La Croisette – this area is one of the most popular tourist spots. It features spectacular beaches where you can roll about in the sand or colour your skin while your kids are busy making sand castles or even cool yourself in the refreshing waves of the ocean! Besides this, there is a wide range of world-class restaurants, resorts, cafes and designers boutiques, situated along the beach where you can easily pass your time. Not only this, the Cannes Film Festival also takes place here! Its location close to the Mediterranean makes this area perfect for an adventurous day fraught with entertainment and enjoyment.

Palais des Festivals et des Congres – dating back to the 20th century, this building is located on the La Croisette and is coincidentally the one that hosts the Cannes Film Festival! Its architecture is worth admiration and its interior is large enough to accommodate 2500 people. A number of entertainment options present themselves around the Palais. It features a night club as well as a world class restaurant with sophisticated dining services. Night entertainment includes casino services too.

Plage du Martinez/Martinez Beach – this beach features a large variety of sports including parasailing, windsurfing, helicopter rides and scuba diving. Traditional parasols along with 400 sun lounge chairs line the beach for those who want to indulge in enjoying the ocean’s views rather than the sports. The hust bustle of activities found here makes this a popular tourist destination.

Musee de la Castre – a castle in its early days, this building was turned into an art museum in the 19th century. I is located in the old part of the town and its display features excellent art work whose themes are majorly the culture and heritage of Cannes. Paintings of Cannes by local artists along with 200 musical instruments, sculptures and decorative arts are also found here. Both the permanent and the temporary exhibitions are fabulous!

The history of Cannes film festival is very interesting to interfere and interpret with respect to its historical perspective and conclusion. By the end of the 1930 disturbed by the interference of the fascist governments of Italy and Germany while selecting the movies for the Mostra del cinema di Venezia, Jean Zay, the French Minister of National Education, decided to formed an international cinematographic festival in France, that was proposed by the Philippe Erlanger and it had the support of British and Americans. Among many cities Cannes was selected for the Le Festival International de Cannes festival.

In June 1939, the first Cannes film festival was held from 1st to 30th September and was followed by the deceleration of war against Germany by France and the United Kingdom on 3rd September and it ended the first edition even before it started. However, the festival restarted after the World War II in 1946 at the old Casino of Cannes and was financed by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and the City of Cannes. Though, the Cannes festival was started to compete with its competitor Italian film festival yet they both went into a secret agreement as to celebrate their respective film festivals alternatively. When the Franco-Italian agreement was disclosed to public it was severely criticized as a “capitulation of France”.

Following year, in 1947, the festival was organized again the Festival du film de Cannes, as it dropped its international nature, but only in name, however around sixteen countries participated in film festival. This year too the festival was held at the made-for-the-occasion Palais des Festivals; however its roof blew off during a storm.

In 1955, the Golden Palm was created, by the French Union of Film Critics as the first parallel section of the Cannes Film Festival. Its primary objective was to showcase first and second works by directors from all over the world, as to refrain away from commercial tendencies. It was during 1970s some important change has occurred in the Festival. In 1972, Robert Favre Le Bret was named the new President, and Maurice Bessy the Managing Director. He made an improvement into the selection of the participating films and movies. During later development developed one committee to be made to select French films and another was recognized for foreign films. In 1978 Gilles Jacob accepted the President position and introduced the Caméra d’Or award and the Un Certain Regard section. Another important change during the history of film festival is reducing the length of the festival down to thirteen days. The Jury was composed by Film Academics, and Jacob started to introduce celebrities and professionals from the film industry.
Overall Cannes Film Festival is generally is being organized in different sections. Its most popular sections are Official Selection and Parallel Section. Official Selection is subdivided into in competition, uncertain regard, out of competition, special screenings and short films. Parallel section is about the non competitive programs as dedicated to finding out the other aspects of cinema. They are being like as Cannes Classics, Tous les Cinémas du Monde, Cinéma de la Plage.

• Juries at Cannes Film Festival: While, well ahead of beginning of festival, the Festivals boards of directors appoints the juries that is considered responsible for selecting out films as to be picked up for award. Jurors happen to be a wide range of international artists. Primary juries set up at Cannes film festival are for:

1. Feature Films: An international jury composed of a President and various film or art personalities, gives award to the best feature films in Competition.

2. Cinéfondation and Short Films: Formed as of President and four other film personalities this jury gives award to the Short Film Palme d’Or as well as the three other best films of the Cinéfondation.

3. Un Certain Regard: This jury is consist of a president, journalists, students in cinema and industry professionals. It awards the Un Certain Regard Prize for best film and can also honor two more movies.

4. Caméra d’Or: This jury consists of president, as well as film directors, technicians and French and international critics. They give reward to best film in any category.

Cannes film festival has made an unparalleled impact of showcase of European films. According to some famous film critiques Cannes film festival has become an important step for critical and commercial interests of European chances to sale out movies on the basis of their artistic qualities. Other than Venice and Berlin, Cannes also provides an opportunity to examine and determine a country’s image of its cinema and normally culture of European Cinema.

• La Croisette: This is an outstanding place for both visitors as well as Cannes locals. It was constructed during the 19th century. This famous promenade runs across for several kilometres and is surrounded by the clear blue Mediterranean and Lérins Islands on the one side and palm trees and grand hotels on the other side. This is indeed a very appealing spot to worth visiting at city of Cannes.

• Abbaye Notre Dame de Lérins: Situated on the Ile Saint Honorat, the 3rd-century Abbaye Notre Dame de Lérins is one of the ancient Christian monasteries live even now-a-days. It is situated at the peaceful setting of the island away from noises of Cannes city. It provides the feeling of real tranquility. An order of Cistercian monks still lives here today. Though some area of the monastery has been closed for the public, the abbey church remains open for public, willing to Join Mass and prayer services. The second of the two Lérins Islands is Ile Sainte Marguerite. The islands can be accessed by boats that sail from Cannes regularly entire day.

• Notre Dame d’Esperance: This 17th-century Provencal Gothic church is Cannes is famed for its fine wooden panelling and a collection of different 19th-century paintings. It is located on the top of Le Suquet Hills. There it took time to admire and showoff the beautiful views of Cannes and its bay. Saint Notre Dame d’Esperence is popular among local fishermen to heal the sick people.

• Le Grand Jas Cemetery: Its reputation has been well established for its being the largest cemetery in the South of France. It is as well is known for some beautiful stone work, where a visitor may spot mausoleums of some well-known former Cannes’ inhabitants, including Louis Pasteur and Picasso’s first wife, Olga Khoklova.

• Musée de la Castre: The Musée de la Castre is undoubtedly is the top most tourist attraction of France as well as Cannes. Situated in a medieval castle it was earlier under the control monks of Lérins. The museum has a good number of collections that involves Mediterranean antiques, ceramics, musical instruments, 19th-century Provencal art and archaeological finds. The tower in the courtyard of the museum provides a panoramic view of Cannes and the Lerins islands.

•Musée de la Mer (Maritime Museum): This Maritime Museum is situated in a fort on the nearest of the Lérins Islands, St. Marguerite, close to the coast of Cannes. The fort by itself is a famous setting for the jail featured in Alexander Dumas’ movie ‘Man in the Iron Mask’. The museum is real treat to watch as underwater archaeological discoveries like Roman wrecks as well as shipwrecks of a constant and of a recent nature. There a section is also devoted and provided for temporary photographic exhibitions. The fort itself along with its ground-floor prison cells one would always love to visit.

• La Malmaison: Originally the 19th-century Grand Hôtel’s gaming room, La Malmaison’s ground floor is now devoted to temporary exhibitions of work by contemporary and modern artists. Exhibitions also feature cinematic exhibits. The museum also has a magnificent garden where works of art are displayed.

• Villa Domergue: Constructed in 1934 at the foot of La Californie Hill, this Italianate-style villa was designed by Jean-Gabriel Domergue. The Villa Domergue was devoted to the City of Cannes in 1973 and has since been opened for public during the summer months for guided tours and appreciating works of Jean-Gabriel Domergue and his wife, Odette Maudrange-Domergue.

• Mougins: It is situated just away from the 15 minutes drive from Cannes. This beautiful medieval village with its charming narrow streets, picturesque old buildings and colourful flower has been a favorite spot for artists from a longer period of time. There are many a good number of art galleries and museums exists there. There a visitor can enjoy lunch or dinner at any of the restaurants in the village.

• St. Tropez: Situated near to Cannes, the St. Tropez is a town of magnificent yachts and hospitable residents. More is added to the glamour of the city there is rather stylish hotels, restaurants and shops. That all is known to be and are considered to be shopper’s paradise. St. Tropez is said to be having around 40 different beaches and many other costal attractions. There one can relax on a sun for longer period.