Cannes offers the most beautiful public and private sandy (not stoney!) beaches of the French Riviera. You will find numerous boutiques for designer shopping and a superb variety of restaurants many of which are on the beach. The Lerins Islands are just a short 20 minute boat ride away and it is possible to visit St Tropez and Monaco by boat also. Cannes also hosts the International Film Festival every year as well as many other congresses : MIDEM, MIPIM, MIP TV, International Advertising Festival, MIPCOM, Fireworks Festival, Tax Free...... Other visits can be easily made to Grasse (town of the perfume industry), Nice with it's museums, Monaco and the Grimaldi Palace. From Cannes you can go to Italy within an hour, and don't forget by going inland you can visit some of the most beautiful Provencal villages. There is an excellent bus and train service from Cannes.