A blog about Cap d'Antibes
Real Coffee on the Cap La Torref de Fersen is the only place in Antibes where you will find coffee roasted in house. Opened in 2017 by Franck, La Torref de Fersen quickly became Antibes’ most popular coffee house. If you love real coffee then …
Pleks Kustom “Demonstrates how ‘we’ are trashing the planet, by….. trashing the planet. Brilliant. Next, he can emphasize poverty by starving some homeless people.” ………………………………………………………………. “I think it is a brilliant statement and I hope the media will report on this more and increase covering …
Meet Harper, a student at Mougins school. Harper is passionate about preserving our beautiful planet. She contacted me last week to ask if I would come and take some photos of a beach clean she had organised on the Cap. So, yesterday I went along …
Lucio, Pointu Owner I interviewed Lucio, Pointu owner way back at the beginning of the season as the boats were going back into the water. Unfortunately I have been so busy with paid Photography work over the summer that I have only just got around …
Francois, Pointu owner. Pointu owner Francois is another of the many fabulous characters who you will often see at the Port l’Abri de l’Olivette. Kanabistro, the name of his Pointu maybe gives you a little clue to his character. Tall and always tanned you can’t …
Pascale, Pointu Owner Meet Pascale, Pointu owner in the Port l’Abri de l’Olivette. I first met Pascale in 2017 during the annual Pointu race at Port Salis. He was racing for team Safranier in ‘ La vie en Rose’ a pretty Pink Pointu also anchored in …
Jean-Luc, Pointu Owner. Meet Jean-Luc, Pointu owner in the Port l’Abri de l’Olivette. I first spotted Jean-Luc last summer on one of my many strolls around the Cap with my camera. He was deep in thought on his Pointu and I couldn’t help notice his …
Olivier- Pointu Owner. Meet Olivier, Pointu Owner and also the current president of the Association of the l’Abri de l’Olivette. Unlike a Port an Abri exists just for seven months of the year. During the winter months the boats need to come out of the …
Philippe, Pointu Owner. Meet Philippe, Pointu owner. Philippe owns Pirouli II, one of the forty or so Pointus which are moored in the beautiful little Port de l’Abri de l’Olivette in Cap d’Antibes. When I met Philippe he was in the process of preparing his …
Supdreams with Céline Supdreams is a relatively new Stand Up paddle School on the Cote d’Azur. Founded three years ago by triple French Paddle Board Champion Céline Guesdon, Supdreams offers a large selection of SUP activities for adults and also for children. I met up …
The People who make the Villa tick. The Villa Eilenroc was built by a rich Dutch ex- governor of the Dutch East Indies Hugh-Hope Loudon. He commissioned the architect Charles Garnier to built the villa in 1860 and it was completed in 1867. He called it the Villa Eilenroc. In …
Bacon Open for business Welcome to the Restaurant Bacon, a famous Cap d’Antibes fish restaurant. Situated on the coast road where it starts to curve around the Cap, just past Port Salis, the restaurant has been in the same family since 1948. Back then it …