Juan les Pins

Juans les Pins is an elegant winter and summer resort, lying at the end of a magnificent bay. A pine wood slopes down to the 2km beach of fine sand, which is well-protected from the wind. The town is full of life with its many bars, restaurants, night-clubs and Casino.

Discovered by American tourists during the twenties, it quickly became a centre for the new music of the era -Jazz. In the fifties, it became the European Jazz capital and the annual Festival of Jazz that was started by Louis Armstrong among others, is still held during the last two weeks of July.

An annual beach sand sculpture competition is held in April.