Cannes, France Travel Blogs

The worst kind of image for an airline
Nov 29, 2008 (1 photos)

It is the worst kind of image for any airline to have shown all over the world: your logo on the tail of an aircraft which has crashed. But it happened this week to Air New Zealand. Normally when you hear of an Airbus crashing, it means all ...

Hey, don't they have a film festival here?
Apr 3, 2007 (2 photos)

... glamorous we are.  This was a nice trip along the coast until we decided to drive back to Monte Carlo from Cannes in the afternoon.  Traffic along the corniches might be the Riviera's highest and most refined gift to the world.   ...

Perpignan changing trains in cerbere on the ...
May 2, 2001

... 't have been on out itinerary had we not known people there. The main difference we have noticed since crossing the border into France (and there is no polite way to say this) is that whilst Spain and Portugal had the odour of cigarette smoke, France ...

Camping Cheap in Cannes
Jun 3, 2005

Tina and I camped in Cannes, shopped and took the train to Monaco. Just after the Festival (sorry we missed it) so it was quiet but still very nice to be chilling on the Riviera near the end of a very very hard travelling trip.

Île St. Marguerite
Aug 16, 2008

... , making it perhaps a bit too cold to go swimming at night. The next day we took a ferry to Île Sainte Marguerite, an island by Cannes. The island had no cars and only a spattering of houses. We spent the whole day with a Romanian girl who I met on the ...

Nobody can like Cannes can, right?
Jun 27, 2009 (11 photos)

We just had to go to the sight of the Cannes film festival and were pleased to see that we were just in time for the International Advertising Festival.  Unfortunately the shows were private and all we could do was to take photos with Brad pitt, ...

Monaco, Nice Cannes
May 14, 2005 (10 photos)

... we didn't ever make it to the museum, but we weren't disappointed. It was just so nice and clam there. We headed back to Cannes and decided to have lunch. We sat at an outside café and people-watched. We both had a different type of bruschetta and it ...

By train to Cannes and Antibes
May 20, 2008 (12 photos)

... yachts and an old church. We walked back to the station and took the train to Antibes, which used to be the border between France and Italy before the region with Nice was ceded by the Italians to France in 1860.  There was a very nice walled old ...

adventures around Cannes
Sep 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... the festival was fun...we ate lots of free samples...and then we toured a parfumerie, because Grasse is apparently the perfume capital of France. The best part of the day though was when we went into Cafe Colour. Our little group was some of the few ...

Cannes
Apr 23, 2005 (5 photos)

... in my hostel named Megan. She is from BC, and is working as a Nanny type person right on the border of france and switzerland. Today we went to Cannes, which is a city just outside of Nice and went to the beach. It was great fun. Hopfully next thursday is ...

Day At Beach Club W/All the Locals
Jul 19, 2009

... and whish her off to Paris;  He will propose at the restaurant at the top of the Tower and take her to Cannes for their honeymoon......wow, this trip is making an impression..... Most memorable part of day-without a doubt, the flying fish and the ...

Amusing Differences
Oct 13, 2006 (4 photos)

Here are some interesting things about France that simultaneously drive me crazy and make me laugh: *Decimals and commas--they mean the opposite of each other here, so at the fromagerie that piece of cheese costs 2,50. *The way they count on their ...

holiday season in Cannes
Dec 6, 2006 (13 photos)

... --when I look out my bedroom window I still see palm trees, the Mediterranean, and blue skies. The city of Cannes has made a wonderful attempt though at bringing a little holiday spirit to downtown. There are lights strung everywhere, giant sparkling ...

Train from Aubagne to Cannes for three days
Jul 18, 2009

... of Middle eASTERN PEEPS EVERYWHERE REALLY IN THE HIGHEST FASHION;  They have bot all the properties overlooking ocean.  Walked to Cannes film festival site.  Watched man make spray paint art.  Walked to the port and had dinner at fish ...

une bonne semaine (a good week)
Nov 6, 2006 (12 photos)

... time to come visit over the All Saints' Day vacation the schools get here. It was fun to play tour guide for Cannes. I am constantly amazed when I discover things I've never seen before even though I've walked the same streets for over two months now. ...

Day 2 - Nimes to Cannes via Mt Ventoux
Sep 6, 2008

... Lunch in Carpantras (Steak and Chip buttie for 4Euro!) and then on to Cannes. More tolls and busy motorways (toll booths in a RHD car with no passenger require some serious agility). The hotel in Cannes is a low key affair, and very easy to miss...

land of the rich and surgically altered
Aug 11, 2006 (20 photos)

Have been crashing at Yiannis here for the last week, crazy place, seen more ferraris, porsches, lamborghinis etc in one week here than ive seen in my whole life. Plenty of massive ships too. Used the spot to explore along the coast as far as monaco and ...

60th annual Cannes Film Festival
May 19, 2007

oh la la

Cannes
Sep 17, 2007 (19 photos)

For our first overnight trip out of Torino, me and three friends headed off to Cannes, France! Let me just say...the south of France is gorgeous and my pictures do not do it any justice. Anyways..we headed of early Saturday morning and caught a bus to the ...

On the Riviera.... I was stung by a Jelly Fish.
Jul 28, 2006

... Cannes we did not see any celebrities but in a nearby town Kid Rock and Pam Anderson were married. Sting: Also in Cannes, Lola and I went swimming. There were many people swimming and some of them were walking along these submerged rocks. I went over ...

Montecarlo, Nice, Cannes.... OH MY!
Oct 2, 2009 (65 photos)

... was a great crowd, quirky, french and international students all intermingling. We made our way back to our hotel and got a much needed rest. Cannes reminded me a lot of San Diego. In the hours that we were there, I fell in love. I have to go back. They ...

Antibes, Cannes and Sunburn!
Apr 7, 2007 (26 photos)

Today l have been writing this journal entry whilst listening to Missy Higgins and sitting on the 4km sandy Cannes beach! Its once again beautiful here and the sun feels more like Summer sun than the beginning of Spring! Sitting here with my spring tan ...

cannes
Apr 9, 2005

missed the train in toulouse so missed the train to torino... luckyly one of my friend leaves there, on my road and that was a new drinking night!

In and out of France
Nov 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... it's hard to leave it all so quickly. Into the rich coast of the French Riviera we went, the Cote d'Azur with an overnight stop in Cannes. 95% of the places JM thinks of going to in the world have to do with cars or movies or a cool scene in a movie ...

Morning in Cannes
Apr 21, 2007 (1 photos)

... linens at very good prices.  I wish I had brought back one of the watercolors, but I was worried about getting it back home without bending it.  Not being very much of a photo taker, I didn't take any photos really of Cannes at all. 

red carpet time
Jul 4, 1999 (1 photos)

... Waynes 4th of July party on the gorgeous rocky Nice beach.  We had drinks, danced and relaxed out on the beach.  Who knew we could celebrate America's day of independence in France?  I guess there is always an excuse for a party! 

people and classes
Oct 6, 2006 (12 photos)

... to know students from all kinds of walks of life. Last night at dinner I met Alex, who has three passports. He was born in France, and his parents are Dutch, but they've lived in Belgium for most of his life because of his dad's job. This morning I had ...

John's Euro Car blog
Oct 22, 2009 (20 photos)

... ;In Italy, Fiat, Lancia, and especially Alfa appear to be wagons bringing home the wine and sausage.  In France, Peugeot, Citroen and mostly Renault are the ones delivering the bread. Another interesting car trend was present throughout the journey. ...

Cannes and Brian
Jul 11, 2006

... we have either. They just eat better proportions. It may be fattier pork or lower quality beef, but smaller portions. Nonetheless, Cannes was great for a night, seeing Brian and strolling by the waterfront. The next day we spent close to 8 hours on ...

Recipe for Roasted Paul and Mel
Jul 18, 2005 (1 photos)

... by the Grimaldis. Fairy tale palace on a hill. Extravagant yachts. Pristine beach--no riff raff. Big brother's watching. Cannes: Film festival fame. Mel goes shopping. Best sand in the Riviera. Eze-Sur-Mer: Sleepy community with an empty ...