Honeymoon in Cannes
Most renowned for it's film festival - a celebration of that archetypical brand of intellectual snobbery the French excuse as avant garde - Cannes shelters in a narrow coastal plain that meets the Meditteranean at the upscale La Napoule-plage.
A palm-fringed corniche and an unbroken line of bulbous Belle epoque hotels back an exclusive beach lined with umbrellas where the rich and shameless strut, smooch and slumber.
The Promenade de la Croisette of central Cannes houses a full complement of couture boutiques where the so-inclined can accessorise to bankruptcy on Parisienne silk, Milanese leather and Swiss clockwork.
During the day, the focus is on the fine white sands - meticulously raked each night - and the azure blue of the warm Mediterranean.
When night falls, another side of the Promenade comes alive and some of the finest dining in the world is on tap in a wealth of superb restaurants. IF you've ever been disappointed with other casinos, know that Cannes is one of the few places where they live up to the James Bond stereotype. Named after the festival's awards, La Palm d'Or is a gastronomic dream in 1930s decor. Sit on the terrace, which offers a superb panoramic view of the bay of Cannes, and pen your own acceptance speech
More information on Cannes can be found at www.cannes.fr.
