Activities in Cannes | Attractions surrounding cannes

Things to do and see

Cannes offers hundreds of activities to the tourist. It's magnificent climate makes Cannes a wonderful place to walk, to do sport, to be see concerts…

Cannes is one of the most beauty cities in the Southern France, you can visit museum, historical buildings, churches, beaches, parks and other fantastic places.

What Can I see in Cannes?

  • La Croisette and La Pointe-Croisette.
  • Le Centre-ville (town center)
  • Le Vieux Port & Le Suquet (the old port & the hill)
  • Le Cannet-Rocheville
  • La Bocca

La Croisette and La Pointe-Croisette.
La Pointe-Croisette is the principal boulevard in the city, the centre of tourist activities with locals and traveller, gets its name from a tiny cross that used to stand east of the bay.
La Croisette is a marvellous promenade along the full length of Cannes. Under the promenade, many sandy beaches stretch out to sea.
La Croisette is mostly devoted to illustrious fashion shops where the big names in haute couture and jewellery (such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Lacroix, Hermès, Chanel, Dior, etc.)

Le Centre-ville
The commercial district with streets as Rue d'Antibes, running parallel to Boulevard de la Croisette, You'll find bakeries , fruit shops, fishmonger's, supermarkets, the train station, cinemas, libraries etc. and it's a fantastic place to shop.

Le Vieux Port & Le Suquet (the old port & the hill)
The old port and adjacent Suquet district are the most original parts of town, It's easy to lose your way among the labyrinth of narrow streets, and tiny squares. Some museums are located in this zone as The Musee de la Castre, accommodate in a 12th-century castle with a collection of objects of Mediterranean origin, with an emphasis on ethnography and archaeology
Also The Notre-Dame d'Esperance, church, which dates back to the 17th century, a tribute to the Virgin Mary, who answered their prayers.
Le Suquet Is an area with many contrasts: antique lives beside new luxury mingles with rustic. Centuries and centuries of history mixed in a few streets.

Le Cannet-Rocheville
The district have many art and crafts galleries, a church decorated by Tobiasse-a famous painter from Israel and a lot of great little restaurants.

La Bocca
Located in the west of Cannes, close to the toll road and the Cannes-Mandelieu airport, the Cannes-La Bocca district is not a tourist place, but it have a lot of shops, with clothes, furniture and antique shop.

Museums

Cannes has many interesting museums as:

  • Musée de la Castre
  • Musée de la mer
  • La Malmaison
  • Chapelle Bellini

Musée de la Castre
The museum is a medieval Castle and its contents is a marvellous archaeological, ethnographic and primitive art collections.

Musée de la mer
The museum has a big collection dedicated to underwater archaeology and aquatic plants and animals.

La Malmaison
La Malmaison's ground floor is a gallery with contemporary and modern artists and cinematic exhibits. The museum has a wonderful garden where works of art are displayed.

Chapelle Bellini
The studio of the baroque and Italian painter Emmanuel Bellini, where many of his works are on display.

Events
Cannes is very famous for its international events, Who hasn’t heard talk of the film festival Cannnes?
The film festival of Cannes is the most important event in the city, but Cannes have many others:

Cannes Lions
An exclusive event, the International Advertising Film Festival awards media professionals for their creations. Different Categories are awarded : best script, direct marketing, film, radio, Internet... Debates with lectures and other activities former the International advertising film festival.

MIPTV (Cannes film market)
The World’s leader market for television and audiovisual professionals, MIPTV and MILIA aim to bring them together to enable them to form new contacts, organizing international co-productions, setting up new partnerships, meeting the international press.

MIPIM
A global market place, MIPIM provides a exceptional opportunity for industry decision-makers to congregate, develop long-term relationships and Showcase their projects.