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hard-core commerce, combined with all the televised Tinseltown glitz, that gives the film festival its special ma-
gic.
Tickets to the film festival are off limits to average Joes. What you can get are free tickets to selected individual
films, usually after their first screening. Invitations must be picked up on the day at
Espace Cannes Cinéphiles
(La Pantiéro;
9am-5.30pm)
and are limited.
Sleeping
Cannes is an important conference centre and hotels fill up with every event, so try to plan
ahead if you want to stay in the city. Search and book accommodation online with
Cannes
Hôtel Booking
(
www.cannes-hotel-reservation.fr
)
, run by the tourist office; and check out
Riviera Pebbles
(
www.rivierapebbles.com
)
for apartments in Cannes and Antibes.
Hôtel Le Canberra €€€
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
( 04 97 06 95 00;
www.hotel-cannes-canberra.com
; 120 rue d'Antibes;
d from €255; )
This boutique stunner, just a couple of blocks back from La
Croisette, is the epitome of Cannes glamour: designer grey rooms with splashes of candy
pink, sexy black-marble bathrooms with coloured lighting, heated pool (April to October)
in a bamboo-filled garden, intimate atmosphere (there are just 35 rooms) and impeccable
service. Rooms overlooking rue d'Antibes are cheaper.
Le Romanesque €€
( 04 93 68 04 20; 10 rue du Batéguier; s/d/tr €89/109/149; )
Every room is indi-
vidually decorated at this eight-room boutique charmer in the heart of the Carré d'Or
nightlife district (book a back room if you're a light sleeper). Favourite rooms include
Charlotte, with its sun-drenched bath; and Elizabeth, the former maid's quarters, with low,
sloping beamed ceilings. Gay-friendly. Great service.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Hôtel 7e Art €
( 04 93 68 66 66;
www.7arthotel.com
; 23 rue Maréchal Joffre; s €68, d €60-98;
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
)
Hôtel 7e Art has put boutique style within reach of budgeters. The owners schooled in
Switzerland and got the basics right, with great beds, sparkling-clean baths and excellent
