Etap Hotel Cannes Centre Ville

Tour the Riviera on a motorbike

by Kopenhagen

We first wanted to rent a scooter in Cannes and then came across a company offering guided motorbike tours of the surrounding region. The next morning, one of their guides delivered his and our motorcycle to our hotel and we set off on the Route Napoleon. We rode through Grasse and had lunch in Castellane. After lunch we drove through the Grand Canyon of France Gorges de Verdon and stopped for coffee at the Lake Ste Croix. Amazing.

On the way back we rode the other side of the canyon and saw some crazy bungee jumping. Taking it easy on the winding mountain roads we got back to Cannes in the evening.

If you want to get away from the tourist hustle and bustle of Cannes, then take a trip on a motorbike or scooter. The mountain roads and nature are awesome. You don’t necessarily need a guide to explore the region, but it makes things easier and you feel safer. As we hadn’t planned for this day trip, we didn’t pack motorcycle equipment. The motorcycle rental company lent us helmets, gloves and jackets. Next time we will bring our own motorcycle gear.

Palais Des Festivals Et Des Congres

by kenningst

Palais Des Festivals becomes the highlight of the town (and the world) during the film festival event where celebrities all over the world come together. It was not the film festival while I was there and so this place was not so much of an attraction to me.

Cruise ships.

by breughel

Cannes is also a regular port of call for cruise ships. They can not enter the harbour and stay at anchor at a short distance from the beach.
The passengers are brought on land by shuttle boats. It takes time to get a thousand passengers in Cannes but from the ship the view on the bay of Cannes must be very nice so that I suppose that they are patient.

This ends my review of boats in the bay of Cannes. I started with the 9m "Dragon" sailing boat and ends with the large cruise ship of my photo.

A few hours in Canne

by alisonr

"The Beautiful People"

Just a short, few hours stop in Canne, on our way along the coast. Was definately the most beautiful weather so far on our trip, and the scenery and people were'nt too bad either! Such a relaxed, sunny spot!