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Cannes, history festivities

Sciences & discovery  Sites and museums  Festivals and events 

If since the beginning famous people have Cannes as their favorite vacation resort, it is not by chance!

The festival, shining like the v.i.p in cannes

The festival, shining like the v.i.p in cannes


  It is the appointment for V.I.Ps and for people who want to see them, the strasses and the spangles which decorate the clothes created by the bestknown dressmakers. During the year, concerts, spectacles, exposures, festivals, inaugurate the pleasure round. All the "Gods and Goddesses of the 7th Art" signed their passage by leaving their hands print in "cement" for eternity with emotion and passion, on "the Alley of the cinema stars" bordered by flowered solid masses: The Small cross.

The festival is on the small cross

The festival is on the small cross


  From the Palace of the Festival on the west side to the seeport Pierre Canto on the east side, it extends such as a fresco where all is colored symphony. It raises the elegance audacious with its de luxe hotels, its Festival, its windows with the prestigious brend...
  The street of Antibes competes of coquettery with the Small cross. Parallel with this one, it offers a lot of "jewel cases" in order to please you during your shopping : perfumeries, jewelleries, florists, ready-to-wear, confectioneries, shows

Suquet as a colored festival

Suquet as a colored festival


  It is Cannes "legends and traditions". Crowned by the walls of the Sarrasine Tower, Suquet dominates the old seeport and delivers an intact past: the Vault Sainte-Anne (12th century), the Museum of Castrates and the church Our-Lady of Hope built during the 17th century. In July, it is in this majestic decoration that is attended the Musical Nights of Suquet, where occur formations, orchestra and famous soloists. The street Meynadier : a mall which overflows life and picturesque. You will find there: cheesemongers, delicatessens... and many shops of local craft industry. Le Market Forville The peasants and the fishermen come here to sell their production... Monday remains the day for the fair with the secondhand trade

Regattas and yachting, the festival of the cannes frie

Regattas and yachting, the festival of the cannes frie


  Its marvellous bay, its idyllic climate, the softness of the sky inspired the world Yachting from 1859. Since, sailing ships of the whole world, yachts and "pointed" chose these roads as "playing ground". Each regatta or competition is a festival of friendship... But the pleasure of" Large Blue " is also : the water skiing, the upward parachute, the sail, the piloting of an offshore oil rig or the shiver of deep-sea diving.

Festival of beauty on the islands de lérins

Festival of beauty on the islands de lérins


  At 15 minutes from Cannes, a rich historical inheritance. Sainte-Marguerite island shelters old Royal Fort which was built under Richelieu and was transformed by Vauban during the 17th century. You will be able to visit the state prisons built under Louis 14th and the dungeon of the Iron Masked man. You will admire the murals of Jean Gac, and, with the Museum of the Sea, a significant collection of underwater archaeology : amphoras, glasses and ceramics. Lastly, you will be able to walk in the alleys of the botanical garden and in the middle of the pin forests. Saint-Honorat island is famous for his Monastery, its Abbey and its castle. The monks cultivate there the vine, rosemary, the lavender.

Festival of relaxation and sports

Festival of relaxation and sports


  Summer like winter, the beaches of fine sand will be the ideal framework for your idleness: 3000 hours of sun per year, soft winters, a place where continental winds are sheltered thanks to the anthic theatre of collines. But if your desires or the season changes, you will be able to sail, ride a horse, ski, to play tennis... 13 courses of golf on bottom of azure are waitting for you and you will find here a green with the height of your requirements

Welcome and gastronomy, still a festival

Welcome and gastronomy, still a festival


  V.I.Ps and crowned heads were always the hosts of the Festival town. From the charm hotel to the de luxe hotel, each one work so that courtesy and refinement fill the more exigeant visitor. Let's taste the Mediterranean specialities (bouillabaisse, garlic mayonnaise, ratatouille...), the truffle of the country, garlic and the black pearl : olive. The whole town is marked out greedy stopovers so that you taste the charms of this colourful gastronomy and that you enjoy one thousand and one pleasures.
  The Night is a FESTIVAL It is the night of the casinos, the discotheques, the piano-bars, the evenings pyro-musicales. Also, all the pleasures that Cannes offers, you will not be able to miss those of the chance... Take time to live the cannoises evenings

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