Tourism Biot

Museums and monuments to visit

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  Château-Musée Grimaldi
  Built in the early fourteenth century Rainier Grimaldi Grimaldi castle became the seventeenth century a mansion. In 1937, the town of Cagnes bought the remains and implements the City Museum from ...
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  Musée Peynet et du Dessin Humoristique
  The Peynet museum was inaugurated in 1989. This museum pays tribute to Raymond Peynet , a French artist. The Locanda posters on the theme of love that inspired the film, advertising and also several ...
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  La Malmaison
  Built in 1863, the Grand Hotel is inhabited until the 1950s. The building will then be demolished and rebuilt in 1963. Malmaison is the only flag that remains of the original set. By 1945, it became ...
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  Chapelle Sainte-Anne
  The construction of Our Lady of Hope, which will become the Sainte-Anne chapel begins in 1178. Located in the heart of the medieval castle, this last will be sold to the city of Cannes which installs ...
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  Musée de la Castre
  Located in the old Cannes, the medieval castle overlooking the Croisette, the bay and the Lerins Islands. Acquired by the city in 1919, the town decided to install the Musée de la Castre inside ...
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  Musée des Explorations du monde
  The "Musée des Explorations du Monde", formerly the "Musée de la Castre", is a museum in Cannes housed in the remains of the medieval castle of the monks of ...
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  Musée International d'Art Naïf
  Housed in the former home of the perfumer Francois Coty International Naive Art Museum is surrounded by a large park with the rarest species. Inaugurated in 1982, we find inside, naive painting of the ...
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  Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatole Jakovsky
  The International Museum of Naïve Art brings together a unique panorama of the history of naïve painting from the 18th century to the present day. It has been installed in the former ...
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  Le musée de la Mer
  The Museum of the Sea is located on Île Sainte-Marguerite, off Cannes. The site occupies the oldest part of the Royal Fort Vauban-type. It has since 1977 archaeological remains which are ...
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  Musée du Masque de Fer et de Fort Royal
  The Museum of the Iron Mask and the Royal Fort (formerly the Museum of the Sea) is an archaeological, arts and history museum in Cannes, with the "Musée de France" label. The most ...
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  Ecomusée
  Immersed at a distance of 84 to 132 metres from the shore and at a depth of 3 to 5 metres, the sculptures are accessible to the greatest number of divers equipped simply with a mask and snorkel. The ...
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  Musée des Beaux-Arts
  Purchased by the city of Nice in 1925 to install the Museum of Fine Arts, the house was built on the initiative of the Russian princess Kotchoubey in 1878, before being completed by the American ...
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  Le Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Provence
  THE MUSEUM OFFERS:•Multilingual guided tours•Educational activities•A regional documentary section open to researchers by appointment.•Reference books, postcards, decorative ...
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  La Villa-Musée Fragonard à Grasse
  The museum offers:•Multilingual tours*.•Guided tours with individual players and laser discs. •Educational activities, •Reference books, postcards, decorative items for sale in ...
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  Le Musée du Costume et du Bijou provençal à Grasse
  Opened in 1997, the Museum of Costume and Provencal gem is in Grasse . The building that is now the museum once served revolutionary tribunal. This Provençal museum has many costumes, the ...
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  MUSEE INTERNATIONAL DE LA PARFUMERIE A GRASSE
  Devoted to the history of perfumery and technological developments over the centuries, the museum reveals all the steps of creating a perfume. This journey into the world of scents continues in the ...
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  Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe
  Inaugurated in 1859 because of the importance of the Russian community living in Nice, the Russian Orthodox Cathedral is the oldest building of its kind outside of Russia. Inside, we find a richly ...
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  Le Palais Lascaris
  Began in 1648, the Palais Lascaris remained the property of the Lascaris-Ventimiglia family until the French Revolution. After significant damage, it was bought by the City of Nice in 1942. Four years ...
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  Le M.A.M.A.C.
    Located in the heart of the city, next to the Place Garibaldi and in the extension of the Coulée Verte, the MAMAC offers a dive into the adventure of art from the 1950s to today. The ...
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  Mamac
  Designed by architects Yves Bayard and Henri Vidal, the Mamac has the form of a tetrapod arc straddling the course of Spangle. Open since June 21, 1990, 9 showrooms are spread over 3 levels and about ...
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  Chapelle de la Miséricorde
  This is the origin of the Church of St. Gaetan which served as an oratory to the Theatine Fathers of Nice. It was built in 1740 and belongs to the Black Penitents archiconfrery since 1828. This is the ...
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  Musée Matisse à Nice
  Inaugurated in 1963 in the Villa des Arènes, the Matisse Museum houses the donations made to the City of Nice by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and his heirs, i.e. nearly 600 works and 130 objects ...
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  Musée archéologique de Nice
  Established in 1960, the Archaeological Museum of Nice was originally in the ground floor of the museum today Matisse. It was not until 1989 that he was transferred to a site located on the remains of ...
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  Musée Matisse
  The Musée Matisse in Nice is one of only two museums in the world dedicated to the French painter Henry Matisse. The museum has one of the world's largest collections of works of the ...