---
node: spot_cannes_le_suquet
type: spot
slug: le_suquet
destination: dest_cannes
title: "Le Suquet"
lead: "Le Suquet is the old town on the hill west of the port, the fishing village Cannes was before the English arrived in the 1830s. Its lanes climb to a twelfth-century watchtower and the best view of the bay."
published: 2026-08-12
updated: 2026-08-12
image_file: spot_cannes_le_suquet.jpg
image_source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cannes_from_Suquet_Tower_02.jpg"
image_author: "Spike"
image_license: "CC BY-SA 4.0"
---

## Overview

Monks from the Lérins islands fortified the hill in the eleventh century, and the tower and the church of Notre-Dame d'Espérance still crown it. The lanes below are narrow, stepped and lined with restaurants — rue Saint-Antoine is the busy one. It is a ten-minute climb from the port and a different town from the Croisette.

## Highlights

Climb at sunset for the view over the port and the Croisette lights. The Musée des Explorations du Monde in the castle keep holds Mediterranean antiquities and musical instruments. Eat here rather than on the seafront; the same meal costs half as much two hundred metres uphill.