a shuttle bus No. 200, which stops at Antibes and Juan -le-Pene, travel 1 EUR, but the journey takes from 1-1, 5 hours depending on the traffic. Taxi to Cannes will cost 20-35 EUR. Antibes can be reached on foot in 20 minutes
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The history of Juan-les-Pins
At the end of the 19th century, the luxury of the pristine sandy beaches of the bay Golf Juan liked the son of Queen Victoria of England, the Duke of D'Albani, but Juan-les-Pins experienced its true flourishing in the 1950s when wealthy Americans began to come here. The new "pilgrims" brought here not only their luxury cars and democratic secular manners, but also the fashion for jazz.
In 1950, Sidney Béche, the New Orleans jazz genius, clarinettist and soprano saxophonist who wrote the famous blues Petite Fleur (" Little Flower "), celebrated his wedding in this glorious place of the French Riviera. And for ten legendary days João-le-Pan plunged into a world of virtuosic jazz improvisations and friendly "star" parties. Among the guests of Beshe were great musicians, artists, film actors, politicians, journalists and bankers
Since then, the town has turned into a place of attraction of movie stars and music from Europe and North America, to a kind of European New Orleans, where Douglas Fairbanks, Jay Gould, Francis Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald loved to spend their time. Many famous jazz tunes were first performed in local bars, casinos and nightclubs.
The Fitzgerald couple remained in the history of the city in connection with the legend of the founding of the fashionable Belles-Rives hotel. In 1925, an American writer and his wife spent the summer in St. Louis, in a luxury villa of the late 19th century with interiors in the Art Deco style and a well-kept garden descending to the coast. A few years later, the villa turned into a 5-star hotel, where former guests are still reminded of a smoking room and many small rarities.
Climate
Mediterranean with a mildly warm winter, dry and sunny summer (July-August temperature is 26 ° C)
Restaurants, Bars and Clubs
The luxurious restaurant La Passagère of the legendary Belles Rives Hotel (33, boulevard E . Baudoin) is remarkable for its elegant interior, Art Deco style: the walls of the main hall are decorated with geometric frescoes of the 30s, and the neoclassical ceiling to supported by gilt columns . The terrace of the restaurant sinking in the colors of tropical trees goes straight to the foot of the sea and opens a stunning view of the Gulf and the Lerins Islands . The Chef La Passagère Pascal Bardet offers a variety of sea delicacies spicyly flavored with Mediterranean spices . (Tel .: 04 93 61 02 79, bellesrives . com) .
In 2009, in the Hotel Juana, the democratic gastronomic restaurant Café Marianna opened its doors, the atmosphere of an elegant modern interior can taste the Mediterranean and Provencal cuisines in the accompaniment of the best French wines and desserts from Jean-Michel Lorca. Here you should try "Spring Rolls with Crab", "Risotto with deep-sea shrimp and asparagus" and "Royal Chocolate". In the week you can dine on the formula of the ready menu, including a glass of wine, for 19 EUR, the menu "a la carte" is 35 EUR, the price of the evening menu is 35-52 EUR.
Coastal budget restaurant Cannelle (37, Boulevard Guillaumont) will be pleased with the relaxed atmosphere and "cheerful" manner of serving tables. This is a great place for lunch with children and pets, who are also welcome here. And in the menu of the restaurant you will find a wide choice of dishes - from relatively simple and simple local delicacies to real gastronomic masterpieces. Budget: 15-30 EUR per person.
To pleasant family restaurants and Lou Ciapacan (17, avenue du Docteur Dautheville). It serves excellent meat and fish dishes prepared according to the traditional Provencal recipes
Dining menu - 25, 50 EUR, menu "a la carte" - 42 EUR, children's menu - 10 EUR. Closed from late October to March
Bar Lucky Beach, located on the beach of the same name, will allow you to have a nice dinner, having spent the sunset and immersing your bare feet in the still warm coastal sand . The map of the restaurant has an impressive selection of cocktails and all sorts of alcoholic drinks . Here it is better to choose the dishes with fish and seafood at the menu of the "seasonal" cuisine . Budget: 15-30 EUR per person . Another beach gastronomic island Les Pirates will delight you with the delights of Italian cuisine: carpaccio from sea wolf with green lemon , fish fillet, baked on salt with "wild" greens, mille with light vanilla cream . Dining menu - 23 EUR, delicacy menu "a la carte" - 55 EUR . Closed from November to January .
Incendiary Latina, informal atmosphere and modern Mediterranean cuisine attract local and visiting youth in Esterel Plage (Boulevard Charles Guillaumont). Institution Le Pousse Pousse (12 Avenue Doct Dautheville) with a minimal oriental interior - for lovers of Asian cuisine. Here you can order traditional Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai dishes, as well as modern "variations on the theme" from young talented chefs.
Book popular Juan-les-Pins hotels at the best prices
| Hôtel Belles Rives from 8 822 rubles Juan-les-Pins 33 Boulevard Edouard Baudoin | AC Hotel Ambassadeur Antibes - Juan Les Pins by Marriott from 6 823 rubles Juan-les-Pins 50/52, Chemin des Sables | Hôtel Juana from 6 823 rubles Juan-les-Pins La Pinède - 19 avenue Gallice |
| Garden Beach Hotel from 5 859 rubles Juan-les-Pins 15-17 Boulevard Baudouin | Hôtel Hélios from 5,996 rubles Juan-les-Pins 3 Avenue Dautheville | Hôtel La Villa Cap d'Antibes from 6,479 rubles Juan-les-Pins avenue Saramartel |
| Emeraude Résidence Hotelière from 4 480 rub Juan-les-Pins 11 Avenue Saramartel | Hôtel Juan Beach from 6,892 rubles Juan-les-Pins 5 Rue De L'Oratoire | Mandara Hotel from 3 791 rubles Juan-les-Pins 25 Vieux chemin de La Colle |
| Hôtel Astor from 3 446 rubles Juan-les-Pins 61 Chemin Fournel Badine | La Marjolaine from 3 791 rubles Juan-les-Pins 15, Av Du Docteur Fabre | Hôtel Colbert from 4 480 rubles Juan-les-Pins 12 Rue Bricka |
Holidays with children
Despite its courteous reputation, Juan-les-Pins is a great place to relax with children. The tourist infrastructure of the resort offers a lot of entertainment and adventure for small and young travelers: the city has a modern oceanarium, a butterfly park, a "live" farm and a children's sailing school, where children can learn windsurfing and the rules for managing a catamaran.
Marineland
@Marineland is the largest marine park in Europe where you can observe the life of dolphins, killer whales and all sorts of tropical fish . The main miracle of the complex is a giant aquarium with sharks, under which passes a pedestrian 30-meter second tunnel with transparent walls . here every day, day and night! pass colorful musical performances with the participation of trained pets . The complex also accommodates the largest aqua park of the Cote d'Azur - Aqua Splash . Its main pool covers an area of 1000 sq. m . m! Here you can also find a water playground with an artificial surf, a pool simulating the river, twelve water slides and many other attractions .
Le Petite Ferme Park
Le Petite Ferme Park is a real Provencal farm with cows and horses , chickens and other pets. All living creatures are absolutely tame, which gives indescribable pleasure to the smallest visitors of the park: they can freely feed, iron and, if desired, even pooch for new "friends." Here you can also ride a pony cart and play mini golf
Museums of Antibes and Juan-les-Pins
Local museums of Antibes also offer special cognitive and interactive programs for young travelers. So the Picasso Museum (Grimaldi Castle) conducts children's excursions, after which small visitors can work on creating their own masterpiece of the museum in the painting studio.
The next attraction of Juan-les-Pins will be of interest to parents. The Museum of the Tower, housed in a medieval home of hereditary fishermen, tells about the French folk traditions, crafts and culture of the 18th-19th centuries. The exposition includes clothing, household items, furniture, masterpieces of handicraft and carpentry from Provence and neighboring regions.
Juan Festival in Juan-les-Pins
Every summer in the middle of July in Juan- le-pan, square Gould Square, is the International Jazz Festival that gathers the most famous jazz bands and orchestras from around the world and invites to its public and private venues the leading soloists of the genre and promising young performers . Here they play New Orleans, Gospel, Blues, Swing, Be-Bob, Latin Jazz, Cool Jazz, Jazz-Roc, Modern Jazz, international master- lasses for young and young musicians and gala dinners are organized in the style of the 1920s, and the "Jards of Jazz" (Les Jardins de Jazz) evening program brings together 50 guests from among the members of the private club who can enjoy jazz in the refined atmosphere of the summer fashionable terrace Excursions of the next modern genius .
Excursions from Juan-les-Pins
In addition to the magnificent sights of Antibes, in the neighborhood of Juan-les-Pins you can visit many unique historical and cultural places full of original color and charm.
Island St. the Honore
The tiny island of Saint Honoré is full of luxury of Mediterranean beauty: bays with incredible shades of azure color, a grove of spreading umbrella pines, eucalypt alleys ... And the most ancient Catholic monastery of the Order of the Cistercians, based on the place of the cell that lived in the 5th century era, the monk-monk Saint Honoré . In the Middle Ages the monastery, named Lerinsky abbey, was highly esteemed in the Christian world and was an important outpost off the coast of France, reflecting the pirate raids of the Arabs . At the present its time is a functioning monastery is open to visits .Monks of the monastery also became famous as great winemakers, they still cultivate vineyards, grow lavender, rosemary and 44 kinds of plants and make dry wine and liqueurs "Lerina" under the prescriptions of 2800 years ago .
St. Margaret Island
St. Margarita Island (Sister . Honore), which in ancient times was Lero's name, Greeks mastered in the 12th century BC . From the Roman era there are many artifacts preserved here, from the Middle Ages - New name, from New time - Royal Fort, erected th at Richelieu and rebuilt in the 17th century by the military designer Voban . The history of the 18th century left behind this place the legend of the mysterious prisoner in the iron mask, which in his famous novel was described by Dumas-father . Today there are many versions of this story, but reliably confirmed only the fact of the 18-year prisoner's stay at Fort . Also on the island is the Sea Museum and the International Center for Sailing and Diving . In the western part of the island there is the Bagetie pond with a picturesque "collection" of sea birds .
Grasse the capital of perfumery
The train from Juan-les-Pins can easily reach the French capital of perfumery - Grasse . During the reign of Catherine de 'Medici the city was famous for the production of perfumed gloves that were flavored with exotic spices, musk, amber, jasmine and essential oils . When the notion went out of fashion, the gloves turned into perfumers . In Grasse you can meet the Grass area and the Maya Rose street . It was here that Coco Chanel developed the composition of her legendary perfume Chanel No. 5 . In the Old Town with its narrow streets and art studios are nice just a stroll, but here you can also glance at the International Perfume Museum, the Fragonard Fragrance Museum, the Museum of Art and History of Provence with a collection of local costume and jewelry .
Biot
And in the charming medieval town of Biot (Biot) it's interesting to stroll through workshops, galleries and shops with ceramics and products of local glass blowers. At the entrance to the village there is an art glass factory Photo Juan-les-Pins (9)