7 Sights in Cannes, France (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Cannes, France! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Cannes. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in CannesActivities in Cannes

1. Fort Royal

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The Royal Fort is a fort built on the island of Sainte-Marguerite, the largest of the Lérins Islands, in the harbor of Cannes. After the purchase of the fort in 1996, the city of Cannes installed the Museum of the Sea of Cannes there. There is also an international youth centre.

Wikipedia: Fort royal de l'île Sainte-Marguerite (FR)

2. Intercontinental Carlton Cannes

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The Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel is a historic 332-room luxury hotel opened in 1911, located at 58 La Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera. It is famous for hosting movie stars from around the world during the annual Film Festival. Following major renovations, it reopened on 13 March 2023.

Wikipedia: Carlton Cannes Hotel (EN)

3. Alain Gerbault

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Alain Gerbault

Alain Jacques Georges Marie Gerbault was a French sailor, writer and tennis champion, who made a circumnavigation of the world as a single-handed sailor. He eventually settled in the islands of south Pacific Ocean, where he wrote several books about the islanders' way of life. As a tennis player he was ranked the fifth on the French rankings in 1923.

Wikipedia: Alain Gerbault (EN)

4. Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal

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The museum was originally called the Museum of the Sea, but it changed its name from 2020, becoming the Museum of the Iron Mask and the Royal Fort. This Museum of France is an archaeological museum exploring land and sea

Wikipedia: Musée du Masque de fer et du Fort Royal (FR), Website

5. Chapelle de la Trinité

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The chapel of the Trinity is one of the seven chapels, six of which remain-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Caprais, Saint-Michel, Saint-Porcaire, Saint-Sauveur and La Trinité-which were on the island Saint-Honorat, around Lérins Abbey, located in the Baie de Cannes, in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Trinité de Cannes (FR)

6. Musée des explorations du monde (ex Musée de la Castre)

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The Museum of World Explorations, formerly the Musée de la Castre, is a museum in Cannes housed in the remains of the medieval castle of the monks of Lérins in Le Suquet. Labelled "Musée de France", it presents collections belonging to the city of Cannes: primitive arts from the Himalayas-Tibet, the Arctic, pre-Columbian America, Oceania, Mediterranean antiquities, nineteenth-century landscape painting with the little masters of Provence.

Wikipedia: Musée de la Castre (FR), Website

7. Chapelle Saint-Sauveur

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Chapelle Saint-Sauveur Florian Pépellin / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Chapelle Saint-Sauveur is a chapel located on the island of Saint-Honorat, in the bay of Cannes. The island depends on the commune of Cannes, in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in France.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Saint-Sauveur de Cannes (FR)

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