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Park in the Fort Carré d'Antibes car park, which is free for much of the year. Please take care during this walk, as you will be passing through many urban areas.
(S/E) Cross the coastal road with care and start walking along the coast.
(1) Here you will find the entrance to Fort Carré, a 16th-century ruin listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Walk around the ramparts, then the basins of Port Vauban.
(2) Enter the town via the Square du 8 Mai 1945, then turn left onto Boulevard de l’Aiguillon to see the casemates converted into shops. Once at the end, turn right onto Rue Aubernon and walk halfway down the street.
(3) Go under the archway on the left and take the time to wander through the old streets of Antibes, passing, in particular, through the charming Rue Saint-Esprit. Walk past the cathedral and turn left to reach the Promenade de l’Amirale de Grasse.
(4) Turn right, walk past the Picasso Museum, reach the ramparts and follow them.
(5) At the end of the ramparts, walk past the Archaeology Museum. Turn left immediately afterwards to enter the square running along the seafront. Follow the coastline as closely as possible
(6) Pass the Pointe de l'Ilet, continue along the beach to the Sailing Centre. Join Boulevard James Willie.
(7) Continue along Plage de la Salis to the small Port de la Salis.
(8) Turn right at the bend and, immediately, just before the gate blocking the cul-de-sac, turn left into the Bois de la Garoupe. It is a dirt track that winds through this forest. A complete change of scenery guaranteed! Within this wooded area, you’ll find oaks, Aleppo pines and olive trees. At every junction, keep going straight on
(9) At this point, take the steps which lead straight onto a paved slanting street of the Way of the Cross. Turn right and climb a few steps to reach the Garoupe plateau, at the top of the Chemin du Calvaire.
(10) You will reach an orientation table. Go round the chapel via this tarmac road known as Route de la Chapelle. Take a full tour of the site, not forgetting to look at the 30-metre-high lighthouse, which has a range of over 60 km. Another chapel and the semaphore are located behind the lighthouse. Return to the orientation table
(10) Continue along and descend the Chemin du Calvaire, where each wayside shrine is highlighted.
(11) At this point, the Chemin du Calvaire, which is a paved slanting street, turns left and continues on to Port de la Salis.
(8) Follow the seafront to the Pointe de l’Ilette.
(6) Join Boulevard du Maréchal Leclerc, follow it to the right, then head straight on along Square Albert 1er, without entering it. Further on, turn right into Square Élie Lévy, which you passed through on the way there. Walk past the Archaeology Museum again, which will be on your right, and continue for a few metres towards Vieil Antibes.
(5) Turn left into Rue du Haut Castelet. Navigate the bend to the right, then turn left onto Rue du Cannet, going round the barracks. Then follow Rue du Général Vandenberg to the left
(12) Turn right to cross the small car park, then follow Avenue du 24 Août to Place Guynemer. Go straight on, turn left to follow Avenue du Grand Cavalier and reach a star-shaped junction.
(13) Turn right, diagonally, onto Avenue Tournelli. At No. 11 is the Postcard Museum, the only one of its kind in France and Europe. You will come out onto Avenue Pasteur; follow it to the left, then turn right onto Avenue de la Libération to reach the large roundabout.
(14) Turn left and follow Avenue du 11 Novembre all the way to the car park (S/E).
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