Italian real estate

Cap d'Antibes and Around Further south along the peninsula the delightful, free, sandy (and therefore packed) beach of La Salis marks the start of Cap d'Antibes, scented with roses, jasmine and the smeli of money-there's more concentrated here than almost any where else in France.JulesVerne was among the first tore treat here, where he found the inspiration for Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea; nowadays, to maintain the kind of solitudeand high-tech luxury enjoyed byCaptain Nemoaboard the Nautilus, the owners of the Cap's villas need James Bond security systems and slavering Dobermanns. Boulevard du Cap is the lovely Pare Gustave Thuret, with a villa which can't be visited, but a free garden, laid out in 1866 as an acclimatization station, where the first eucalyptus was transplanted to Europe (the park now contains over 100 varieties).The botanist Gustave Thuret brought roses, along with his other exotic blooms, to Antibes at the end of the igth century; the locals scoffed at this fada de Parisieri but, a century later, the garden boasts the creation of a third of the world's rose varieties.<br />
The Plateau de la Garoupe is the highest point of the headland, with a lighthouse, a grand view stretching from Bordighera to St-Tropez, and the ancient seamen's Chapelle de la Garoupe. Its two naves,one in 3th and one in 6th-century, hold a fascinating collection of ex votos, the oldest one commemorating a surprise attack on Antibes by Saracen pirates. In the twin chapels are two
humble wooden statues: a black virgin, Notre Dame de la Garde, and Our Lady of the Safe Haven.
Back on the coast, the private Plages de la Garoupe offer a pricey taste of la dolce vita. From behind the beach, the Sentier Tirepoil winds spectacularly up to the point at wave-lashed Cap Gros. At the tip of the peninsula on Av de Beaumont is Villa Eilenroc, which was designed by Charles Garnier (architect of the Paris opera house and the casino at Monte-Carlo) for a Dutch millionaire who spelled his wife's name (Cornelie) in reverse and used it to christen his lavish news easide home.Jules Verne spent three years here, getting twenty thousand leagues away from italy, and its last owner, a rich and philanthropic American, donated the property to the municipality of Antibes.<br />
Further west, a I2th-century tower on Bd J. F. Kennedy holds the Musee Napoleonien, with model ships and items relating to Napoleone connections with Antibes - he left his mother and sisters here during the siege of Toulon (they were so poor that the girls had to steal figs) and began 'The Hundred Days'at Golfe-Juan.<br />
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