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Cannes is a famous and fashionable seaside resort located on the French Riviera. Cannes is known for the city’s film festival, but there is also much else to come here for. The city’s history goes back to the settlement of Aegitna in the 100s BC, which originated as a fishing village. Later, the city was named Canua, from which the current Cannes comes. The city was fortified with a castle in 1035, and at the end of the same century fortress towers were established on the Îles de Lérins, which are in the sea off Cannes.
Cannes was ruled by monks for centuries until about 1530, when the city became independent. Cannes developed in relative peace, but throughout the 18th century both England and Spain tried to gain control of the Îles de Lérins, but their attempts were repulsed by France. In the 1830s, Henry Brougham built a villa here, and his efforts attracted people from the English aristocracy, who also built winter residences.
It boosted Cannes’ tourism with the establishment of hotels, casinos, roads and railways that made the city popular and easily accessible. Throughout the 20th century, development continued with buildings such as the Carlton and Le Majestic, and in 1946 the city’s film festival was founded.
Today, Cannes remains one of the well-visited cities along the Côte d’Azur. And what better way to start the visit than with a walk along La Croisette, which is the name of the promenade along the Mediterranean. La Croisette is approximately two kilometers long, and along the palm-lined boulevard you will find many of Cannes’ best-known buildings and attractions.
At the western end of the boulevard is the Palais des Festivals et des Congrés, a convention center where the city’s film festival takes place every year. It is at the foot of this center that you find Le Chemin des Étoiles, which, like its counterpart in Hollywood, honors movie stars.
Immediately west of the convention center you can take a walk in the Vieux-Port, which is Cannes’ old harbor, which today forms one of the city’s marinas. The marinas are pleasant to walk around in search of the sight of beautiful boats. You can also stroll east along La Croisette. Here are the city’s beaches and the most famous hotels. The most beautiful and traditional of the hotels is the Carlton, which opened in 1911.
It was the Swiss hotelier Henry Ruhl who built the hotel, and it immediately became such a great success that the hotel acquired the neighboring hotel the following year to demolish it and expand Carlton. Along La Croisette you can also see Le Majestic from 1926, Hôtel Martinez from 1929 and JW Marriott from 1990.
There are also other attractions in Cannes. In the western part of the city lies the old quarter of Le Suquet, where the character of the city is completely different from that along La Croisette. You can walk in narrow streets such as Rue Saint-Antoine and Rue de Suquet and enjoy the view of the marina and the Mediterranean Sea from the terraces of the Église Notre-Dame d’Espérance church, which was built during the 16th-17th centuries.
Close to the church is the Musée des Explorations du Monde, which is a museum with art and ethnographic collections. If you walk to the eastern part of the city instead, you can see the Église Saint-Michel-Archange, which is a beautiful Russian Orthodox church from 1894.
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Overview of Cannes
Cannes is a famous and fashionable seaside resort located on the French Riviera. Cannes is known for the city’s film festival, but there is also much else to come here for. The city’s history goes back to the settlement of Aegitna in the 100s BC, which originated as a fishing village. Later, the city was named Canua, from which the current Cannes comes. The city was fortified with a castle in 1035, and at the end of the same century fortress towers were established on the Îles de Lérins, which are in the sea off Cannes.
Cannes was ruled by monks for centuries until about 1530, when the city became independent. Cannes developed in relative peace, but throughout the 18th century both England and Spain tried to gain control of the Îles de Lérins, but their attempts were repulsed by France. In the 1830s, Henry Brougham built a villa here, and his efforts attracted people from the English aristocracy, who also built winter residences. It boosted Cannes’ tourism with the establishment of hotels, casinos, roads and railways that made the city popular and easily accessible. Throughout the 20th century, development continued with buildings such as the Carlton and Le Majestic, and in 1946 the city’s film festival was founded.
Today, Cannes remains one of the well-visited cities along the Côte d’Azur. And what better way to start the visit than with a walk along La Croisette, which is the name of the promenade along the Mediterranean. La Croisette is approximately two kilometers long, and along the palm-lined boulevard you will find many of Cannes’ best-known buildings and attractions. At the western end of the boulevard is the Palais des Festivals et des Congrés, a convention center where the city’s film festival takes place every year. It is at the foot of this center that you find Le Chemin des Étoiles, which, like its counterpart in Hollywood, honors movie stars.
About the Cannes travel guide
Contents: Tours in the city + tours in the surrounding area
Published: Released soon
Author: Stig Albeck
Publisher: Vamados.com
Language: English
About the travel guide
The Cannes travel guide gives you an overview of the sights and activities of the French city. Read about top sights and other sights, and get a tour guide with tour suggestions and detailed descriptions of all the city’s most important churches, monuments, mansions, museums, etc.
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Read more about Cannes and France
France Travel Guide: https://vamados.com/france
City tourism: https://visitcan-nes.fr
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