We’ve put together a collection of video tours that should give you an immersive view of Cannes — the town the film festival made famous, and which turns out to be a great deal more than a red carpet.
A Local’s Top 10 for Cannes
Riviera Go! are based here on the Côte d’Azur, which makes this fifteen-minute guide the best place to start. Ten things worth your time in Cannes, with the local tips and quieter corners that tend not to make the usual lists.
Rick Steves on Cannes and Antibes
Three and a half minutes from Rick Steves, pairing Cannes with neighbouring Antibes. A quick, useful sense of how the two sit side by side on the same stretch of coast and how different they feel once you are there.
The Whole Coast in One Film
Fifty minutes from Expoza’s travel series, opening in Cannes and then working its way east along the coast. It is an older film and looks it in places, but nothing else we have found covers the region as thoroughly.
One Day in Cannes
Just under fourteen minutes built around a single day in town, with the Palais des Festivals and the film festival at the centre of it. A good sense of how Cannes feels once the red carpet has been rolled away.
Where the Locals Eat in Cannes
Ten minutes on five mid-priced restaurants that Cannes residents actually use, filmed while the town was gearing up for the festival. The useful counterweight to the Croisette terraces.
Across to the Lérins Islands
Fourteen and a half minutes on the two islands lying just offshore, which most visitors never get around to visiting — Île Sainte-Marguerite with its fort, and the smaller Saint-Honorat with its working abbey and vineyards.
Cannes by Drone
Ten minutes of drone footage over the bay, the islands and the hills behind the town. Seeing it from above is the only way to understand how the whole thing fits together.
