Clubs Nightclubs in Cannes

Clubs - can stay open until 7am but the bars close at 5.30am. The aim is for you all to be able to take a bus or a train home instead of driving!

Leave the car at home - for summer excellent night bus service runs till 2.30am and the normal day buses start at 5.30am. Not as good but a winter service is available.

The Gotha Club summer only. The former managers of the Palais Club are now running Gotha, to be found at Palm Beach casino. It welcomes 2,500 clubbers every night. Entry 25 euros and 50 euros when the big names appear. A beer costs 12 euros as do soft drinks. See www.gotha-club.com for programme. Reservations (always best) 04 97 06 37 18

Club closes 27 August.

Sparkling-L'Appart restaurant-club, 6 rue des freres Pradignac www.sparkling-cannes.com is open all year, Tuesday to Saturday from 6pm for the bar/club. Restaurant open from noon.

15 euros entry, including a drink, for the club - in summer the fairer sex gets free entry.

The Cannes Tourist Bus welcomes tourists and locals alike. For 29 euros you have drinks and fun on board as you travel from Cannes to Monaco stopping off at bars and discos along the way, entry fees included. You leave from Sparkling, rue des Freres Pradignac, at 10pm every Friday and Saturday. Reservations essential at Step shop, 4 rue du Commandant Andre, tel 07 77 20 88 25. Summer only.

Great way to make friends. The idea comes from Australia.

Charley's, 5 rue du Suquet, opens at 5pm but hots up from 11pm and is open until 2.30am. DJs and dancing every night.

Beats paying 25 euros for entry to the super clubs of Cannes. Open all year.

DaDaDa, rue des Freres Pradignac. Open all year. 04 93 39 62 70

Hotel 3.14 rooftop, 5 rue Francois Einesy: every Thursday and Saturday in summer 7pm till 2am Silence Parties - they are just like any disco with DJ etc but you wear headphones to hear the music. A real hoot. Do reserve places: 04 92 99 72 00 or see Facebook: 3.14 HOTEL or www.3-14hotel.com

They also have public access to the rooftop pool during the day for 15 euros.

Hotel 3.14 resto-bar-club, newly decorated for 2012 is open in winter and has an eclectic music programme.

The top people's "club" is Bâoli at Port Pier Canto on the Boulevard de la Croisette, where you can dance in the open air. Free entry. Open all year.

This luxury restaurant and club has recently had almost one million euros invested in a make-over. Guests still enter through huge wooden Balinese doors and the whole feeling of "Budha cool" is echoed throughout the venue. Celebrities frequent the place which boasts an ultra swish restaurant. Expect a menu that includes noodles and spicy beef dishes as well as potent cocktails.

After dining, retire to the lounge or drop a star name and try to get access to the VIP room. Bâoli is exorbitantly priced - expect to pay at least 75 euros pp for dinner - but then you pay for luxury and style. Doors open 8pm, music hots up from midnight. Dress - chic and glamorous. Be warned - it is exclusive and can be difficult to get in. Well that's what they say! Reservations: 04 93 43 03 43

The Palais Club summer only. The club welcomes 3000 people each evening from 11pm. The club is to be found at the Palais des Festivals.

An indoor/outdoor venue, lighting and sound quality superb and a pop art decor. Entry from 25 euros, without drinks. Reservations: 04 92 99 33 33.

Les Marches opened 2010. Doors open at 7pm for drinks and tapas on the apero terrace with views over the old port and Le Suquet. From midnight the club atmosphere takes over. There are two resident DJs. Entry is free and drinks cost 15 euros. Find it at Casino Croisette, jetee Albert-Edouard. Open all year.

The Carre d'Or area in the heart of Cannes is packed with bars, restaurants and clubs. Many start out the evening as bars and restaurants turning disco club later in the evening. As this area has many residents most venues close about two or three in the morning. Some, however, stay open until 5am such as Sparkling-l'Appart and le Dadada, both of which are open in the winter.

Top gay club, for boys and girls, is Night, 52 rue Jean-Jaures, which opens 9.30pm everyday. Entrance free except Saturday when it's 10 euros to get in. Reservations: 04 93 39 20 50

Hot and sexy at L'Anonyme, 48 bd Carnot, open Thursday to Sunday from 10.30pm. Entry free for single women, 30€-50€ for couples and 50€-70€ for solo men. A disco it is but elsewhere you will find the place is dedicated to the pleasures of the body - including an S&M room. Trousers for women banned - dress code...sexy, of course. Reservations: 04 93 68 20 25

Further Afield...

Antibes - La Siesta is right on the beach with a dance floor open to the heavens. You can choose to dine in the restaurant and enjoy dancing later or go to the club direct from 11.30pm. The VIP area is open to those who ask! All ages welcome from 18 years. Entry is 25 euros including one alcoholic drink or two non alcoholic. A snack bar is available with everything at 5 euros. After 52 years this is a genuine cote d'azur hotspot. Tel: 04 93 33 31 31. Parking is free or take the train, one stop after Antibes town.

Insider knowledge: the cloakroom charges 2 euros but make sure you leave everything cos they will charge one euro per item afterwards.

Juan-les-Pins - check out Le Village, Iguana and Anfer for dancing the night away to great DJs

La Napoule - Bookings taken (0629400920) for the BayClub at Royal Casino.

Only open Saturdays (11pm till late), it has 70s deco with disco, motown, pop and 80s music.

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