This low-lying, ravined mountain range extends to the sea with promontories, deep creeks, headlands and beaches. Its fire-red colours form a striking contrast with the indigo blue of the Mediterranean. The Corniche d’Or coastal road running between..

Palm trees, elegant buildings, fine sand beaches, luxury shops, famous hotels and limousines with tinted windows. This is the legendary Cannes of the film world, a dream destination for aspiring starlets and avid celebrity press readers hot on the he..

Sprinkled with attractive eucalyptus trees and pines, this island measures three kilometres long by 900 metres wide. You can visit the Royal Fort (built by Richelieu) which contains a small aquarium, the dungeons where the mysterious man in the Ir..

This island is a private estate owned by the monastery and is partly covered by a beautiful pine, eucalyptus and cypress forest. The old monastery, which is lapped by the water on three sides, was built in 1073. The current monastery and church date ..

A fabulous collection of musical instruments and rooms displaying art from the Near East, Oceania and pre-Columbian America. This museum was founded a year before the Musée de l’Homme (museum of mankind) in Paris after distant expeditions undertaken ..

Its terrace provides a superb panoramic view of the Vieux Port (old port), La Croisette and the Îles de Lérins on one side, and the Estérel mountain range on the other.

This is Cannes’s old quarter, built on a rocky spur overlooking the sea, and a far cry from the sequins and glitz of La Croisette. With its old houses, winding alleys, Château de Cannes and working-class atmosphere, this district is a fine example of..

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Built like a Provençal farmhouse, this Gothic church features attractive wood panelling on its white interior walls. Of note is the retable dedicated to St Anthony of Padua in the small chapel.

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This pleasant and popular street was the main thoroughfare of Cannes’s old town in the 18C and boasts many period properties to prove it.

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The harbour is the hub of life in Cannes, with fishing vessels unloading sea bass and red mullet, and tourist boats (decorated in their distinctive enamelled lava strips) and yachts awaiting hire.

Here, the avenues of plane trees, boules players heatedly discussing their game, bandstand and morning flower market serve as a reminder that Cannes is also a Provençal town.

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The current Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, which is also home to the municipal casino, was built in 1983 by Sir Hubert Bennet, Pierre Braslawsky and Francois Druet. Every year, crowds of enthusiastic fans amass at the foot of the steps in front..

The handprints of great film stars are immortalised in 200 paving stones along the Allée des Stars.

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This neo-Baroque chapel surrounded by luxuriant trees was once part of Count Vitali’s Villa Fiorentina. It later became the studio of Cannes painter Bellini (1904-89).