10 not-to-miss things to do during your stop in Cannes
Cannes is by excellence and the quintessential the luxurious city and embodies the French elegance. Its ideal weather and the cultural aspect of it atract each year thousands of tourists, specially in spring during its famous festival, and in summer to enjoy relaxing holidays in its turquoise coloured water. To help you choose all the posibilities that this city offers, we developed a lost of 10 not-to-miss things during your stop in Cannes.
1.-A visit to Suquet Cartier. It is a hill located in West Cannes. It is the city´s craddle. Suquet is the perfect place to the enthusiasts of the real destinations and in addition the history, because the quartier has numerous remains from the Median Age. Its medieval alleys, the churh: Notre Dame de l’Espérance, la Tour Carrée… will make the delights of this hill due to its picturesque allure. What is more, Suquet quartier offers a fantastic lookout point above the set of the city and the sea.
2.- A stroll by the Old Port. This is the flagship of Cannes´s city. It is located at the bottom of Suquet´s hills and hosts a combinations of old and modern boats on top of luxurious yatchs. Quai Saint-Pierre, is the oldest in the port, and was created in 1833. To stroll in the port looking up to the sea and its beautiful boats is very pleasant, specially under the summer sun. By night, it has a lot of atmosphere specially during the holidays. Due to the fact, that the city regularly organises night time markets to do shopping and to find souvenirs.
3.- Enjoy the Provençal cuisine. After your stroll in the Old Port, you can take a break in the numerous restaurants of Cannes to taste some of the specialities of the provençal cuisine because they are not going to disappoint!. Provençal mussells, bouillabaise, ratatouille, tapenade, pissaladière, niçoise… There are so many dishes to tast that you will not know which one to start with! That is for you to choose!
4.- To sunbathe in Cannes beach. Boasting of 8 kms of sand, go to Cannes beach is one of the activities that you cannot miss out during your stop in Cannes. The city owns 13 public beaches, however to realx calmly we recomend you to go to Boulevard du Midi, which is less known by the tourists and less busy. On topo fo that, you can find more than 30 private beaches than in its main part have their own restaurants. At night, they arganise private festivals in the sandy area.
5.- To go over Boulevard La Croisette. This is the most remarkable of the city: a long avenue proctected by a row of pine trees that sourrounds the the beach. La Croisette is internationally renowned due to the cinema festival that takes place every year there. This is the most famous in the city: a long pedestrian avenue protected by a row of pine trees that sourrrounds the beach.La Croisette is well-known internationally due to the festival that takes place there every year. You can find mythical hotels, casinos and different luxurious shops: the ideal place to dream!
6.- Visit the InterContinental Hotel in Cannes. This is the most prestigious hotel in Cannes. A huge 5 -star palace built in 1911 and situated in La Croisette´s Boulevard. It is a majestic building declared heritage monument, that will leave you out of breath! It is a magnificent 5 star palace built in 1911 and situated in La Croisete Boulevard. A magnificent building that ecah year during the Cannes festival hosts the biggest international film stars. If you are next to the Carlton hotel, perhaps you can have the opportunity of seeing or greeting some of them.
7.- The Cannes festival. This is one of the most international famous festival that each month of May gets together the main cinema stars. Each year since 1946 is the emblem of glamour and sequins during the 12 days that the festival last. Tourists and journalists that come from all over the world come to the city to admire how their favourite film stars step up the red carpet.Each year since 1946, Cannes is the symbol of Glamour and If you do a stop in May, we recommend you to go to the Festival Palace to see how is the festival behind the scenes.
8.- Forville´s Market. A huge indoor market right in the centre of Cannes. You can visit it from Tuesday to Sunday all types of Regional products: colourful fruits and vegetables, fresh fish, seafood, cheese and cold meats. Discover marché Forville is going to allow you widen your city knowledge and to live it in a more real way.
9.- To practise nautical activities. Cannes is the ideal place to practise any type of nautical activities. To these keen on strong emotions we recommend parachuting or nautical ski. In addition to that you can enjoy the calmness of the sea practising for instance paddle-surf, scuba-diving or swimming in a turquoise sea.
10.- Discover the islands in Cannes. If wahta you are looking for is tranquility during cruise stop in Cannes, you can visit some of the islands next to the city. Sainte-Marguerite´s island and Saint-Honorat´s are the most renowned ones. They offer nature a lot more wilder and only15 minutes away from Cannes. You can reach there in a boat-shuttle or renting a catamaran or a kayak.
If you do a cruise stop in Cannes, choose some of these 10 activities that we propose and we can enjoy your stop to the maximum and meet one of thwe most renowned places of this beautiful city in the Cote d’Azur.