Créé par Emilie, le 4 juin 2026
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The most beautiful beaches around Antibes
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Pebble beaches, sandy beaches or small coves, larger or smaller beaches, well-equipped or wilder ones, you'll find everything around Antibes.
Here's a small guide to help you finalize your choice, you'll just need to grab your towel and sunscreen for a moment of pure relaxation on a beach around Antibes!
Pebble beaches around Antibes
On the eastern part of the city, from the Brague district to Fort Carré, the beaches are exclusively covered with pebbles. For those who are not used to pebbles, it's better to bring a pair of beach shoes to avoid hurting yourself or looking totally clumsy trying to reach the water!
Another particularity: the waters are particularly deep, therefore cooler, be careful if you go to these beaches with children who can't swim or swim poorly, they will quickly lose their footing.
You'll also find certain amenities on these beaches such as "quick bite" food points, which come in handy when it's very hot and you don't really feel like dragging the cooler around!
Sandy beaches around Antibes
3 sandy beaches are accessible from Antibes:
1 – Gravette Beach
The ramparts offer you a lifesaving shaded area during the hottest summer days, moreover, this crescent-shaped beach doesn't suffer from wind and waves, another very good point. A surveillance and rescue station is present during the beautiful season, showers and toilets have been installed. Nearby, you'll find the Picasso Museum in the Grimaldi Castle classified as a historical monument located in the old town center of Vieil Antibes.
2 – Ponteil Beach
Located at the exit of old Antibes going to Cap d'Antibes, this beach is perfect for families with children, as the water is shallow.
You'll also find on site:
- Parking,
- A sailing school,
- A Handi-beach point,
- A rescue station with surveillance,
- Toilets and showers,
- Water sports,
- Nearby shops.
3 – Salis Beach
This long sandy beach has the same advantages as Ponteil Beach, namely:
- Shallow waters,
- Parking,
- A sailing school,
- A Handi-beach point,
- A rescue station with surveillance,
- Toilets and showers,
- Water sports.
Cap d'Antibes coves
Small, more or less wild beaches have their charm: more privacy, a feeling of being alone and peaceful facing the sea, a secret spot to discover the seabed with a mask and snorkel...
But they are not supervised, so it's important to get good information about the weather and waves and to watch the little ones at every moment!
1 – Bacon Coves
This is not strictly speaking a beach, it's a cove with rocks that's quite difficult to access, swimming is strongly discouraged in rough weather, as the danger is major.
2 – Argent Faux Beach
This is a cove with relatively limited space, however having the advantage of having a dock and stairs to reach the sea. Moreover, the panorama is very beautiful.
Cap d'Antibes beaches
A calmer space, preserved nature, a prestigious site where luxury and nature blend, this is how one could define Cap d'Antibes Juan les Pins.
1 – Bacon Beach
- Positive point: the small cove is reached by a staircase and offers a superb view of the city ramparts.
- Negative point: parking is complicated and the beach is made of pebbles, not sand.
2 – Garoupe Beach
A bay with turquoise waters, idyllic, a beach of sand and small pebbles with showers, toilets, parking and water sports. The beach is supervised.
3 – Eilen Roc Beach
Pebble and rock beach, the panorama is absolutely superb.
4 – Baie Milliardaires Beach
A pebble beach whose natural environment will captivate you.
5 – Pointe Ouest Beach
This narrow beach is composed of pebbles and rocks, it's an ideal site for diving. A parking lot is located facing the hairpin on the road.
6 – Olivette Beach
A very small pebble beach with a small wooden dock.
7 – Les Ondes Beach and Port Mallet
This sandy beach has incredible charm with its small submerged tower near a lovely little port. The panorama of the Estérel and Lérins islands adds an extra touch of romance... A beach stormed during the beautiful season by swimmers, hikers and mountain bikers.
Antibes Juan les Pins is a destination of choice for beaches on the French Riviera, this seaside resort has everything to please! The very renowned Baie des Anges stretches between Cap d'Antibes and Nice. And don't forget that if public beaches are sometimes victims of their success, it's also possible to access, for a fee, private beaches along the seafront promenade: Ponton Courbet, Promenade du Soleil, Casino, Pinède and at Cap d'Antibes level: on Garoupe beach such as Plage Keller. Sunbathing, paddle, pedal boat, windsurfing and water skiing are waiting for you.