Live Webcams in Cannes

Cannes, on the Côte d'Azur in the south of France, is two towns in one, the film festival's and the fishermen's, and the live webcams in Cannes belong to the second: the long run of free public beach west of the old port, with the cycle path along the boulevard, the swimmers, and the red hills of the Estérel closing the bay. Watching it live is the Riviera without the velvet rope. Cannes keeps Central European Time, UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer, so the beach fills from about 09:00 UTC in July and the Estérel turns copper in a sunset near 19:00 UTC. The festival has taken over the Croisette every May since 1946, with the Lérins islands moored offshore as the backdrop to every red carpet. May to September for the beach; the second half of May for the festival crowds, and the quiet winter light for the hills.