Introducing Cannes
These days Cannes is tantamount to its International Film Festival, when it twinkles with a constellation of silver-screen stars, and a meteor shower of camera flashes. Though the festival lasts less than two weeks, the city basks in its aura for the rest of the year.
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Long before it started screening flicks, Cannes’ offshore islands, the Îles de Lérins, were inhabited by the Ligurians, then the Romans; and the town was first mentioned by name in the 11th century. Like elsewhere along the coast, its star ascended in the 19th century when newly arrived British luminaries triggered an influx of London’s high society.
Cannes’ palatial hotels lining palm-shaded blvd de la Croisette, and the city’s chic boutiques cater to très affluent travellers, and/or delegates for an ever-increasing number of festivals and congresses such as January’s Shopping Festival.
Last updated: Sep 23, 2008
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RE: Suggestions? Going to Cannes beginning of October with a 5 month old baby
by micolett 14 September 2011
If you plan to rent a car, a child seat may be obtained from some agencies, but you have to ask and have one secured. The car IN Cannes…
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RE: Suggestions? Going to Cannes beginning of October with a 5 month old baby
by MTL 13 September 2011
> Should we take a car seat with us or is everything walkable? that obviously depends on whether you are renting a car or not. you…
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RE: Suggestions? Going to Cannes beginning of October with a 5 month old baby
by regards 13 September 2011
Cannes is a little town and there is not so much to see. Along the coast you have sandy beaches - maybe not very comfortabel in October.…
