Cannes Tourist Information

In the Great Artists' Footsteps...

Painters have been attracted to the Riviera for many years.  As a celebration of this, photographs of their paintings have been installed in the places they were painted. 

The example on the left, situated near the town hall in Le Cannet, is called Landscape of Le Cannet and was the work of Pierre Bonnard who painted it round about 1927.  The original hangs in the Annonciade Museum in St Tropez.

This Picasso is to be found on the Croisette near the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.

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Cannes Film Murals

The movies, not surprisingly, are the theme of the 15 painted walls to be found throughout Cannes. Conceived in 2002 by the local council, the first four were inaugurated in 2004.

The one most people see is near the bus station and depicts 100 years of cinema. Can you spot Mickey Mouse and R2-D2 or Batman and Superman?

Charlie Chaplin is to be found at 10 Bd Vallombrosa; Marilyn Monroe at 16 Bd d'Alsace; Buster Keaton at 29 Bd Victor Tuby; Gerard Philipe, born in Cannes, 3 Bd Victor Tuby; Alain Delon in Plein Soleil at  Av Francis Tonner; Harold Lloyd at 9 rue Louis Braille; and Jean Gabin at Place de la Gare (railway station).

Cannes' film-car museum mural at the Berthelot car park, in Republique, features Mad Max to Starsky and Hutch, Bonny and Clyde to Ghostbusters and many more.

Sizzling Kisses

Six sizzling screen kisses are emblazoned on a wall at Bd de la Republique from

Gone with the Wind to Titanic.

At 7 rue des Suisses, this painting celebrates the men and women behind the cameras - Silence, Action!

Cinema is an allusion as we all know and the huge facade of the building in 16 rue St Dizier, Le Suquet, is a complete illusion - a trompe l'oeil. There are no windows, balconies or awnings at all. Also in Le Suquet, 7 rue St Dizier, is the Hotel de la Plage where M Hulot was on holiday in the film by Jacques Tati.

Finally, the 7th Art (ie film) can be found at  Place du 18 Juin, pont Carnot. It symbolises the 16 cinemas to be found in Cannes.

Malmaison Arts Centre

The Malmaison, and its grounds, on the Croisette was originally an annexe of the Grand Hotel.  It is all that remains of the former hotel which was demolished and rebuilt in the sixties.  The ground floor is now an exhibition space run by the town of Cannes and hosts three major contemporary art exhibitions each year.

This winter's exhibition is artist Ladsilas Kijno until 29 April 

Cannes Archives is situated in Villa Montrose, 9 Avenue Montrose.

Telephone: 04 89 82 20 60.  Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm.

Tel:  04 92 98 14 44.

The Church you cannot enter - St George's Chapel. 

Except  for Christmas and Easter and on one occasion during the Russian festival, St George's is not open to the public.  After the death in Cannes of Queen Victoria's youngest son Prince Leopold, in 1884, the church was built and inauguration took place in 1887 by his elder brother Edward, Prince of Wales. Victoria visited in 1891 to see the statue of her son.  

In 1970 it was sold to the Catholic diocese of Nice for 300,000 euros.  Nowadays it can be used for Anglican and Catholic services.  Why isn't this typically Victorian church at 23 avenue du Roi Albert open to the public?  It is considered the finest example of an Anglican church of its era in France.

It is well looked after and contains plaques to King Edward VII; Helen, Leopold's widow; and churchwarden for 18 years, Baron Herbert Francis Eaton.