| Located on the Riviera in southern France, the | | | | place gets covered with film billboards, whilst |
| city of Cannes is famous all over the world, not | | | | luxury cars fill the roads and private beach parties |
| only for its film festival but also for the Cannes | | | | take over the sands. Then there are the famous |
| Lions Festival, which is regarded as the world's | | | | balcony parties and private film viewing parties as |
| most prestigious festival of advertising. This glitzy, | | | | well as the evening parties thrown by just about |
| upmarket city has a population of approximately | | | | everyone striving for more recognition. The |
| of 70,000 people and its principal source of | | | | restaurants and bars are even more packed than |
| income is tourism. | | | | usual and the movie fans join with the paparazzi in |
| It is over 500 miles away from Paris standing on | | | | their insatiable quest to catch glimpses of their |
| the Mediterranean coast that provided the natural | | | | idols at every opportunity. |
| features which attracted tourists initially. The sand, | | | | But Cannes wasn't always like this and to get |
| sea and sun of resorts in the Cannes area are | | | | some idea of what it must have been like before |
| legendary. | | | | the rich and famous invaded, you need to take a |
| The famous Boulevard de la Croisette, is lined on | | | | look at the "old town". This is known as Le |
| one side with luxurious hotels, restaurants, | | | | Suquet and it overlooks the west end of the port. |
| nightclubs and shops selling goods at prices to suit | | | | It is an area of narrow streets climbing steeply up |
| the purses of the celebrity promenaders it | | | | a hill crowned by an 11th century tower. The |
| attracts. Opposite the fine sand beaches are | | | | views from the top are breathtaking and you can |
| usually populated by those who like to see and | | | | see right across the city and port and out of the |
| more importantly, be seen. People-watching is | | | | bay to the Cap de la Croisette. Looking west, the |
| probably the main activity that brings most | | | | views stretch over the Gulf of La Napoule |
| tourists to Cannes! Another of the attractions is | | | | towards the Massif de l`Esterel. It is from this |
| lunching but you might need to watch your eating | | | | viewpoint alone that one can appreciate what |
| habits, because you can easily find yourself in the | | | | must have attracted tourists to Cannes in the |
| background of a TV commercial or music video. | | | | first place. |
| If there is such a thing as a quiet period in | | | | Arranging a vacation in Cannes is probably |
| Cannes, it is in the winter, but once May arrives | | | | something best done as part of a wider tour of |
| any semblance of calm is totally broken by the | | | | southern France. You can easily book cheap flights |
| arrival of the Film Festival. The city just erupts | | | | and reliable accommodation on line using the |
| and becomes submerged with wave after wave | | | | articles and information at holiday destination |
| of paparazzi, following posing starlets. The whole | | | | websites such as Best-Travel-Tip. |