Places to Visit in Cannes, France, Europe

Places to Visit in Cannes, France, Europe

Cannes is situated in the southeastern part of France in Alpes-Maritime department and covers an area of 19.62 square kilometers (7.58 square miles) and positioned at a highest elevation of 260 meters (850 feet) above the sea level. Cannes is the busiest tourist destination and hosts the annual Cannes Film Festival and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival and city has more than 6,500 companies of trade, artisans, service providers and tourism, trade and aviation is the main industry in the city.

Cannes is surrounded by Le Cannet, Antibes, Mougins, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Tanneron, Pegomas, and Juan-Les-Pins and placed at the distance of around 910 kilometers from Paris, the capital city of France. Coordinates of Cannes are 43.5513° N, 7.0128° E.

Attractions in Cannes:

Isola di Santa Margherita:

Isola di Santa Margherita is an island situated around 30 minute boat ride from mainland is one of the tourists island in the city and the island is renowned for Saint Margaret of Antioch chapel and striking beaches and has lush greenery and pleasant climate one will enjoy being at the island.

Musee de la Castre:

Musee de la Castre museum is just 1.5 kilometers from center of the city has the collection that reflects the attention of 19^th century archaeologists, art lovers, ethnographers and antiques collectors and also has inspiring anthology of the Mediterranean artifacts which are from Greece, Iran, Africa and many such countries.

Plage du Martinez:

Plage du Martinez is one of the renowned beaches in the city positioned at the distance of 2 kilometers from heart of Cannes and number of sports activities offered at this beach and festival of international film festival is held at this beach every year.

Other places to visit in Cannes:

Old Town
Covered Market
Palais des Festivals
La Croisette
Îles de Lérins Beach
Tour du Masque
French Riviera
Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Provence
Trans Cotes d’Azur

Best time to visit Cannes:

Cannes experiences Mediterranean Climate with long summer from May to September and enjoys the 12 hours sun light every day and winter is mild from December to February and best time to visit Cannes is from May to September.

Transportation to Cannes:

By Air:

Nice Côte d’Azur Airport is the main and busiest international airport situated at the distance of 27 kilometers from Cannes in Nice and Cannes Express provides door to door airport shutter services between airport and hotels in Cannes.

By Road:

Cannes is well connected through road ways and coach services are available from distinct parts of the countries to Cannes and main bus terminal is Gare Routière de Cannes, placed in center of the city.

By Train:

Train services to the city is provided by TGV rail service from major French cities like Nice, Marseille, Lyon, Paris, Toulouse Brussels, Milan, Basel, Rome and Venice.

By Ferry:

Ferry services are available from Nice Prot to nearby island in the country and the service is provided by SNCM Ferryterranée and Corsica Ferries.

Accommodation in Cannes:

Hotels in Cannes offer best accommodation to stay at while in town and boasts expedient position with modern amenities in every guestroom. All of the guestrooms are replete with daily newspaper, separate shower and tub, in-house movies and hotels offers services like elevator, fitness room, laundry room, meeting room, multilingual staff, front desk – fax service and laundry service and cost of the room depends on type of hotels tourist decide on and cost from $ 30 to $ 600 and above per day. List of hotels in Cannes are as follows: