Cannes dates back to the fifth century when the Lérins Islands were inhabited by a religious community. Sailors and fishermen were the only inhabitants of Cannes until the middle of the 19th century when Lord Henry Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and a famous speaker in the House of Lords, discovered the delights of the area and founded an English colony there.

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Cannes, lying as it does in the heart of both the traditional Cote d'Azur and today's modern, technological sector of the Cote d'Azur is ideally situated geographically.

• 25 km from the Nice/Cote d'Azur international airport, the second largest in France
• 12 km from Sophia Antipolis, Europe's largest technopole
• 25 km from Nice, the capital of the Cote d'Azur and the fifth largest city in France
• 70 km from the Principality of Monaco
• 80 km from Italy
• 50 km from St Tropez
• 1 hour by plane from Paris (hourly arrivals and departures)
• a few hours by ferry from Corsica

Cannes, "Star" of the Riviera is a magical city, a place of pleasures : sport, gastronomy, leisure, shows, discovery... Cannes gives to every instant of your days and nights the personal touch that transforms your life into a festival.

Cannes is opening its doors to allow you to discover a unique and memorable city, renowed around the world. The Suquet, the Croisette, the Royal Residences, the Palais des Festivals... are offered to you, along with the charms of history and the reality of a city entering the 21st century. There are visits by foot organised by guides, every wednesdays at 2:30pm. 40 f ( 6,10 ) free for children under the age of 12.

At the heart of the town, overlooking the sea, between old Cannes and the promenade of "La Croisette", sits the "Palais des Festivals et des Congrès". It's a stone's throw from most of the hotels, shops and lively streets of Cannes and is one of the few conference centres in the world of the size from which you can walk back to your hotel while enjoying the view of the bay.