Russian Art Festival

Cannes, a crossroads of so many cultures, has been organizing the Russian Art Festival since 2001. This event, organized jointly by the ‘Fondation de Culture Russe', the City of Cannes, the Palais des Festivals and the Convention Centre, is supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture.
This Festival provides an opportunity to discover the wealth of Russian culture, history and traditions, and contributes to maintaining the ties of friendship linking the City of Cannes and Russia for over a century.

One gets to the top of the city by climbing the Mont Chevalier up to Suquet. The panorama at the top is breath-taking with the whole city below surrounded by the blue sea and the Lérins Islands. Following narrow streets down to the market of ForviIle and through the plane tree lined streets of Liberté, one arrives back at sea level. All along the Quai St Pierre in the old port one can find fishing boats and pleasure boats side by side. The fishermen work on their nets next to their colorful barks. On the pier Albert Edouard the most beautiful yachts in the world come to moor. Looking out to sea one can perceive the islands of Ste Marguerite and Ste Honorat which are accessible by boat in 20 minutes.