Cannes
・Celebrity streets around the international film festival venue
・Rustic atmosphere of the old town
【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 Lerins Islands.
【Overall rating】
★★★☆☆
【Time required】
5 h
【Budget】
6.50 euros
【Fatigue】
★★★★☆
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Itinerary Map
Navigation
【Start】①Cannes Station
★Go to Serbes St in front of the station by the dead end. It takes 15 minutes by walk.
②Croisette Boulevard★Turn left and enter the park.
③Reynaldo Hahn Square★Go to the palace.
④Palace of festival in Cannes★Go to Croisette Boulevard.
⑤Old harbor★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.
⑥Castre Museum★Go to Louis Perrissol St.
⑦Espérance Church★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.
⑧Meynadier Street★Go straight the street as far as the station.
【Goal】Cannes Station
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【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
This coastal street is lined with luxury hotels and restaurants. Unlike the stone beach in Nice, it is a sandy beach, but basically only cafe users can enter.
★Turn left and enter the park.
③Reynaldo Hahn Square
Square Reynaldo Hahn
Time required: 15 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
This is a square along the Croisette. Petit trams for sightseeing depart from here. The handprints of movie stars are embedded in the ground within the grounds.
★Go to the palace.
④Palace of festival in Cannes
Palais 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.
⑤Old harbor
Vieux Port
Time required: 20 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
This is the port behind the palace. There are many boats and many restaurants.
★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.
⑥Castre Museum
Musée de la Castre
Time required: 60 min
Admission fee: 6.50 euros
Opening hour: 10 am – 1 pm / 2 pm – 5 pm
(10 am – 7 pm on July and August, until 9 pm on Wednesday)
Close: Monday, 1/1, 5/1, 11/1, 11/11, 12/25
This museum, located on the hill above the old town, exhibits artifacts from ruins from around the world. The highlight is the view from the tower that can be climbed from the courtyard, from which you can see a panoramic view of Cannes.
★Go to Louis Perrissol St.
⑦Espérance Church
Notre-Dame d’Espérance
Time required: 20 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
Opening hour: 9 am – 6 pm
Close: No
This church in the old town has a chic interior with white walls and wood as the main theme.
There are public toilets nearby.
★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.
⑧Meynadier Street
Rue Meynadier
Time required: 40 min
Admission fee: 0 euro
Many shops line the narrow streets of Cannes’ shopping district, which is always crowded with shoppers.
★Go straight the street as far as the station.
【Goal】
Cannes Station
【To go to the Lerins Islands】
⑨Ferry Terminal
Ferries to the Lerins Islands depart from here.
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