Went to Antibes last week, and after the heavy rains walked out to the beach (for my first visit) where Picasso, Hemingway and the Fitzgeralds once swam.
With all the debris still on the sands, and the clear air and snow on the alps over the water, it was cold and wonderful. No one else went out. Nothing like winter waters and history all to yourself.
One of the few examples of an older more interesting building along Cannes’s waterfront is gone.
There seems little virtue in destroying interesting architecture, especially one with original wrought-iron balcony railings, high ceilings, old shutters.
Why not remodel a site like this?
The developer’s sign says the new offering will provide a private pool for two penthouse apartments – a treated-pool twenty metres from the Mediterranean.
Antibes has kept its past. Except for the Carlton, what historic buildings are left on Cannes’s waterfront?
Swimanog 