seafood restaurants

I have booked flights to nice still unsure where to stay but love good seafood where would you stay and what restaurants to you recommed.

|||

when are you travelling?

|||

may 2010 this will be a 4 day break have visited nice ,so this time thinking antibes, juan le pins or cannes but cannot decide on hotel or location.

|||

Lynno25- probably the two most interesting seafood restauants in Antibes are L%26#39;Auberge Provencale and Restaurant L%26#39;Oursin, both quite close to each other.

Unfortunately I am allergic to shellfish so cannot give you an honest critique but my seagull ( pictured to the left here ) sits regularly on the Oursin%26#39;s umbrella and is obviously a very good judge.

Ed

|||

Thanks for this info W.B.L.G. I feel antibes could be a good french break could you give opinions on friendly hotels near old town.

|||

Can%26#39;t recommend a hotel but i would recommend l%26#39;Oursin too, I reviewed it on here and it%26#39;s full of weird and wonderful shellfish as well as normal sort of finny fish.

|||

relais du postillon for small, central and friendly hotel

http://www.relaisdupostillon.com/

or Auberge provencal

http://www.aubergeprovencale.com/

|||

lynn025- To selkieNice%26#39;s two Antibes hotel recommendations can I add the Cameo hotel and the Modern Hotel. All are on or very close to the Rue de la Republic which runs down through the Old Town. Altho I%26#39;m resident the Relais de Postillon particularly looks to me the kind of hotel I would like to stay in if I was a visitor. Also I know a couple who have regularly stayed in the Cameo for many years and wouldn%26#39;t dream of going anywhere else.

I%26#39;d just emphasise these are all family run small hotels and if you are looking for something glitzy with room service, pool, gym and the like you will have to look outside the Old Town.

You can download a full list of hotels ( and tourist residences i.e apartments) from the tourist office website - with an English option:

www.antibesjuanlespins.com

Ed

|||

thanks for your great advise I am going to r-d-p hotel and use your recommendations for restaurants in the evening in old town. One last question could you recommend some where to eatfor lunch either near the sea, with views ,or does the market have cafes like nice.

|||

lynno25 - the Provencal Market, while very picturesque, is in an enclosed space. There are a couple of restaurants around it which have their own, mainly local, clientele. When the market is closed ( all day Monday and after 1pm every other day) the tables move into the space vacated. Personally I don%26#39;t like it as an eating area - it feels cold and dank having been hosed down after the market and smells of old vegetables and fruit. Nothing like the restaurants in the fully open Cours Salaya in Nice.

Antibes restauarants are the 50 or so in the Old Town. Sea views are rare - but on the Ramparts is the Vieux Murs:

tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g187217-d7…

If you leave the old town and walk down the Boulevard Albert 1e you will find at the sea front there a group of very nice restarants - my favourite for lunch is Le Passe Temps.

Further out on the coast road to the Cap d%26#39;Antibes is Le Bacon - a highly renowned ( and highly expensive) restaurant with great sea views.

Ed