Cannes Things to Do

One of the nicest places to visit in Cannes where you can see the locals in shops, stores, and sitting at outdoor cafes is in the old town on the hill, Le Suquet. Taking the winding streets up the...

At the end of La Croisette one finds nice gardens with palm trees. One is called "Jardin d'Arménie" (photo 1) the other the "Roseraie" of the Square de Verdun. There is a beach called "Bijou Plage"...

-Founded in 1946 -Palme d'Or( Golden Palm) award created in 1955, is the highest prize awarded by the Festival's jury to the year's best competing film. -takes place every year in May Admission to...

Between Ste-Marguerite and St-Honorat island is a sound with turquoise blue waters which is a favorite anchoring point for small yachts and boats during the summer. On the big catamaran on the right...

I was really lucky to be in Cannes at the end of Sept 2008 for the 30th Anniversary of Cannes' Régates Royales, Panerai Trophee, and to be able to see marvellous racing vessels built between the...

Admission is 3.20 Euros Discounted rate is 2 Euros Admission free The first sunday of each month for students under 26 for all young people under 18 for disable persons Opening hours October to...

At the top of the Suquet hill the Church of Notre-Dame de l'Espérance (16-17th c.) looks more like a fortress as a church in late gothic style. The bell tower (16th c.) was part of the ancient hedging...

Yes there are public free beaches in Cannes even at the Croisette and they are as clean as the private beaches. As what concerns the crowd it all depends from the season and also of the time of the...

The Carlton InterContinental Cannes is a 343-room luxury hotel on 7 floors built in 1911, and listed by the Government of France as a National Historic Building since 1984. The Carlton has a large...

This covered market is a few streets behind the Hôtel de Ville / Townhall of Cannes at the eastern edge of the Suquet. The building dates from 1929 in a "neo-regionalist" style by architect Henri...

Notre Dame de Bon Voyage was built in 1865 on the site of an older church with the same name. The architect, Laurent Vianay, is also famous for designing many of the luxurious villas and residences of...

A small 'square' on the Le Suquet hill, just below the tower and ramparts, and places to site amidst large oleander bushes and beneath lovely shade trees. At the west end of "La Croisette", between...

This is another emblematic hotel on the Croisette nearly in front of the Palais des Festivals. The hotel has 265 rooms and 84 suites. It belongs to the Lucien Barrière group. Spectacular façade at...

This was the former hotel Miramar build in 1929 with the typical architecture of that time and transformed in 1946 in a luxury apartments building. (There are Tiara Miramar hotels in Antibes and...