Cannes - The Delaplaine 2022 Long Weekend Guide: Long Weekend Guides

By Andrew Delaplaine

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Cannes, one of the jewels of the French Riviera. You don't have to go to Cannes in May during the Film Festival (it's impossible to get rooms anyway). Cannes is as good in winter as it is in summer. (Even Cary Grant and Grace Kelly enjoyed it off season.)

"We couldn't believe the beauty of this place, especially as seen from the hill above Cannes looking down from an 11th Century tower of an old medieval castle, something we never would have thought to see without reading it in this guide." ---Ashley H., Fairfield

"We enjoyed visiting the little restaurants we found in this guide that took us to the side streets—away from tourists—we got to see how the locals live." ---Giselle M., Dover
 

You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide.

=LODGINGS (throughout the area) variously priced

=FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. 

=PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you.

=A handful of interesting shopping ideas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Aug 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201371081

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

Book preview

CANNES

The Delaplaine

2022

Long Weekend

Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

NO BUSINESS HAS PAID A SINGLE PENNY OR GIVEN ANYTHING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK.

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Senior Writer - James Cubby

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 – WHY CANNES?

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Chapter 2 – GETTING ABOUT

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Chapter 3 – WHERE TO STAY

High on the Hog – Sensible Alternatives

On a Budget

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Chapter 4 – WHERE TO EAT

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Chapter 5 – NIGHTLIFE

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Chapter 6 – WHAT TO SEE & DO

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Chapter 7 –  SHOPPING & SERVICES

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Chapter 1

WHY CANNES?

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Although people associate Cannes with the film festival that takes place here every May, a good thing to remember about Cannes is that this is perhaps the one month you’ll want to avoid the city.

Either way, it’s one of the jewels of the Riviera and has to be seen once in your life.

It’s as much fun in winter as in summer, in spring as in fall. Every time I visit (I’m in the movie business also, so it’s usually in May that I’m there), I wonder what I’m doing living somewhere else when this place is available. There’s just nothing like it in the world.

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It’s got superior weather, lots of interesting historical attractions, stunning beaches with the tranquil Mediterranean waters lapping the shoreline, all manner of outdoor activities associated with the water: sailing, fishing, swimming, yachting.

Cannes also has fine shopping, in the same manner as Worth Avenue in Palm Beach does. The Cartier store may not be that big, but it’s there, just in case an Arabian potentate or South American ex-pat dictator may stroll in to buy a bauble for his mistress-of-the-week. (And they do, believe me.)

Another good thing about Cannes is that it’s so centrally located, right on the main rail line running from Marseille right through Nice to Monte Carlo and then into Italy.

Cannes. How to pronounce it properly? Americans usually mispronounce it by giving it what they