Guide to Cannes and Surrounding Areas

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Guide to Cannes and Surrounding Areas

Sightseeing

You must start on the magnificent Croisette which curves round the bay like a promise of glamour. The old Suquet Hill district, where Cannes stated in a broth of wriggling streets, needs strolling into, just past the port. A boat to one of the islands - or two boats to both - distances you from the hurly-burly. Then you're done. Your time is your own. Shop, eat, drink, sunbathe on the beach: that's what you really wanted to do, anyway - and Cannes is great at it. La Croisette:- This is the splendid promenade curving around the bay where, at film festival time, you might think you have spotted a star or two (they’re usually lookalikes). At other times, it is the stage for the spectacle that is Cannes. With a sparkling acreage of briny out front and exotic greenery on the prom itself, even ugly people look good. The Beach at La Croisette:- You’ll see beautiful youth, handsome families and over-tanned ladies with brush-head dogs still wearing furs in June (the ladies, that is, not the dogs – though…). Weaving in and out will be joggers, rollerbladers, clowns on stilts and perhaps even a particularly impressive chap I once saw there. He would light a cigarette, place it in his mouth, then on his tongue, then swallow it and blow smoke out of his ears. Then pass the hat round.
148 現地メンバーのおすすめ
クロワゼット・ベアッハ・カンヌ
148 現地メンバーのおすすめ
You must start on the magnificent Croisette which curves round the bay like a promise of glamour. The old Suquet Hill district, where Cannes stated in a broth of wriggling streets, needs strolling into, just past the port. A boat to one of the islands - or two boats to both - distances you from the hurly-burly. Then you're done. Your time is your own. Shop, eat, drink, sunbathe on the beach: that's what you really wanted to do, anyway - and Cannes is great at it. La Croisette:- This is the splendid promenade curving around the bay where, at film festival time, you might think you have spotted a star or two (they’re usually lookalikes). At other times, it is the stage for the spectacle that is Cannes. With a sparkling acreage of briny out front and exotic greenery on the prom itself, even ugly people look good. The Beach at La Croisette:- You’ll see beautiful youth, handsome families and over-tanned ladies with brush-head dogs still wearing furs in June (the ladies, that is, not the dogs – though…). Weaving in and out will be joggers, rollerbladers, clowns on stilts and perhaps even a particularly impressive chap I once saw there. He would light a cigarette, place it in his mouth, then on his tongue, then swallow it and blow smoke out of his ears. Then pass the hat round.
Palais des Festivals:- Despite its red-carpet fame as HQ of the annual film thrash, the Palais des Festivals used to have the architectural eloquence of a nuclear power station. Clearly, whoever designed it didn’t much like Cannes, the seaside, people, beauty, elegance or, in all probability, movie stars. In recent times, though, its dull stone exterior has been turned bright white. This is a serious improvement, and a far better backdrop for photos of chaps in tuxedos and star ladies in shiny frocks. Talking of whom… down the side of the building, very many of the most prominent movie figures have left their hand-prints in coloured bricks set in the pavement.
1085 現地メンバーのおすすめ
パレ・デ・フェスティバル・エ・デ・コングレ
1 Bd de la Croisette
1085 現地メンバーのおすすめ
Palais des Festivals:- Despite its red-carpet fame as HQ of the annual film thrash, the Palais des Festivals used to have the architectural eloquence of a nuclear power station. Clearly, whoever designed it didn’t much like Cannes, the seaside, people, beauty, elegance or, in all probability, movie stars. In recent times, though, its dull stone exterior has been turned bright white. This is a serious improvement, and a far better backdrop for photos of chaps in tuxedos and star ladies in shiny frocks. Talking of whom… down the side of the building, very many of the most prominent movie figures have left their hand-prints in coloured bricks set in the pavement.