A stroll along La Croisette at golden hour
Palm trees, Belle Époque hotels and the Mediterranean, the Riviera’s most recognisable stretch at golden hour.
A walk with nowhere it needs to end.
La Croisette is best experienced on foot, with palm trees and grand hotel façades on one side and the Mediterranean stretching out on the other. Spring brings clearer light and a little more space along the promenade, making it easy to take the afternoon at your own pace, stopping for a gelato, a drink or a seat by the water.
Beach clubs on one side, the sea on the other.
Grand hotels, palm trees and boutique windows line the promenade, with the bay opening out beyond them. Walk towards the Palais des Festivals or in the opposite direction towards Port Canto, taking in the changing character of the waterfront as you go.
Golden hour across the bay.
Time the walk for early evening and the light begins to soften across the Mediterranean, turning the water warmer as the sun drops. It is a simple pleasure, but one that gives even a familiar stretch of the Croisette a different character.
A terrace, a drink, nowhere else to be.
Pause at one of the beach clubs along the promenade for something cold and watch the yachts gather in the bay. With the palms moving in the breeze and the hotels catching the last of the light, there is little reason to hurry on.
