Juan-les-pins


Location

Juan-les-Pins is located in the Provence Cote d'Azur region of France.

Presentation

Antibes-Juan-les-Pins is the second largest city in the Alpes Maritimes area and is a popular tourist destination with its rich history
and traditions, many festivals, sailing and night life. Juan le Pins is well-known for its beautiful beaches and pine forests. Thanks to its location, it enjoys 300 days of sunshine per year. The town benefits from 25 kms of coastline with a great variety of different marine features: creeks, rocky escarpments and fine sandy and pebble beaches. This large choice of marine sites means that many aqua-marine activities are easily available: water-skiing, diving and all kinds of fishing. Situated between Nice and Cannes and 13 kms from Nice Cote d'Azur International Airport.

Economy


  • Population: 75,000
  • Density: 2,734.6 inhabitant/sqkm
  • Juan Les Pins benefits from a high capital growth which will turn into a great advantage at the time of investing.
  • The city is also dynamic with a well-developed economic structure, including the technology park Sophia Antipolis.
  • The town is dynamic and forward looking with a well-developed economic structure.

Culture

The second largest town in the department, Antibes Juan-les-Pins has a rich historic and architectural past. Exploring the town that has been conserved, renovated, and occasionally embellished, is a highly enjoyable activity for young and old, as history reveals itself on a stroll round the narrow streets and avenues of the town.
Ancient squares, mediaeval streets, typical Provencal houses, and pine trees that have stood for a hundred years or more form the enchanting backdrop to the museums and festivals in Antibes Juan-les-Pins.

 

 

 

 

Summer festivals

Along the street behind the seaside stage where the annual jazz festival "Jazz à Juan" is held, you will find ceramic tiles laid into the pavement with handprints of more than 50 jazz musicians who have played at this festival, among those Al Jarreau, B. B. King, Chick Corea, Clark Terry, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Fats Waller, George Benson, Hank Jones, Pat Metheny, Ravi Coltrane, Ray Charles, Richard Galliano, Roy Haynes, Shirley Horn and Sonny Rollins.

Outside festival periods or other public arrangements, petanque players every afternoon use the area in front of the tall steel "jazz monument" for their games under the stone pine trees.

Easy Access

- By plane: Air Lingus provides a non-stop flight from Dublin airport to Nice airport. Nice Cote d'Azur International Airport is 25 kilometres away.


- By train: SNCF railway station in the centre of town, rue l'Esterelle.


- By car: On the RN98 Sea Front road, or from Antibes vie Boulevard Pointcarre or Boulevard Wilson


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where to Buy

Biarritz
Bordeaux
Cannes
Dordogne - Sarlat
Grenoble
Juan-Les-Pins
La Rochelle
Lille
Loire Valley
Limoges
Montpellier
Nice
Paris
Perpignan
Poitiers
Rouen
Strasbourg
Toulouse

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