Cannes is famous for the film festival held every May and it attracts the rich and famous year round.  The Boulevarde de la Croisette is lined with grand old hotels and top designer shops alongside a picturesque sandy beach and graceful palm trees.  Many of the beaches are private beaches of the fancy hotels but there is plenty of free public beach to enjoy.  The weather is similar to that of Nice and Monaco, hot and dry and the water of the Mediteranean sea is warm.  Normally at this time of year the grand hotels of the Bouvlevarde de la Croisette are full of Arab Shieks who book out an entire floor of the hotel for their family.  This year, Ramadan is in August and they haven't come.  So most of the hotels are only half full.

Me at  the free public beach

Looking back over Cannes from the Old Town on the hill