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Car Hire in Cannes - Car Rentals in Cannes: see map below

Car Hire in Cannes

​When you hire a car do ensure it has a yellow jacket which must be kept in the car, a warning triangle which you can put in the boot, a fire extinguisher, and a breath test kit to be compliant with French law. And now check there is a Crit'Air sticker on the windscreen. Nice has announced it will be Crit 'Air compliant but we have no dates yet.


​It is illegal to use your mobile phone in a car even when stopped with the engine off.  You need to be in a private drive or in an official parking place.  The only exceptions are if you have 1) broken down and use the phone to call for assistance or 2) have a properly fitted hands free system in the car.  If not, it's a 135 euros fine. You can lose your licence for six months in some circumstances.

Cannes always likes to be ahead of the game... so you can now pay for street parking with your smartphone via a free download of www.whooshstore.fr with Apple store, Googleplay or Appstore. One nice thing, it warns you ten minutes before the end of your paid-for parking and you can extend it if you wish via the phone rather than returning to the car.   In the town centre you are able to park free for the first 30 minutes once a day at a parking meter - you still have to get a ticket.  It costs three euros for two hours and the meters operate 9am-noon and 2 - 7pm. If you overrun your paid for time, you can be fined 17 euros for each two and a half hours you overstay. 

Cannes municipality controls eight car parks.  These are Suquet, Ferrage, Cdt Lamy, Vauban, Republique, Croisette, Laubeuf and the Palais.  Number plate recognition is used and you are able to park free for three hours on a Saturday and a Sunday.  Parking is free for two hours a week and parking after 7pm on a Saturday costs just three euros till 9am Sunday.  The first hour of parking is always free.  The City Palm bus is free for one person using the town centre's municipal car parks - just show the car park ticket when boarding.
Uniparc manages Gray d'Albion and the Palais Stephanie car parks.  The car park by the railway station belongs to SNCF and is expensive although handy.
 
Each town in the Alpes-Maritimes has slightly different parking rules so do check. For example, in Cannes you are given a few minutes grace if late at the meter but in Cagnes sur Mer you get no leeway. Cannes and Menton have free two hour (12-2pm) parking at meters at lunchtime but not elsewhere on the Cote d'Azur. Double parking in Cagnes and Nice will land you a 35 euro fine.  The only town with free parking everywhere is Mougins but you do need a European blue disc (available at local shops, cafes and tourist offices). Cannes - La Bocca also has a blue disc parking system.

CAR MISSING
You return to find your car missing:  stolen or taken to the pound?  Go to the municipal police to check if it has been impounded (mise en fourriere).  The cost of getting the car back now costs 117.50 euros. Ouch!
To avoid this do not park dangerously, obstruct traffic, park annoyingly such as in front of a garage or on the pavement.  Do ensure you have your driving licence and car documents with you: without them the police can impound the car.

One good thing to report is that all parking meter fines go to the town and must be spent on road improvements. Sadly, too often, on "sleeping policemen" (known as donkey's back in French) and other humps on the road

Car Hire 

Cheap Car Hire Cannes
All the usual companies are to be found in Cannes and at the airport.  Find cheap car hire here.   
 
 Also check out a good value service at  http://www.rhinocarhire.com/Car-Hire/France-Car-Hire/Nice-Airport-Car-Hire.aspx

You can look for the cheapest petrol prices in Cannes on 
www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr

Casino Supermarche in La Bocca is consistently a good price, if not always the cheapest

Hire a Ferrari

Hire a Ferrari in Cannes



​Always dreamed of driving a Ferrari down the Croisette in Cannes? Now you can.
For 89 euros you can drive an F430 from Palm Beach to the Carlton Hotel - it takes about six minutes.
Small price to make a dream come true - and you can dine out on it for the rest of your life.

Contact John-Marc Ayache at Société Liven Up on 06 11 52 31 51.

 or Hummer

Hire a Hummer in Cannes
The other extreme for poseurs and poseuses is a two seater mini-Hummer electric car which you can drive without a licence, but only up to 20km per hour, from Wills Car Centre at 24 Marechal Juin, Cannes, 
Rate: 120 euros per day
Weekly rental: 78 euros per day 

See website

or something more practical

car Hire Cannes
For a sensible car at a reasonable price go to National at 12 rue de la Tour Maubourg near the Croisette.

Tel: 04 93 94 67 42.


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