The city of Cannes
Presentation of Cannes
From the modest fishermen’s village to the world famous seaside and cultural city, Cannes has forged a unique history, made of passions and timely encounters as in the most beautiful love stories. Cannes, an exceptional “world village”, is a golden sand setting, with a dreamy bay bordered by the Lerins Islands, an ideal setting, whether you come for business or pleasure.
Come and live the Cannes experience, through its history and that of its mythical Festival. Beaches, shopping, discovering the islands, festive, authentic and cultural life… Here, everything is gathered, without forgetting the excursions which will take you to visit the perched villages of the hinterland and admire breathtaking panoramas.
In Cannes, you have an appointment with the art of living in all its dimensions.
The key moments of Cannes’ history :
The first tourists
Historians place the presence of the first occupants one century before JC. The Ligurians, the transalpine people who dominated the western extremity of the known world at the time, settled on a promontory, the present-day Suquet, and erected an oppidum or fortified camp there. No archaeological remains attest to the occupation of the site by the Ligurians, the barbarians as the Greek geographer Strabo later called them. Let’s look towards the sea to find traces of these first tourists.
How to get to Cannes
By plane
Located 27 km from Nice Côte d’Azur airport, Cannes is accessible in less than 30 minutes. The Nice Côte d’Azur airport, a major gateway to Southern Europe, serves 90 destinations with direct flights and welcomes nearly 50 airlines www.nice.aeroport.fr/
Shuttles run from the airport to Cannes in about 45 minutes (via the highway):
Departure from the airport at 8:00 am and 9:00 am, then every ½ hour until 7:00 pm then at 8:00 pm – (by the seaside only in summer) at 8:45 pm and 9:55 pm.
Line 210 – Single ticket: 22€ – Round trip ticket: 33€.
Phone : + 33 (0) 4 93 39 11 39
Toll-free number: 0800 06 01 06
www.pacamobilite.fr/
The Cannes-Mandelieu airport has for affectation the general aviation of tourism and business. The economic and tourist vitality of the region has positioned Cannes-Mandelieu in the second place of business aviation airports after Paris-Le Bourget. Located 15 minutes from downtown Cannes and the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, the airport is the privileged tool to link the city directly to major European cities.
www.cannes.aeroport.fr/
By Road
Cannes is connected to the main European cities. The city is connected by the A8 freeway “La Provençale” (exit N°42 Cannes La Bocca or Mougins/Cannes), from Aix en Provence in the West to Italy in the East.
Some examples of distances in kilometers: Paris 950 km – Milan 320 km – Geneva 630 km – Barcelona 670 km – Rome 710 km – Munich 810 km – Brussels 1220 km – Amsterdam 1400 km.
The Route Napoléon (N85), which starts in Golfe Juan and ends in Grenoble, retraces the historical route taken by Napoléon on his return from Elba in 1815.
By train
The city of Cannes is widely served by TGV, Corail and express trains which link it to all the French regions and to the largest cities in Europe. This mode of transport will allow you to discover spectacular landscapes by the sea at the foot of the Esterel massif with its steep red rocks www.oui.sncf
Some examples of journey times: Cannes/Toulon: 1h15 – Cannes/Marseille: 2h – Cannes/Aix en Provence: 3h15 – Cannes/Lyon: 4h and Cannes/Paris: 5h15.
The TER (regional express train) allows you to cover the entire region from Les Arcs Draguignan to Ventimiglia, passing through Antibes, Biot, Cagnes sur mer, Nice and Villefranche sur Mer.
TER trains provide regular connections from all the towns on the Côte d’Azur to Cannes and Cannes-La-Bocca stations.
Ticket office opening hours: Cannes SNCF station: every day from 7am to 5.30pm
Cannes la Bocca SNCF station: Wednesdays from 9am to 12pm and from 1.10pm to 5pm and Thursdays from 1.40pm to 5.10pm.
TER in one click! www.ter.sncf.com/paca
Contact TER 0800 11 40 23 (service et appel gratuits à partir d’un téléphone fixe / tous les jours de 7h00 à 21h30).
Téléchargez l’Assistant SNCF pour consulter les horaires, acheter un billet et gérer facilement vos déplacements.
https://assistant.sncf/
Thello: new international rail links between France and Italy from Cannes, without changing trains at the border.
Cannes-Milan, a daily train
Informations & reservations
Travel on the Paris-Nice night train from €19
All tickets are available on the OUI.sncf website and app, in stations, shops and SNCF-approved agencies.
By sea
The boat will drop anchor in the bay of Cannes, passing near the Lérins islands, or will approach the quay of the port, in the heart of the city, at the foot of the Suquet hill.
Contact details of the CCI Port of Cannes for yachting and cruising:
Promenade de la Pantiero
0 820 42 55 55
For more information
Cruise on the French Riviera
The French Riviera Cruise Club brings together several tourism players in the Alpes-Maritimes department, whose main objective is to promote cruising.
For more information
By helicopter
At the end of the pier of the old port of Cannes, between the 2 lighthouses, a platform hosts the helipad. This station is intended for public transport on demand by helicopter. Price per touchdown (landing and take-off) as an indication: 65 € HT
Contact : HeliPartner – Helistation Cannes Centre Ville
Helicopter transfer specialists Monaco – Nice – Cannes – Saint Tropez
Tel : + 33 (0)4 93 39 25 56
By bus
Travel on Europe’s largest long-distance bus network!
Since 2015, FlixBus has been continuously expanding its European network and now serves over 550 European cities every day. Flixbus offers several departures to and from Cannes.
The company OUIBUS is a long-distance coach subsidiary of the SNCF and market leader in France. Book your bus with Ouibus.