Le Suquet on its hill, the Croisette along the bay and the Lérins islands offshore – the tables, the hotels and the beaches of Cannes, in one guide.
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In this guide
Every table and hotel the MICHELIN inspectors have chosen in Cannes – 2 starred, 2 Bib Gourmand, 6 more restaurants and 7 hotels – on one map, with our own stories as we write them.
Walk the flat three kilometres of the Croisette from the Palais des Festivals to Pointe Croisette, where the Palm Beach faces the Lérins islands and the sun drops behind the Estérel.
Up to the seventh-floor rooftop of the Canopy by Hilton by the old port for a cocktail made with local citrus and spirits, looking over the bay and the islands; open daily 16:00–23:00.
A Michelin-listed table in Le Suquet for more than twenty years, near the Forville market: lobster ravioli, roast rack of lamb and rum baba; open every evening 18:30–22:30.
The covered market runs Tuesday to Sunday, 07:00–13:00, out of season: fishermen with the bay's catch and local growers – currently under the big hall on the Allées de la Liberté while Forville is renovated – plus flowers and socca.
Turn left from the landing stage to the Fort Royal: the Iron Mask's cell, the state prisons and shipwreck amphorae in Roman cisterns. Tuesday–Sunday 10:30–13:15 and 14:15–16:45; €6.50, under-18s free.
Bring a picnic for the pines, then take the Allée du Centre to the Étang du Batéguier, where herons and migrating birds stop; the whole belt path takes about 2h10. No bikes or scooters on the island.
Back on the 15:15 or 16:15 boat, climb the cobbled lanes of Le Suquet to the Place de la Castre; the tourist office's photographers recommend late afternoon, before the hill throws its shadow.
A Bib Gourmand family restaurant on rue Meynadier since 1935, now in its fourth generation, cooking from the Forville market: petits farcis, braised beef cheeks, homemade gnocchi. Saturday dinner 19:00–21:30; cash only.
About forty minutes' climb from the old port (or park on boulevard Leader) into 80 hectares of pine and mimosa, to six belvederes and the steel cross with the whole bay below.
The Croisette's Belle Époque art centre shows 'Mirages du monde', paintings by Hervé di Rosa, until 8 November 2026; open Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00.
The locals' sunset spot beyond the Palm Beach: toes in the sand facing Île Sainte-Marguerite, whose fort turns orange as the sun goes down and is lit up after dark.
✱ MICHELIN star · Bib Gourmand: good cooking at a fair price · ◆ selected in the Guide · € to €€€€: the Guide's own price bands, from «on a budget» to «spare no expense».
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Sunset and drinks
Where to drink
Rooftops over the old port, a palace bar on the Croisette and wine bars in the centre.
Hotel rooftop cocktail bar and restaurant · Vieux Port / boulevard du MidiSunsetMarea, Canopy by Hilton
A seventh-floor rooftop facing the bay and the Lérins islands, 'particularly spectacular at dusk', with cocktails built on local citrus, syrups and spirits.
Palace hotel cocktail bar · La CroisetteMartinez Bar
Rémi Tessier's 1930s-inspired bar of damask, Persian rugs and Tiffany lamps, with rare vinyl and DJ sets – named one of Forbes Travel Guide's 2026 Hotel Star Bars.
A wine bar since 1998, with club armchairs over two floors, a billiard table and bottles from every French region and beyond, with bruschetta or a cheese plate.
From the Croisette and Le Suquet up to the Croix des Gardes, and round the Lérins islands.
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Photo: Mairie de Cannes
3 km · Easy: flat all the way and accessible to everyoneLa Croisette
Three kilometres of palms, palaces and sand on the most famous seafront in France, ending where the sun sets behind the Estérel.
Past The red steps of the Palais des Festivals, The palace hotels and luxury boutiques, Public and private beaches down to Pointe Croisette and the Palm Beach
All year. The tourist office suggests going at sunset, when the boat lights come on across the bay; early morning for the best light and fewest people.
Flat, wide pavement suitable for pushchairs; separate cycle path.
Start: Palais des Festivals, at the old-port end of the boulevard de la Croisette
The locals' seafront: wide, flat and facing the islands and the red Estérel, with the whole road given to walkers and bikes one Sunday a month.
Past The sand beaches of boulevard du Midi, Views of the Lérins islands and the Estérel, The 5 km BoccaCabana seafront with play areas, outdoor gym equipment and a running track
All year. A new 400-metre panoramic promenade linking Quai Saint-Pierre to BoccaCabana is announced by the tourist office ('prochainement').
Pushchairs, bikes, roller skates and scooters welcome; play and rest areas along BoccaCabana; parking close by.
Start: Quai Saint-Pierre (Vieux Port), heading west along boulevard du Midi–Louise Moreau
Cannes' green lung, with the best view in town from the cross at the top – golden with mimosa in February.
Past 80 hectares of cork oak, holm oak, eucalyptus, pine and mimosa, Six belvederes with 360° views over the bay, the Lérins islands, the Estérel, Tanneron and the Préalpes d'Azur, The 12-metre polished-steel cross by Jean-Yves Lechevallier at the top
All year. Mimosa flowers in February (allergy sufferers may want to avoid February to early April).
Pushchair-friendly according to the tourist office; donkeys graze in the park; fitness trail.
Start: Vieux Port (about 40 minutes' climb), or the park car parks, e.g. 166 boulevard Leader
The cradle of Cannes: ten minutes from the Croisette and a world away, with the finest view of the bay from the top.
Past Rue Meynadier's delicatessens, then the Marché Forville, Cobbled rue Saint-Antoine and rue du Suquet, Notre-Dame-d'Espérance, the Place de la Castre and the 360° view over the bay, the old port, La Californie and the Lérins islands
All year. The tourist office recommends late afternoon or dusk for the light (before the hill throws its shadow), or sunrise.
Cobbles and slopes; a secondary guide calls it hard with a standard pushchair.
Start: Rue Meynadier, past the Marché Forville, then up the lanes to the Place de la Castre
A belt path around a car-free island of pines and eucalyptus, with a fort, a bird lagoon and clear coves twenty minutes from Cannes.
Past Fishermen's houses and the Fort Royal with the Musée du Masque de Fer, The underwater sculptures off the south shore, The Étang du Batéguier bird reserve via the Allée du Centre
All year; boats run daily. The tourist office suggests the first boat for calm water and fewer people.
Good with children: car-free, shady paths and picnic spots.
Start: The island landing stage (boats from Quai Saint-Pierre, Cannes)
A loop round the monks' island under pines and along the sea, ending above the abbey with the mountains behind it.
Past The monks' vineyards, Seven chapels from different centuries, The fortified tower-monastery of 1073, restored and inaugurated in 2026, with the Mercantour behind the abbey
All year; Planaria boats daily.
Quiet, monastic island: suits calmer children.
Start: The Planaria landing stage on Île Saint-Honorat (boats from the Vieux Port)
Sources: the Cannes tourist office, the Ville de Cannes and Côte d'Azur France, read 27 October 2026. Coastal paths close in rough seas – check before you set off.
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With kids
Cannes for children
Free beaches, two car-free islands, a fort with a famous prisoner – and La Bocca for rainy days.
Long, free sandy beaches just west of the old port, quieter and more family-minded than the Croisette, with snack kiosks at intervals, a beach-volley court and a view of the Estérel and the Lérins islands.
Free public sand running from Cannes-La Bocca towards Mandelieu-la-Napoule, with showers and several kiosks for lunch, so a family can stay all day without booking a lounger.
The tourist office's pick for families on the Croisette: a town-run sand beach beside the Martinez with lifeguards in summer, free showers and toilets, picnics allowed and loungers to rent at reasonable prices.
Municipal beach service and lifeguards 15 June–15 September, 08:30–18:30 including Sundays and holidays.
A car-free island of 152 hectares of state forest twenty minutes from Cannes, with way-marked paths, a bird reserve on the Batéguier lagoon at the western tip, the Fort Royal and coves for picnics.
Children can stand in the cell of the Man in the Iron Mask, walk the old state prisons and see finds from two shipwrecks in Roman cisterns, then look out from the terrace over the bay to the Alps.
1 October 2026–31 March 2027: Tue–Sun 10:30–13:15 and 14:15–16:45, closed Mondays (on Mondays October–May the Fort Royal is open but the museum is closed, €3.50).
Six two-metre faces by Jason deCaires Taylor, cast from real Cannes residents aged 7 to 78, lie three to five metres down 84–132 metres off the beach – a free treasure hunt for children who can snorkel.
A 40-hectare island that monks have lived on for 1,600 years: pine paths, vineyards, seven chapels and Napoleon's cannonball ovens, a quieter half-day than Sainte-Marguerite.
Island open every day, all year (2026); Planaria crossings all year from the Vieux Port, about 20 minutes.
Three routes for small legs: the Croisette and its palaces, the old Suquet with a ten-minute stop at the viewpoint, and a cinema tour – or the Big Tour that combines them.
Every day, all year: 10:00–19:00; July and August 10:00–23:00.
A twelve-screen cinema by Rudy Ricciotti with laser 4K projection, four Dolby Atmos rooms and the biggest screen in south-east France, 24 metres across – the rainy-day answer in the film festival town.
Open all year (session times on the cinema's own listings).
The town's youth sailing association: paddle, kayak, windsurf or catamaran in the bay facing the Lérins islands, with week-long courses for children in summer.
Courses for children and guided kayak and sailing outings in the summer season; rentals of paddleboards, kayaks, windsurfers and catamarans.
Eighty hectares of protected pine and maquis less than a kilometre from the Croisette, with 20 km of paths, a family of donkeys that keep the ground clear and the mounted police horses at Villa Buhler near the top.
Pool · Ages Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult in swimwear. Reduced rate for ages 4–17.Centre aquatique Grand Bleu
Two heated outdoor pools – a 50-metre and a 25-metre with massage jets and bubble plates – open in winter too, with a paddling pool from May to September.
16 September–30 April: Mon and Fri 09:00–18:00, Tue and Thu 11:00–21:00, Wed 09:00–19:00, Sat, Sun and holidays 10:30–17:00.
Children can climb the 24 most famous steps in the world on a red carpet that stays down all year, then hunt for their favourite star among about 150 handprints set around the Palais.
Steps free to climb all year, except during some events; during the Film Festival you can see them but not climb them.
About fifteen giant trompe-l'oeil murals of film stars and scenes are scattered around town – a free treasure hunt that turns a walk into a game of 'name that film'.
Outdoors, all year.
Across town, from the Croisette to Le Suquet and La Bocca
The tourist office's tip for small children: sand that shelves gently so they can walk in step by step, and an assisted-bathing Handiplage with ramps, guide lines and adapted chairs.
Free, listed gardens – Mediterranean, tropical and Asian – around Betty de Rothschild's 1881 villa, now the town library, for a quiet run-around and a picture-book stop.
Gardens: Tue–Sun 07:00–19:00, closed Mondays (open daily in April).
Beyond the island shuttle, the bigger day out: the red rocks of the Estérel's Corniche d'Or from the water, or a full day to Saint-Tropez or Monaco in season.
Shuttles to Île Sainte-Marguerite every day, all year (2026).
To do · Ages Children's sessions for ages 7–14, minimum height 1.30 m; children drive among themselves only, 14:00–20:00. Adult Grand Prix formulas from 14 and 1.45 m.Cannes Karting
An indoor two-level track with fully electric karts, a bridge over the circuit and proper marshals – with child-only sessions in the afternoon.
All year: daily from 13:30 to midnight (the listing also shows 16:30 starts on weekdays).
The central public beach on the Croisette, clean and supervised in high season, where children can run on fine sand and borrow a book for free in summer.
Sources: the Cannes tourist office (cannes-france.com), the Ville de Cannes, Côte d'Azur France and the places' own pages, read 27 October 2026. Drive times from the town centre without traffic. Check seasons and ages with the place before you go.
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The atlas
Cannes at a glance
Every restaurant, hotel, sight, beach and shop we know of – 1,235 places, each with its own page. Choose a quartier, or a kind of place.
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The quartiers
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The directory
Every place in Cannes
1,235 places, each with its own page – the six nearest the centre of each kind are here; every one of them is in the directory, A to Z.
EatRiviera – the Carlton's marble brasserie on the CroisetteRiviera inside the Carlton Cannes: Mediterranean cooking, a seafood tower and a terrace on the Croisette, Selected in the MICHELIN Guide.
EatL'Affable – Cannes' steady table between the Croisette and rue d'Antibes
EatTable 22 par Noël Mantel – the chef's table above Le Suquet
ShopRue d'Antibes – Cannes's shopping street and its 1920s façades
StoryLiving in Cannes – a resident's guide to the town's ten quarters
StoryThe Riviera season calendar – the events that shape the year from Menton to Saint-Tropez
StoryThe best time to visit the French Riviera – month by month, from winter sun to the September sea
✱✱Two MICHELIN StarsLa Villa ArchangeModern Cuisine · Le CannetRead the story 
✱One MICHELIN StarLa Palme d'OrModern Cuisine · La Croisette & Palm BeachRead the story BibBibBib GourmandAux Bons EnfantsProvençal · Le Suquet & the Vieux PortThe address BibBibBib GourmandBistrot des AngesTraditional Cuisine · Le CannetThe address 
◆Selected in the MICHELIN GuideBelle Plage55 rooms · Le Suquet & the Vieux PortRead the story 
◆In the MICHELIN GuideCarlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel332 rooms · Cannes
◆In the MICHELIN GuideFive Seas45 rooms · Cannes
◆In the MICHELIN GuideGray d'Albion199 rooms · La Croisette & Palm Beach
◆In the MICHELIN GuideLe Majestic349 rooms · Cannes
◆In the MICHELIN GuideMartinez410 rooms · La Croisette & Palm Beach◆In the MICHELIN GuideMOB Cannes43 rooms · CannesThe address 
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No. 2La Malmaison – a Belle Époque villa for art on the CroisetteLa Malmaison on the Croisette: built in 1863 as the Grand Hôtel's annex, a grand duke's golfers' club, now Cannes's art centre, reopened in 2025 with tripled space and a rooftop café. Hours and pricesRead 
No. 3Pointe Croisette – Palm Beach, Port Canto and the end of the bayThe Pointe Croisette at the eastern end of the Croisette: the Palm Beach casino of 1929 and its rebirth, Port Pierre-Canto, Europe's first private marina, beaches, show-jumping and views of the LerinsRead 
No. 4Cannes Yachting Festival 2027 – 700 yachts in two harboursThe Cannes Yachting Festival 2027 runs from 7 to 12 September in the Vieux Port and Port Canto: around 700 boats from 5 to 55 metres, opening hours, sea shuttles, tickets and how to plan a visit.Read 
The English quarter of Cannes – Lord Brougham and the Villa Rothschild
La Californie – Cannes' hill of Russian domes and royal villas
The Cannes Film Festival explained – how the 80th edition works
Îles de Lérins – the monks' island and the Man in the Iron Mask's prison near Cannes
La Croisette in Cannes – two kilometres from the Palais des Festivals to the Martinez
Le Suquet in Cannes – the old town on the hill, from Forville to the castle tower
