Avenue of Freedom Charles de Gaulle - a pedestrian zone near the Palais des Festivals, equally loved and tourists and townspeople.

Wide space seated plane trees, but it looks spacious. It lies between the monument to the fallen, towering in front of Cannes City Hall, and the lovely fountain of the XIX century on the area of ​​General de Gaulle. At the very avenue there is another monument - is immortalized Lord Henry Broome, without which Cannes, quite possibly would not have been a fashionable resort.

It is believed that the Mall - very Provencal place. While there, across the street is the Palace of Festivals and Congress, then slowly flows near village life. In the morning (except Monday) in the alleys sell flowers, and on weekends opened just two market - arts and crafts and a flea. And kanntsy and tourists scrutinize vintage trinkets and ask the price of paintings and souvenirs. Walking with children flock to the traditional carousel that rotates in front of the monument to Lord Broome.

Closer to the city hall is an old bandstand - it is built in 1880 by architect Louis municipal Urle. Graceful round pillars holding the roof of the pavilion: in a time when there were no microphones, the roof was necessary not only as protection from the sun, but also to improve the acoustics. Estrada is considered a historical monument, but is still used annually on June 21 during a music festival held throughout France, there are local orchestras, including the Orchestra of the Conservatory students Cannes.

Most of the townspeople like the Walk of Freedom of the fact that there is allocated a dedicated space for a game of petanque. This Provençal national sport (throwing metal balls special rules) is very popular in Cannes. During the Cannes Film Festival here on the Avenue of Freedom, usually held Petanque tournament among celebrities. In other months, too, play that if tourists are lucky, they will catch some inter-district competition. Spectators sit on metal fences, munching sandwiches from a nearby kiosk, rooting for their team. And I do not say that is the center of a brilliant city.