Cap d'Antibes Walk
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Plage de la Garoupe, Cap d'Antibes, the start of the coast path.

If you're travelling from outside Antibes the worst part of this walk is getting to the launch pad, Plage de la Garoupe. If travelling by car it's best to avoid Juans-les-Pins as that overbuilt, overcrowded town gets very stuffed in anything outside winter. Approaching via Antibes' Plage de la Salis is the easiest route.
Alternatively hire a bike in Antibes or Juans-les-Pins and cycle to Garoupe easily. It's very flat and French drivers are well used to giving cyclists lots of space, it's in their blood to respect bikes.
And by the way, we can recommend this café with the red/white parasols. It serves excellent meals and drinks for surprisingly low prices considering the cost of local real-estate!

The start of Cap d'Antibes' Sentier Littoral, the coastal path.

One can whinge about French efficiency in some areas but organisation of sentiers [paths/trails] is not one of them. The network of marked and maintained hiking trails throughout the country is superb and this one or two hour walk is a good example.

The walk is not all flat but the elevation changes by little more than 30 metres, safety rails are in place where waves might drag away hikers [very rare outside winter] and the usual yellow splashes mark the route though hardly necessary considering that the alternatives are climbing a wall or plunging into the sea.
So what are those kids looking at?

It seems it's not only humans that are attracted to Cap d'Antibes, Mediterranean jellyfish like to hang out there too.

Apart from Plage de la Garoupe at the start of the path there are no beaches, cafés and almost no shade on the way.

Signs are usefully presented. Click the pic for more photos of the walk.

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