Getting to and around le Palais

A place at the center of the map
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It couldn’t be more conveniently located! Le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès is located at the start of the famous Croisette in Cannes, on the shores of the Mediterranean, in the heart of the city. The white, glass-roofed building is easy to access for event organizers and the general public alike. Everything is close at hand. A real luxury. The car park is located directly beneath the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès and has 924 spaces spread over 3 levels, including 15 spaces reserved for disabled people and 10 spaces with charging points for electric vehicles.

Le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès

Everything within easy reach

With its location right in the heart of the global village of Cannes, le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès has a knack for being the very practical kind. The view from le Palais is breathtaking! Facing the îles de Lérins, it offers rooms and terrasses that combine business and pleasure.

There’s no need to take public transport, let alone the car. Once on site (underground parking is available if you have a vehicle), it’s all a matter of (tiny) walking. The hotels, restaurants and shopping streets are all in the immediate vicinity. We recommend the rue d’Antibes, famous for its concentration of boutiques, or the historic and coquettish Suquet.

La Croisette, which is about to get a facelift, collects grand luxury hotels and long beaches of fine sand. Opposite le Palais, too, the Allées de la Liberté are ideal for a drink. They have recently been embellished and planted with greenery. There’s plenty to do for a change of scenery, a break between meetings or to enjoy the panorama before and after a show.

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Carpooling to le Palais?

If you have to come by road, le Palais des Festivals encourages you to carpool. For example by using the BlaBlaCar or BlaBlaCar Bus platforms.

Cannes is linked to all major European cities by the autoroute A8 “La Provençale”

  • exit n°43 Cannes La Bocca or exit Mougins/Cannes coming from Aix-en-Provence to the west and Italy to the east
  • exit n°42 Grasse / Cannes-centre – Le Cannet / Mougins. In this case, take the direction Cannes-Centre / Le Cannet as far as le Palais des Festivals.

Some examples of mileage distances: Paris 950 km – Milan 320 km – Geneva 630 km – Barcelona 670 km – Rome 710 km – Munich 810 km – Brussels 1220 km – Amsterdam 1400 km.

You can also take the opportunity to test the route Napoléon (N85) from Golfe-Juan (it’s next to Cannes) to Grenoble. This route retraces the Emperor’s historic journey on his return from the Île d’Elbe in 1815.

The access by the seaside is also very easy via the D6098 to le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.

Getting to Cannes easily by train

The city of Cannes and itsmodern train station are widely served by TGV, Corail and express trains, which connect them to all French regions and Europe’s biggest cities. Trains arrive within a six-minute walk (we timed it!) of le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. More info on Ouigo or SNCF Connect

Some examples of journey times: Cannes/Toulon (1h15) – Cannes/Marseille (2h) – Cannes/Aix en Provence (3h15) – Cannes/Lyon (4h) and Cannes/Paris (5h15).

If you want to enjoy the beauty of the landscape, know that the TER allows you to cover the whole region from Saint-Raphaël to Monaco, via Antibes, Biot, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Nice, Villefranche-sur-Mer. More info at https://www.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur

Flying in from all over the world

Two airports serve the city of Cannes. Located less than 30 km from la Croisette, Nice-Côte d’Azur is the second largest airport in France after Paris. Shuttle buses run from the airport to Cannes in around 45 minutes (via the freeway): departures from the airport from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from Cannes from 7 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.

Line 81 – https://www.niceairportxpress.com

As France’s second-largehttps://www.niceairportxpress.com/en/homest airport for business aviation after Paris-le Bourget, the aéroport de Cannes-Mandelieu is an ideal way to reach Cannes from Europe’s major metropolises. Located between the Estérel massif and the Bay of Cannes, 15 minutes from le Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, it offers an exceptional gateway to the city and its region. Cabs, rental cars and public transport (notably the A Palm Express line) are available to take you to le Palais.
https://en.cannes.aeroport.fr

Good news

Airport Carbon Accreditation

The teams at Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur are proud to have obtained a 3-year renewal of the Airport Carbon Accreditation level 4+ label, which the Group was the first to obtain in France in 2021 on the basis of its 2019 data.
To obtain it again, the Group had to meet even more demanding criteria, particularly for emissions outside its direct control (scope 3), identifying new opportunities for decarbonising airport activities.
This label attests to the absolute reduction in emissions under the direct control of the three airports, the measures undertaken with their partners to reduce those not directly under their control and, finally, their roadmap to achieve carbon neutrality without offsetting by 2030. Nice Côte d’Azur has already succeeded in reducing the emissions under its control by 95%.
Airport Carbon Accreditation is a label developed by ACI World – Airports Council International, aligned with the hashtag#ISO14064 standard and the international hashtag#GreenhouseGasProtocol.

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