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Things to do in Cannes

Sightseeing

Ile St Honorat (St Honorat Island)

Cistercian monks are the only inhabitants of the smaller, southern St Honorat Island. Monks have inhabited the island more or less continuously...

Ile St Marguerite (St Marguerite Island)

It only takes a 15-minute boat ride from Cannes to get there but it took The Man in the Iron Mask 11 years to leave this tiny, forested island....


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Shopping

The shops in Cannes are concentrated between La Croisette and rue d'Antibes - a distance easily covered on foot. Shopkeepers who have signed a 'Cannes Prestige' charter will reimburse VAT, accept...

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Events

June
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Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival is the only annual gathering of the world's advertising, creative, direct marketing,...

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June
01
Cannes Film Festival

In 1939 the French government chose Cannes as the suitably sunny location for its inaugural Film Festival. From what was originally an opportunity...

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