The Cannes Film Festival is a celebration of glamour, celebrities and glitz – and the very worst of the south of France as far as many people are concerned. I have to say, I’ve never been invited myself but I do understand both the appeal of the year’s greatest movie shindig and the horror of its vulgarity.
Yes, the south of France is all about white Versace jeans, mahogany tans and gold jewellery (and that’s just the men) but it does have a wonderful historical dimension, as our Nice Mp3 tour explains.
Nice has a wonderful history dating back to ancient times and it was a base for negotiations between medieval kings and the Pope. I tell the full history in our Nice audio tour

Nice Mp3 Tour

There is also the ancient port and the old town around the Place Garibaldi – a reference to the time when Nice was Nizza and was actually Italian.
And, once you’ve done Nice you can always take a bus up to the small villages in the hills above the Cote d’Azur such as St Paul de Vence, Mougins and Grasse, the home of perfume. The other option is to take the train along to Menton, Monaco or…Cannes.