Cannes

Cannes. The name conjures red carpets, flashbulbs, and film stars in white linen – the world's most glamorous film festival playing out every May along the Boulevard de la Croisette.

But Cannes' story doesn't start there. Long before Grace Kelly arrived in 1955 and left engaged to a prince, it was a sleepy fishing village, its old quarter of Le Suquet rising above a working port. That history still breathes up on the hill, in the cobbled lanes around the 12th-century Château de la Castre.

The tension is real: visit without context, and Cannes can feel like a film set with the cameras gone. VoiceMap's self-guided audio tour walks you from Le Suquet to the Croisette – hearing how a humble fishing port transformed into the world's most storied red carpet. At your pace. No group to keep up with.

Plug in your earbuds. Let Cannes roll.