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 commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The ...

, France. It stretches along the shore of the

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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. T ...

, 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 ...

is held. Many expensive shops, restaurants, and hotels (such as the Carlton, 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 agai ...

, and Martinez) line the road. It goes completely along the coastline of Cannes. The Croisette is listed in the

cultural heritage Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soc ...

general inventory of France. front de mer dit boulevard de la Croisette Cannes - Croisette

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