Antibes Trip Overview
This is a bespoke trip into the Pelagos (Ligurian) Sea Sanctuary allowing one group of guests the opportunity to see a diverse range of aquatic life. The boat is booked for onee group only. It is not shared with other people.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Antibes, France
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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What to Expect When Visiting Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
This is a bespoke trip into the Pelagos (Ligurian) Sea Sanctuary allowing one group of guests the opportunity to see a diverse range of aquatic life. The boat is booked for onee group only. It is not shared with other people.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Port Vauban, quai Combattants Afrique du Nord, 06600, Antibes France
We join the trip at the internationaly renown Port Vauban which is a French yachting harbor located in Antibes on the French Riviera. Originally a natural harbor in use since before the Roman Empire, the port was fortified by Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban, King Louis XIV’s military engineer
Pass By: Fort Carre, 11 avenue du 11 Novembre, 06600, Antibes France
Leaving the Port Vauban Harbour we will see The Fort Carré which is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions, that stands on the outskirts of Antibes. Henri de Mandon built the fort and then during the 17th century, the Marquis de Vauban redeveloped it.
Stop At: Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary, Santuario per i mammiferi marini
Originally called the International Ligurian Sea Cetacean Sanctuary, what is now known as the Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean Marine Mammals is a Marine Protected Area aimed at the protection of marine mammals. The area covers over 85,000 km sq and borders France, Monaco and Italy.
The area is renown for its many species of marine animals including Fin Whale, Sperm Whale, Cuvier’s Beaked Whale, Long-finned Pilot Whale, Risso’s Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin, Common Dolphin, Striped Dolphin and the Monk Seal.
If we are lucky and the Dolphins are not very mobile, we may be able to even swim and snorkel with them.
Duration: 5 hours
Pass By: Musee Picasso, Chateau Grimaldi, Place du Chateau, 06600, Antibes France
On our way back to the harbour we pass the amazing Musee Picasso. The Musée Picasso, formerly the Château Grimaldi at Antibes, is built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis.
