Mougins in 4 days
A hilltop village above Cannes where Picasso spent the last twelve years of his life, in a farmhouse that remains private and cannot be visited; only the chapel next to it is open. The museum scene has changed: the Museum of Classical Art has closed, and since 2024 its building has housed the FAMM, devoted to women artists.
The plan, day by day
Day 1
- Morning
The old village and its spiralling lanesfree · about 1 hLanes coil defensively around the church on a hilltop at 260 metres; enter through the Porte Sarrazine, the one surviving 15th-century gate.
- Afternoon
Mougins Art Centreabout 30 minHoused in the former town hall on Place du Commandant Lamy, above the Saint-Bernardin chapel of 1618, with its original stone front and wooden door.
- Late afternoon
Church of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeurfree · a few minutesThe parish church grew in stages, from an 11th-century sacristy and altar stone to 18th and 19th-century extensions and a raised bell tower.
Day 2
- Morning
Mougins Centre of Photographyabout 1 hOpened in 2021 in the heart of the village, succeeding the museum founded in 1986 by André Villers, a photographer and friend of Picasso.
- Afternoon
FAMM, the museum of women artistsabout 1 h 30Opened in June 2024 by collector Christian Levett in the former Museum of Classical Art, and devoted entirely to work by women artists.
- Late afternoon
Notre-Dame-de-Vie Chapelfree · about 45 minA 12th-century chapel rebuilt in 1654, 1.5 km south-east of the village at the end of an avenue of tall cypresses, beside Picasso's last home.
Day 3
- Morning
Fontmerle Pond and Valmasque Parkfree · half a dayA five-hectare pond on the edge of Valmasque Park, ten minutes' drive from the village, known for a large lotus colony planted in the 1960s.
Day 4
- Morning
The two golf courses of Mouginshalf a dayTwo 18-hole courses, including the private Golf de Cannes-Mougins, reshaped in the late 1970s by Peter Alliss and Dave Thomas and known for fast greens.
Where to sleep in Mougins
- Ibis Budget Cannes Mougins · €70 a night
- Hôtel Les Liserons de Mougins · €95 a night
- La Lune de Mougins · €130 a night
- Hôtel CasaBella · €110 a night
- Hôtel les Armoiries · €140 a night
- Le Club Mougins · €190 a night
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