Keeping in Touch in Cannes

International calls on your mobile are now cheaper since roaming charges in Europe have been scrapped  A stamp for a letter up to 20g to any location in the EU is  centimes and to the rest of the world, generally, .
Buy them from post offices (La Poste) or from some tabacs.
Tip:  Avoid the queues in the post offices by getting your stamps from the machine called an affrichissement.
Note: Post office in Rue rue Hoche - Closed at lunchtime
Post Office in Square Merimee - Usually open at lunchtime

Trouble with your computer or laptop? Go to Emergency Page.

Newspapers online 
Read 
The Times, 
The Sun, 
The Guardian 
Mail on Sunday
Read  Nice Matin (French)
 

Radio in Cannes
Listen to BBC Radio 1  
Listen to BBC Radio 2  Listen to BBC Radio 3  Listen to BBC Radio 4
 
Riviera radio
The Monaco based English speaking station to be found at 106.5 FM provides great music for all ages, up to date news, fun and listener involvement.  An important aspect is the regularly broadcast BBC World Service news. 

 

Internet

One euro will buy you ten minutes of internet access at Instant Photo at 11 rue Maréchal, around the corner from the top of rue Meynadier. Still haven't joined the digital age? Don't worry you can also buy film (three-pack of 24 exposure Fuji is 9.90€) and have your holiday snaps developed in one hour for 13.80€.  The owner, Frederick, is a professional photographer and speaks good English. Every year he attends the Cannes Film Festival taking pictures of the celebrities for an American magazine. You can buy his photographs of the stars for only 4€ each.

Wi-Fi 
 There are many places offering free wifi access for your computer including the gardens of the Cannes Mairie(Town Hall) and the main library of Noailles, 10am to 6pm, Tuesday to Saturday, 1 Avenue de Noailles, 04 97 06 44 83.
 
Gourmandise de Pains, a tea room in rue Émile-Negrin, offers both wifi and internet access.

Popular Sightseeing Trips:
​Antibes, Juan Les Pins, Golfe Juan, Le Cannet, Mougins, Mandelieu La Napoule, Theoule sur mer, Vallauris

WHAT'S ON IN CANNES 2025

​COTE D'AZUR FRANCE
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 78th Cannes Film Festival 2025 ​