I think this was the warmest day of our trips outside of Barcelona, which was perfect because I declared it a beach day. Of course, it could just have been the mojitos(which, in true southern france style, was made with champagne) talking.... The private beach owned by the AC Ambassadeur was spotless. The beach and sand was super clean as well. It is a short 2 minute walk from the actual hotel, not too bad. The pool was very nice, with a lot of lounge chairs, but not heated and it was quite cold. The service at the hotel itself is great, although they charge for EVERY single extra. We asked for silverware to feed our daughter spaghetti and they wanted to charge us 5 euro!
Antibes is a pretty good location to stay if you want to travel to the surrounding areas like Cannes, Nice, or Monaco and generally is more affordable than staying in those places. There are endless restaurants, cafes, and pastry shops and touristy shopping .
But possibly the best place I found was a little store on Palais des Congres. I think it was called Boutique H.17, and it is basically an outlet designer boutique. They have brand names like Michael Kors, Missoni, Moschino, Cavalli, and Barbara Bui. Here, I fell in love with a Givenchy studded peep toe bootie, a buttery green leather jacket, and Giuseppe Zanotti over the knee leather boots that my husband treated me to. They were marked down to 200 Euro!
Our hotel lobby
the bar at the AC Ambassadeur
the infamous mojito with champagne
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