The Riviera's gateway and ideal base: a real city with markets and local life on the famous Baie des Anges curve. Walk the 7km Promenade, morning-market at Cours Saleya, climb Castle Hill free for the panorama, and day-trip trainside to Monaco, Èze and Cannes. Beaches are pebble (rent loungers or hit Antibes' sand); June and September deliver the same sea at half the pressure.