Learn more about our flexibility promise and our latest travel updates. Click here for more details. Leaving Edinburgh on a cold, grey November day it was wonderful to arrive at Nice airport in full sunshine just 3 hours later. A further 20 minute by taxi, with Javier my driver regaling me with stories about his latest rondonee hiking route in the nearby Alpes Maritimes, I was dropped off in the heart of Old Antibes.
The main purpose of my trip was to visit the French school we have worked with in Antibes for many years, but also to reacquaint myself with just what makes this picturesque area so special. Learn French — we offer courses for adults and adolescents all year round in our lovely school located in a quiet residential area of the town. A large landscaped garden surrounds the main building, a spacious stone built villa with plenty of balconies and windows to let the light pour in air conditioning in the summer months when it is too hot to leave the windows open.
Courses for more mature learners are held in the Spring and Autumn months and are a popular way to brush up your French in a more relaxed way. School groups are very well suited to Antibes too as it is small enough to explore everywhere on foot. Accommodation is within easy walking distance of the school in both homestay and residential accommodation too. For more details , see this link to school group trips in Antibes.
Visit the Picasso museum — An absolute must do when in Antibes. Housed in what used to be the bishops palace in the middle ages, then taken over as Grimaldi castle, this historic building overlooking the Mediterranean now houses the impressive Picasso museum.
This connection started when Picasso was offered space in the castle as his studio in During the next two months he was highly prolific in his artwork and when he left Antibes he left the city many of his now famous works including La femme aux oursins which are on show.
