🇫🇷 Antibes: Monet’s Dreamy Blue Haven

Where alpine snow meets turquoise waves—just like the paintings! 🎨🌊 ✨ First Impressions "London to reality": Days after seeing Monet’s Antibes at Courtauld Gallery, I’m here—breathing the same pink-gold light ✨. Port magic: Gleaming yachts ⛵ + black (waves crash like liquid marble). Alps surprise: Distant snow-capped peaks ❄️ framing the Med—surreal! 🎨 Artistic Legacy Monet’s 1888 letter: "Antibes shimmers... against pink-blue mountains and eternal snow." ❄️ Picasso’s playful phase: At 60, he painted whimsical sea creatures 🦞 here (lobsters! red starfish!). 🚶♀️ Two Ways to Explore 1️⃣ Full hike: 4hr coastal loop (xhs has guides). 2️⃣ Lazy: Train station → Le Nomade (giant white head sculpture 🗿 + sailboats). Picasso Museum (en route: Monet’s view!). Plage du Ponteil: That iconic shoreline 🌅. Old Town meander: Cobbled streets + pastel shutters. 🍽️ Eat & Sip La Pescheria: €12 for 6 oysters + white wine 🦪🍷 (hidden in the Provençal market). Copenhagen Coffee Lab: Iced lattes ☕→ seaside strolls. #Antibes #FrenchRiviera #MonetInspired #ArtAndSea