Cannes Sights

  1. Plage du Gray d'Albion

    Cannes is blessed with sandy beaches, although much of the stretch along blvd de la Croisette is for guests of top-notch hotels or those prepared to pay for the luxury of having a strip of carpet leading to the water's edge: rates range from around €15 /around €19 per half-/full day for a mattress and yellow-and-white parasol on Plage du Gray d'Albion - it has a water-skiing school - to around €30 /around €38 /around €44 for a back-row/front-row seat/spot on the pier of exclusive Carlton Beach.

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  2. Plages du Midi

    The central, sandy beaches along blvd de la Croisette are sectioned off for hotel guests, where sun worshippers pay by the day to stretch out in a lounge chair with a parasol. You'll find one of the best public (aka free) beaches, Plages du Midi, stretching westward from the Vieux Port along blvd Jean Hibert.

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  3. Z Plage

    For the ultimate beach experience, flop beneath a pearl-white beach umbrella on Z Plage, the beach of Hôtel Martinez. Its Zzzz day package (around €88 ) includes lounger, parasol, a 25-minute massage in a beach cabin and a two-course lunch in its trendy, super-stylish beach bar.

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