Cannes Breaks, Cannes Flights and Cannes Hotels:

Cannes is a Riviera city on the Cote d’Azur and hosts Europe’s most famous annual Cannes Film Festival, and has long been a playground for sophisticated pleasure seekers. Cannes is noted for beautiful sandy beaches, most of which charge an entry fee to keep out the riff-raff. It’s a far cry from the early 19th century, when Cannes was a small fishing and agricultural village. But then the place was discovered by aristocracy, who built exclusive holiday villas, and it was only a matter of time before Cannes became a seriously classy resort.

Nowadays, there are high-tech industries clustered in the hills of Cannes, but tourism and servicing the rich remains the main economic activity, supported by the regular festivals and exhibitions that take place throughout the year. Cannes is centred on the old port. Harbour-watching, and fun, as is car-spotting – set a figure in millions and see how quickly you reach it by totting up the value of expensive cars seen, which wont take long. From the harbour, the famous Croisette Bouleavrd and beach extends around the bay, in the iconic Rade de Cannes. The Boulevard Jean Hilbert goes the other way, past some of the best beaches.

The nearest thing to an old town is Le Suquet, overlooking the west end of the port. This has a medieval flavour, with narrow streets rambling around the hill. From the top, there are sweeping views. Standing of the rampart wall in front of the church, it is possible to see city, port, bay and Cap de la Croisette, and to the west the Gulf de la Napoule and Massif de l’Esterel mountains.

Cannes is paradise for shoppers who are looking for [and able to afford] the most chic items. But window-shopping is free, and the streets to cruise enviously are the Rue d’Antibes, Rue Felix Faure and the Boulevard de la Croisette.

Location of Cannes:
On the Mediterranean coast in the southeast corner of France. 20 miles west of Nice and its airport, 49 miles northeast of St Tropez, 566 miles southeast of Paris and 40 miles west of the Italian border.

Serving Airports:
Nice Code d'Azur [NCE]
Flight time from the UK: approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

Beaches in Cannes:
Much people-watching takes place on the fashionable beach along the Croisette, private concessions providing comfortable sunbeds, restaurants, bars and a variety of water sports. Public stretches further around the gulf, by the suburb of La Bocca, though not as inviting, are less expensive and will certainly not be frequented by the 'glitterati'.

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Shopping in Cannes:
The Croisette is the place to go for luxurious boutiques, fashion houses and upmarket jewellers. Some chic designer shops can be found a block or two inland but on the whole, that is the territority of the souvenir shops, those selling local produce, antique and clothing markets, food and flower markets. There is also a large department store. Supermarkets have yet to deprive the small shopkeeper of a livelihood.

Eating out in Cannes:
One or two Michelin-starred restaurants in the luxury hotels; a good choice of small, intimate restaurants all over town; the more romantic venues are in the Old Town. Snack bars galore and large brasseries near the Festival Hall where meals are served outside conventional times. Fish and seafood, local Provençal dishes and specialities from Nice are well worth trying.

Zplage is excellent for seaside dining - a table on one of the most exclusive beaches of the Cote d'Azur, where you can wiggle your toes in the sand as you wait for your gazpacho. Zplage is the beach restaurant of the Martinez Hotel and a lunchtime favourite. On one side lies the Croisette; on the other, the Med. Naturally, the star count is high - Kirsten Dunst and Penelope Cruz often eat here when in town ... book at least a week ahead to make sure you get a table.

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