The Promenade de la Croisette (), or Boulevard de la Croisette, is a prominent road in
Cannes
Cannes ( , , ; oc, Canas) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions I ...
, France. It stretches along the shore of the
Mediterranean Sea
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and is about 2 km long. The Croisette is known for the
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès (''Palace of Festivals and Conferences'') is a convention centre in Cannes, France, the venue for the Cannes Film Festival, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the NRJ Music Award. Th ...
, where the
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films o ...
is held. Many expensive shops, restaurants, and hotels (such as the
Carlton
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People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy
* Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...
,
Majestic,
JW Marriott Cannes
The JW Marriott Cannes is a five star hotel on the Croisette in Cannes. It was built in 1992 as the Noga Hilton by hotel magnate Nessim Gaon, and was renamed the Palais Stéphanie in 2007 when it passed from Hilton to Accor. It was renamed again ...
, and
Martinez) line the road. It goes completely along the coastline of Cannes.
The Croisette is listed in the
cultural heritage
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general inventory of France.
[ front de mer dit boulevard de la Croisette]
References
Cannes
Shopping districts and streets in France
Tourist attractions in Alpes-Maritimes
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