ACTIVITIES AND SHOPPING WHILE YOU ARE IN CANNES
 
 

 

 
LET'S TALK ABOUT SHOPPING!
Cannes is great for "upper crust" shopping. Cannes is a shopper's paradise for chic and expensive items. Although you might want to buy your yacht in Antibes, The Rolls-Royce dealer is in Cannes, and there is an endless collection of top of the line jewelry shops, haute couture clothing shops and art galleries.
 
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Although the above shops can be found on the Boulevard de la Croisette, If you're on a budget there is the Zone Pietonne (walking steet) The Rue Meynardier which runs parrallel to the port, one block from the Rue Felix Faure. Roughly six blocks long, this street has markets and shops with things like produce, meat, groceries, clothes and gifts. (THIS IS WHERE I SPEND MUCH OF MY TIME).

 
FLEA MARKETS ABOUND IN CANNES
The main market at the Forville becomes a huge flea market (brocante) every Monday. It's tons of fun and everytime that I'm in Cannes I buy something there.

Another flea market "Sur Les Allees" is held each Saturday at the old port, beneath the trees. This becomes a two-day market with the first Sunday of the month. (I USUALLY BUT CD'S THERE--GREAT SELECTION AND GREAT PRICES)

The Place Gambetta is a smaller, but still sizable market in the covered area in the center of the square. Place Gambetta is a block north of the Rue D'Antibes and a couple of blocks east of the train Station

 
The Suquet is where the apartment is located in the "old town" it's where the restaurants are and the chic shops are located. The 12th -century Tour de Mt. Chevalier, ramparts and a 12th-16th-century church Notre Dame-deL'esperence gives a touch of medieval flavor to the city. Le Suquet has narrow street winding up and around the hill offering fine views from the top. Standing on the ancient rampart wall in fron of the church, you can see east across the city, the port and bay to the Croisette, and to the west across the Gulf of La Napoule and the Esterel mountain range.



 

 
The bell tower in the Suquet dates to 12th century and is the most photographed site in Cannes
 
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