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Cannes
The film-festival town, with its palm-lined Croisette, red-carpet steps and an old hilltop quarter.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 CannesDirections
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes by train west of Nice.
Why Go
The Croisette curves along the beach past grand hotels to the Palais des Festivals, where you can climb the famous steps outside festival time. Above the old port, the lanes of Le Suquet climb to a castle museum and a view over the bay, and boats leave the harbor for the Lérins Islands.
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