The summit view
The bay, the Croisette and the Lérins islands from the church square.
Jorge Láscar from Australia — CC BY 2.0 · Rüdiger Stehn from Kiel, Deutschland — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jorge Láscar from Australia — CC BY 2.0 · Jeanne Menjoulet from Paris, France — CC BY 2.0
**In Le Suquet, not on the Croisette.** The old quarter's lanes — especially the climbing Rue Saint-Antoine — are full of small family restaurants at far lower prices than the seafront, serving real Provençal cooking (fish, ratatouille, socca). Book in high summer. The cheaper alternative: buy at the **Forville market** in the morning and eat on the beach.
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Le Suquet is the hill Cannes was born on: the only old quarter left from the town before it became a resort, and the side of the city that resembles nothing else in it — narrow stone lanes climbing, flights of steps, houses with coloured shutters and pots of flowers, and small restaurants set on the stairs instead of the Croisette's glossy frontages. At its top stands the square eleventh-century **watchtower** built by the monks of Lérins to guard the coast, beside the sixteenth-century church of **Notre-Dame d'Espérance** and a museum in the old castle. From the square in front of them all Cannes opens below you: the bay, the Croisette, the yachts and the Lérins islands on the horizon — **the best view in the city, and free**. The climb from the market or the port takes a few minutes on steps (a little tiring in the heat). It is loveliest at sunset, when the stone turns golden and the town lights up beneath you — and it is also the best quarter for dinner, away from Croisette prices.
The bay, the Croisette and the Lérins islands from the church square.
Steps and coloured shutters — Cannes before the hotels.
The whole quarter turns gold as the town lights up below.
Le Suquet, 06400 Cannes