Getting to Cannes

Venue Information

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes
06403 Cannes Cedex - France
Tel : +33(0)4 93 39 01 01
Fax : +33(0)4 93 99 37 34

Getting to Cannes

By air

The closest airport to Cannes is Nice Côte d'Azur airport situated 27km (16 miles) southeast from Cannes. As France's second busiest airport, it has direct flights to the main cities of France and Europe and to North America, Africa and the Near East.

Nice Airport to Cannes

There is a coach from Nice airport, Aéroport Express number 210, which leaves every half an hour to Cannes. Tickets can be purchased at the office in the bus stations at Terminal 1 and 2. The journey takes about 50 minutes. Please note the last coach leaves from Terminal 1 at 10pm and five minutes later from Terminal 2.

ATTRAM, the local association of professional driver guides, is offering discounted airport transfer rates to Seatrade Med participants. Click here for more information.

By train

Cannes is served by international trains, Trains Bleus (the Paris-Nice-Ventimiglia Express), TEE (the Trans-Europe Express) and TGV (high-speed trains). There are direct links to Paris twice daily in winter (journey time - 7 hours), as well as to Basel (journey time - 10 hours 30 minutes), Brussels (journey time - 6 hours 30 minutes), Milan (journey time - 5 hours), Rome (journey time - 9 hours 50 minutes) and Venice (journey time - 9 hours 50 minutes).

Getting to the Palais

The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes is well signposted from the highway to downtown.

Getting around Cannes

Buses are the only form of public transport available in Cannes and tickets can be purchased onboard. It is possible to buy a carnet of 10 tickets or a one-week pass - these can be purchased at the coach station or on the bus.

Taxis are reliable and arrive within about five minutes anywhere in the city centre.  Taxis can be hailed at taxi stations or ordered by telephone.