Cannes
【City description】
This city of the Mediterranean is famous with the Cannes movie festival taking place in Mai. There are elegant shops and hotels beside the beach. On the other hand, we can find the local life in the old are. We can visit some islands of Lérins.
【Overall rating】
★★★☆☆
【Time required】
5 h
【Budget】
6 euros
【Fatigue】
★★★★☆
【Sightseeing route】
【Start】
①Cannes station
Gare de Cannes
★Go to Serbes St in front of the station by the dead end. It takes 15 minutes by walk.
②Croisette Boulevard
Boulevard de la Croisette
Time required: 15 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Turn left and enter the park.
③Reynaldo Hahn Square
Square Reynaldo Hahn
Time required: 15 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Enter Belges St and turn left at the first crossroad.
④ Bon Voyage Church
Notre Dame de Bon Voyage
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 9 am – 6 pm
Close: No
★Go back to the park.
⑤Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes
Time required: 15 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
It is the venue of the Cannes movie festival.
We can’t visit the interior.
★Go to Croisette Boulevard.
⑥Old harbor
Le Vieux Port
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Enter a path from Bernard Cornut Gentille Square and go to Mont Chevalier St to go to the top of the hill. It takes 15 minutes.
⑦Castre Museum
Musée de la Castre
Time required: 60 min / Admission fee: 6 euros
Opening hour: 10 am – 1 pm / 2 pm – 5 pm (10 am – 7 pm between July and August)
Close: Monday, 1/1, 5/1, 11/1, 11/11, 12/25
You can profit a beautiful view on the top of the tower in the garden.
★Go to Louis Perrissol St.
⑧Espérance Church
Notre-Dame d’Espérance
Time required: 20 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 9 am – 6 pm
Close: No
★Go down Tour path and turn left at the end. When you arrive at Squet Square, turn right to go Squet St. Then, turn left to go to Meynadier St. It takes 15 minutes by walk.
⑨Meynadier Street
Rue Meynadier
Time required: 40 min / Admission fee: 0 euro
★Go straight the street as far as the station.
【Goal】
Cannes station
【To go to the Island of Lérins】
⑩Ferry Terminal