Antibes on the French Riviera

[@berthasanchez6559]

What a beautiful place! I could stay there for the rest of my life. Thanks for such a beautiful video

[@RobertJohnson-pm8my]

I used to live in Juan les Pins, next town over on the West, and came to watch this because of home sickness. Great quality and you go through all my favorite spots. Thanks

[@VadimDaskal]

I like this guy, Dennis. I feel the vibe of each town he is walking through.

[@darkwolf5575]

I’ve been to Antibes many years and very much enjoyed it. This video showed me streets and passages I’ve never spotted and will explore them in the future.

[@shubeedoo]

I just came back from southern France. I watched your videos for months before I started my trip. Now I am watching again and see what I missed . I hooked up your videos. So informative and interesting. The best among the all. Thank you!

[@denniscallan]

I am so glad the videos were helpful before going, and fun to watch on your return -- that's why I am making them, thanks for letting me know.

[@dixie1579]

I love that your video isn't just walk-walk, you actually stop and look into the better more interesting shops and restaurants. Like I would do if I were there. THANK YOU

[@seanbuckley7485]

Thanks Dennis. Your videos are great and it is nice to see you and your family enjoy these lovely places and sharing them with us.

[@dragonstar6490]

Great video it brought back happy memories of good times in 1986 thank you :)

[@bensev1]

Wow another wonderful in depth video... hoping to see more HD presentations of the region... Thanks again Dennis!!!!

[@bielochka3435]

Dennis, as always your videos are excellent, beautiful little town of Antibes. Thank you for sharing.

[@moniqueneagle7091]

Thank you so much for sharing. It brought back very fond memories. It's always a pleasure to watch your videos. Great job. Bravo. 🌹

[@danielc45]

Dennis, I did enjoy your walking tour again. It appears that you like traveling in the off season where everyone wore more clothes and sky is less suny.

[@denniscallan]

Yes, especially now in the age of overtourism and narcissist instagrammers, shoulder season and out-of-the-way, but interesting, towns are my strategy, which I will continue sharing with you. Climate change is another reason to avoid summer travels...too damn hot!

[@laurencenesbitt2357]

Excellent videos, Dennis. We have an apartment in St. Paul de Vence and we thought your video of the village was a superb guide.

[@marijanabilic9246]

Dennis...bravo...good video🍀🙏thank yo...I am going to spent NY in area...so it is good tonknow basics🌹

[@jeanninecourtois]

lovely place thank you for this vidéo ,wish I could be there

[@ifreschi9438]

The autumn in riviera it's a beautiful time of the year. From September till November you can find a lovely weather. Greeting from San Bartolomeo al Mare.

[@denniscallan]

Yes, totally agree, that's when I like to go, although November can be chilly and cloudy. with no crowds.

[@ifreschi9438]

Depends, normally November gives a lot of romantic aspects to the landscape. It's a different way to live the sea side of Italy. Fully agree with You, no crowds.

[@barbarastrand5742]

Thank you so much for your wonderful tour ! !

[@denniscallan]

Thank you too!

[@Gapgirltvbc]

I'm visiting nice (June 26-July 2) and this video is so helpful! Thanks so much for making the video

[@pravdr1]

really calms you down !!!!! wonderful laid back town good narration and atmosphere

[@kimiliushanyu1772]

Love your films ! Thank you soooo much !

[@haileywilliams1921]

You make great videos,sir! I keep commenting in all of them! lol! so,Antibe was taken over about 8 times,oh wow..very informative.

[@guichec3786]

11:52 L'absinthe bar, super fun 👌.Just beside the market.

[@mcfrdmn]

Fantastic videography of Antibes. This video is just lovely, especially along the shoreline along the mediterranean. I like the fact that a one day pass is available for purchase. The trains appear to be modern and run quietly compared to the trains in North America.

[@denniscallan]

Michael Friedman Thanks Michael. I was just reading a travel story in today's New York Times about Antibes, but my video gives a much better feeling for the place, and yes, the train system (and bus) are excellent and cheap.

[@mcfrdmn]

denniscallan Hi Dennis, I was just watching another of your videos on Nice,I seems that one can easily spend 6 months in the French/Italian Riviera area and still not see everything. The weather seems to be extremely pleasant even in October - November. Much of Antibes and even Nice reminds me of old Montreal, only the weather in Antibes & Nice is much more pleasant and accomadating at this time of the year. Have you posted any videos of Old Montreal?

[@denniscallan]

Michael Friedman It's true, 6 months on the Riviera would be delightful, a never-ending list of places to see. I did make some movies about Old Montreal, yes, and Old Quebec City, and Toronto, all on this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLke86NFI6R8wCsjpqpHWxT-rbCwQdSTBb

[@MrBassime]

Extremely enjoyable and useful video. Great work!

[@ggmgf1]

Another great video Dennis....thanks for posting!!!

[@muradwal4803]

commentary is very good very easy and understandable accessed and very precise and knowledgeable information thanks dear

[@vedesty6580]

Wow !!!!! what a great review . Thanks

[@kingbob4846]

Watch 5th of Dennis video. Very informative and helpful for future travel, if possible! Great thanks!!!

[@patrickspentchian3652]

Felicitations très bien expliqué

[@tiarnan76]

I'm on your fifth video in a row - am totally hooked - your walking tours are easily the best travel guides on youtube....I'm planning a year of travel next Jan (2018) starting in Portugal - and will make my way through Spain, France and to the Foot of Italy...your vids are invaluable.Thank you!

[@denniscallan]

Hi tiarnan, thank you for those kind words -- that enthusiasm helps gives me energy to keep making more movies for you -- lots of new ones coming up all the time, and 1200 old ones to keep you busy. Your trip sounds wonderful, best wishes.

[@tiarnan76]

Hi Dennis - that's great cant wait to see your new uploads...I've actually picked 3 places I'm going to visit because of your vids - Avignon, Antibes & Carcassonne - but am actually about to start watching more vids...kinda feel like Im cheating now coz youve made my research so easy haha :) (am actually looking for good places in Spain next...)

[@denniscallan]

Those are also very good choices. Avignon, excellent in itself, is a great home base for a few days to see Arles, Aix, Marseilles, Pont du Gard and more. Carcassonne, a walled town, more like a fortress, magical to walk through, and to see at twilight from below on the bridge. I'm not trying to sell you a tour, but I did create an excellent website about your trip you might find interesting: toursbytrain.com/Mediterranean-tour.html

[@ТамараЩербакова-о9й]

tiarnan us

[@paradise3921]

Nice! , thnx allot 4 the useful info n the video.

[@maguyjoseph6462]

Beautiful.

[@ArtisticSideOfLife]

Thanks for this informative video. X

[@Dream-bebe]

I would like to visit this charming city.

[@laxmibhattsbeautifulworld4996]

Beautiful town. Beautifully shot as well 👍👍👌

[@maguyjoseph6462]

Every City is beautiful

[@webphotomag]

Worth noting : in the market, the central row in the market is reserved for actual local producers, the side rows are mostly resellers. If you're looking to buy the freshest local vegetables, to practice cooking ratatouille for example, make sure to buy local. Another thing to bear in mind is the produces calendar at the top of the market, helping you easily remember what is in season and what isn't...

[@denniscallan]

Thanks for those excellent tips.

[@DanielaPerez-yp1gb]

😂👍What should I say......? Footsteps.... from my Parent's and Meeee 😂 Vive le France

[@anairenemartinez165]

Quaint, very. After you see one you've seen them all.

[@TravellingHopper]

Beautiful 😍 we were there recently

[@merqury5]

he said, its 2500 years old, but some of the streets have always been too narrow for a car. As of they had a car and made a conscious choice not to allow for it. Fun. But this is a great video that shows how the old town in antibes really is. There are even a few safe large playgrounds there for us with kids.

[@denniscallan]

Thanks for your comments, especially enjoyable coming from a local. Yes, Antibes is surely one of the world's oldest towns, dating back to Phoenecian times, way before the Greeks -- and why not, it is located in a perfect environment, still so beautiful today.

[@haileywilliams1921]

Oh,wow,love the history..

[@mf5531]

they didn't have cars in the year 400 so that is probably why the streets are so narrow

[@danielletanner1449]

As a Swiss expatriate I miss the medieval towns. Nice memories of Provence, except for the mistral.

[@robertmahler8894]

Very beautiful town! I lived in Cannes for 3 years, and this whole area would be heaven on earth if it wasn't for its people, the most difficult to deal with.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

As a French, I quite agree with you 🙂 People from the côte d'azur can be a bit rude 🙂

[@jayaybe1]

Yep, that Captain Teebs certainly had great taste.

[@PeteDaveRob]

Great videos. I'm going to be in port of Cannes one day next month. The ship docks around 8 and I'm considering a train ride around 9:30AM to Antibes to stroll through, then hop on the train further to Nice to explore a bit. I would need to take a train back to Cannes and be back onboard by 4PM (hopefully having some time to walk around Cannes). Is this impossible? Which places do you recommend more for someone who appreciates quaint markets/shops, old town neighborhoods and beautiful beaches and would like to avoid the high end shopping atmosphere?

[@denniscallan]

Yes you can do that plan, thanks to frequent frequent rail service to Antibes, 12-minute journey, train stations quite central, follow my routes and you'll cover both places in one day, but maybe get off the ship at 8am rather than 9:30, and return as late as possible. I agree with your Old Town preference -- so Antibes is superior of the two -- but must admit that when in Cannes the new town is more interesting than the old, along the beach and Rue d'Antibes shopping street, which also continues as excellent pedestrian street. See my Cannes video at 9:16 for walking map. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHbHpnmPnJ53h5o

[@andywang2444]

great video!

[@JM-gu3tx]

Denis, you forgot subject-verb agreement in your excellent presentation!

[@denniscallan]

Yes Ian, I do sometimes mix up singular and plural, a by-product of the spontaneous way I occasionally narrate.

[@nigel642]

In this video, the narrator says Antibes is a village. It has a population of more than 73000 people (Wikipedia). I lived there for two years 2004-6. It is a very nice place.

[@BlackBeanChicken]

Staying in Antibes for 6 nights as a home base.

[@mf5531]

woo hoo! have a great trip!

[@andreewert1142]

lovely...we needf a rue de la République here un Shawinigan...lol

[@limrosemary8536]

come and walk in Singapore 🇸🇬.., all nature parks well connected by walkways

[@deirdregillespie7339]

Dennis you are so expert and no nonsense video give information( without like many others) wasted time Love to follow all your videos Dennis may I ask do you work for tourist company ? Take care Deirdre from 🇮🇪 Ireland

[@Blaze49AzSd]

Great video. We’ll be in Nice for 12 days. Planning to visit beautiful Antibes . Will I be able to get a tour map of the old town just to make it easier to navigate around ? Thanks

[@denniscallan]

I do have some small maps you can download from my website, including Antibes. toursbytrain.com/Mediterranean-tour.html Click the download city maps button

[@Blaze49AzSd]

Thanks Dennis, will do.. Yes, much useful information, thanks again..

[@kathleennye262]

We used to live there 🥲lost everything in the flood of 2015

[@shanerg77]

A far nice place to stay than Nice. I was living in the region when this video was made.

[@lilylum8179]

Wish l can travel with you!

[@KO-eq7mq]

Would help if you specify the month in which you’re filming. Thx-nice quality.

[@caterinaaa212]

25:25 that’s my house haha

[@efalkows]

How’s living there? :)

[@miriamglai]

What time of the year was this trip? Am thinking of heading there in Oct. Would it be cold/wet?

[@denniscallan]

+Miriam Lai October is the PERFECT time to go -- not cold, not wet. Go for it.

[@miriamglai]

Thanks for the advice. Was starting to dread (from reading other feedbacks) that it will be a wet month!

[@jillcrowley4295]

Miriam Lai i

[@markoshea6833]

nice stone streets

[@arthistoryliterature]

I appreciated viewing this but I was also struck by how many times it was repeated at "how peaceful, quiet" a residential street or area was when the very idea of group tours--and I was on a Rick Steves whirlwind tour of Italy last year--necessitates bringing usually large (10+) groups of tourists who are engaging in loud, raucous conversation--especially if they are American, or to a somewhat lesser extent, Australians, oblivious to anything but their cameras and to shopping. This, in itself, is deeply ironic, as the very "peaceful, quiet, intimate" ambiance, so admired and sought after, is "wrecked" with the presence of these groups, and often hordes, of same peace-seeking (but more often diversion-seeking) people. I'm not sure I would want to go here now that this town has been singled out for being so attractive and peaceful. For most tourists, I am guessing, seeing the Old Town of Nice should.would be sufficient.

[@denniscallan]

You offer a valid consideration of one dilemma of travel, especially visitor impact on small towns and "quiet, peaceful" places...it reminds me of my favorite Shakespeare quote "Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by" pointing out how our love for a place can injure it in the process of visiting. One solution is stay home, but we want to see these places, so lets do it in a way that minimizes our impact and provides benefit for all. In my visit I did bring a small group of 8 people and once we got a brief orientation, we split up and wandered around, sprinkling some money into the local economy and enjoying this special place in a respectful appropriate way, not loud and obnoxious.

[@vickomars]

Or as easily said, "loved it to death".

[@lenafernandez777]

Did you mention that Graham Greene lived across Le Yacht restaurant and Inn

[@denniscallan]

Oh, to be Graham Greene, enjoying the good life

[@albertodillon]

Antibes is close to Cannes so you can visit the 2 cities

[@denniscallan]

Yes, as I have shown in many videos, here: kzbin.info/aero/PLke86NFI6R8zocLFXUwFd_iHxBoCq1VNc and big collection here: kzbin.info/aero/PLke86NFI6R8zP3SKHQ6DEMDMDv8vp_66c

[@YurleyLopez-tw8lw]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Tomson419]

Would you consider Antibes a student city? Or is it more quiet?

[@heliedecastanet1882]

No, Antibes is not a student city. Nice is 🙂

[@happycanadianguy]

Are the beaches in Antibes rocky or sandy? Thanks

[@denniscallan]

mostly sand, but the beach in Antibes is quite small. Nearby places have more beach.

[@happycanadianguy]

@@denniscallan could you recommend where I could find a large sandy beach along the Riviera?

[@denniscallan]

@@happycanadianguy Juan-les-Pins is nearby and there are others along the coast for you to discover. Look it up on google.

[@olivierprevot4869]

The small village of Anibes? Dude, the population is72k, hardly a village. Also, a lot people stay there on vacation. It’s more popular than you think. I know, that’s where I’m from.

[@rom_8480]

Tu vas â st Paul de Vence , en altitude avec une tante , de la bouffes , mois d ' août , avec tes potes , bien équipé et tu comprendras

[@tharrigville]

Hey Dennis, can you give me some good ski spots in the Swiss Alps?

[@denniscallan]

There are so many I suggest you google it. Here's the top-20 in one survey: delboden - Berner Oberland Flims Laax Falera - Graubünden Jungfrau Ski Region - Kleine Scheidegg - Männlichen - Wengen - Berner Oberland Arosa Lenzerheide - Graubünden Samnaun - Graubünden Obersaxen Mundaun - Graubünden Davos Klosters Parsenn - Graubünden Aletsch Arena / Riederalp - Bettmeralp - Fiesch-Eggishorn - Wallis Engelberg Titlis - Luzern - Vierwaldstättersee Flumserberg - Ostschweiz Zermatt - Wallis St. Moritz - Corviglia - Graubünden Scuol Motta Naluns - Graubünden Andermatt - Gemsstock - Nätschen - Luzern - Vierwaldstättersee Meiringen - Hasliberg - Berner Oberland Toggenburg - Ostschweiz Jungfrau Ski Region - Grindelwald - First - Berner Oberland Saas-Fee - Wallis Grimentz - Zinal - Wallis Sörenberg - Luzern - Vierwaldstättersee

[@tharrigville]

Ok thanks a lot

[@desbrittain9952]

But who was James Close?

[@inquisitive35]

At 24:08 the lady threw her used napkin in the street 😆

[@denniscallan9279]

+inquisitive35 You have good eyes -- I'm glad you watched it all the way through. That trashy behavior is always bad, especially in a gem like Antibes that relies on beauty for business. The perp was a local, not one of my travelers.

[@tomtomalin5188]

Dennis Callan....all your travel KZbin’s are good..Thank you.👍

[@mf5531]

i noticed that too and thought " sadly, there are litter bugs everywhere! "

[@rdelgad3]

Do not take the bus from Nice to Antibes, it takes longer. Unless you are taking it from the Airport to Antibes.

[@denniscallan]

Correct. The trains along the coast are superb. Bus is necessary and useful for getting inland, like to Vence and St Paul, and Grasse.

[@madsfugmann3932]

25:00

[@leonequenin4594]

c'est en France

[@nonarainer8926]

👍

[@syedyawarabbaszaidi4599]

❤💛💚💙💜🧡💓💞💕🌹❣

[@L.M1792]

If you were selling only to your university graduates you would be poor. why freeze out they who aren’t of the university culture?

[@ancaannca3545]

isn't it illegal to have people's faces in videos without their consent? I am asking because I struggle in my videos not to show faces...:)

[@denniscallan]

of course not. If it were illegal there would be no KZbin and no documentaries. The only time there could be a problem is if you intentionally show someone in a very embarrassing situation, or harm them in some other way, such as ridicule, but even that might be a civil rather than criminal offense.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

If it is footage of a crowd and public events, it is ok. But be careful if you isolate people in your video (one to five people, if I remember well) no matter what the situation is : without their permission, it is illegal, not only in France but in Germany, in Spain, in Finland, Italy and many countries 🙂

[@eminmammadov4163]

06:47 "You will find locals very friendly".... I do not see any ethnic French in this specific episode....

[@denniscallan]

You think only ethnic purity makes one local? A minute later I show a Socca vendor smiling at his customer, and yes, they were friendly. Maybe you didn't watch it all, because at 12:00 I am in the food market with many friendly people, some vendors giving out free samples.

[@JM-gu3tx]

Crepe is not pronounced "crap"...

[@watchtellyinuk]

All we need is more TOURISTS in our village. Thanks. Not.

[@markgraves5454]

He pronounces "crap" when he's really saying "crepe". Not the best of confusions.

[@denniscallan]

I said crep, I didn't say crap

[@markgraves5454]

@@denniscallan I'm not talking about what you say, I'm talking about how you pronounce it.

[@JM-gu3tx]

Notice how French women take care of themselves and aren't suicidally obese?