The Antares neutrino detectors

The Antares neutrino telescope, operating at 2.5 km depth in the Mediterranean Sea, 40 km off the Toulon shore, represents the worlds largest operational underwater neutrino telescope, optimised for the detection of Cherenkov light produced by neutrino-induced muons. The neutrinos momentum is transferred to the muons allowing for reconstruction of the direction of the neutrino. The main goal of Antares is the search of high-energy neutrinos from astrophysical point or transient sources. Antares has been taking data in its full 12 lines configuration since May 2008: in these Proceedings the description of the detector and its performances will be presented while first preliminary results on neutrino events will be discussed.