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From the time of the Templars to that of the famous Biot earthenware jars, discover the entire rich heritage of a village that has been able to keep all its Provencal authenticity…

Shopping, workshops to discover, and holding the Ville et Métiers d’Art label since 1997 for its glass trade, in almost 60 years Biot has become the modern glass capital of France… Everyone exercises their passion in the authentic setting of a Provencal village conducive to inspiring creation.

The Fernand Léger Museum is a National Museum devoted to the work of the famous 20th century French artist. The museum boasts the largest collection of the artist’s works. A state-owned National Museum with the Musée de France label.

The Museum of Biot’s History and Ceramics boasts an original formula, bringing the town that owns the buildings and the association that was the original owner and manager of the collections together in a common interest.

Between the towns of Biot and Valbonne, the La Brague Departmental Park extends over no less than 480 hectares. The Biot hiking trails allow for discovering the best-hidden secrets in the countryside beside the Mediterranean.

Every Tuesday morning, from 09:00 to 13:00, Rue Saint-Sébastien
The entrance to Biot village is covered by a wide variety of stalls and full of the bustle of a Provencal market. Along the entire main road, up to Place des Arcades
Every Saturday from 09:00 to 13:00: the Place des Arcades in Biot welcomes a new market devoted to quality organic and local food.

The western part of the town forms part of the Sophia-Antipolis technology centre, of which it covers approximately 1/3 of the total surface area. A new demographic and economic increase, bringing the town’s population from 3,000 to 10,000 inhabitants.

Biot church, a listed Historic Monument since 1984, was rebuilt in the 15th century, at the same time as the village, on the ruins of the old 12th-century Norman church, itself probably constructed on a Roman sanctuary.