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Viewpoint

Walk up to the Notre-Dame de l’Espérance church atop Le Suquet hill for views east over the old port and the bay of Cannes, and west towards La Corniche de L’Esterel.

Arts and culture

The Musée de la Castre, perched above the old port on Place de la Castre, houses art and objets from around the world. La Malmaison, 47 La Croisette, puts on art and photography exhibitions, in a swish villa.

Something for nothing

Away from the hurly-burly, next to a playground at the east end of La Croisette you’ll find a flower garden, the Jardin Alexandre III.

Shopping

Cannes is well-stocked with fashion labels, real jewels, art and Rolls-Royces (you’ll have to head to Antibes to buy your yacht). La Croisette and the Rue d’Antibes – the cinema strip – and the streets between them, are the epicentre of le shopping, where you’ll find Chanel, Hermes et al. Every Saturday and the whole first weekend of the month, a fleamarket or brocante takes place by the old port. Cannes’ daily market is at Forville, on Rue Félix Faure, with a flower market at one end, and a fleamarket Mondays.

And

A nice counterpoint to the civilised chic of Cannes is a day trip to the formerly monastic Isles de Lérins – St-Honorat and Ste-Marguerite – where you can walk in pine forests and go skinny-dipping in little coves.