The Park of the Villa thuret is one of the first and most famous Botanical gardens on the Cote d'azur. In the mid-nineteenth century, this Park was created by Gustave thuret, a famous biologist who devoted his scientific career Algology – the science that studies algae.

Gustave thuret lived abroad as a French attaché, and then traveled the world and France. In order to be closer to the object of his research, he settled on the coast – first in Cherbourg, and then in 1857 in Antibes, where he built a Villa and several acres of land broke Botanical garden. Seeds of some plants he sent from other countries colleagues-scientists, and local residents dubbed Algology "mad nerd". From Antibes Gustave thuret went for studies to the North of France, in particular, on the shore of the English channel.

The Park was created by a scientist not only in aesthetic but also for scientific purposes, as he was interested in the question of acclimatization of plants and the creation of the evergreen garden. So in Antibes appeared rare for these places eucalypts, cypresses and palm trees. The garden immediately became a local landmark and it remains to this day. Visitors to the city are attracted by the opportunity to stroll through tree-lined avenues, surrounded by tropical plants and neabjatnai trees, to see the beautiful rose garden.

Currently in the Botanical garden there are about 1600 species of trees and shrubs imported from South Africa, Australia, North South America, China, Japan, New Zealand, and from the shores of the Mediterranean sea. Every year in the Park are planted 50 to 100 new species of plants. The Park covers an area of about 3, 5 hectares. Today the Park is managed by the national Institute for agronomic research, and in honor of the founder of the Park on one of its alleys is a bust of Gustave thuret.