Holiday rental in Cannes in August
The short answer
In August, Cannes changes audience: the Palais des Festivals hosts no international trade show, and the city turns to its beach season. This four guest apartment rents by the week in the residential Montfleury district, with air conditioning, a terrace over the gardens, a parking space included in the residence and the beaches 700 metres away. The availability calendar on the home page says, day by day, what is still free.
What changes in Cannes in August
The trade show calendar on this site, verified against the organisers’ official sites, carries no event at the Palais des Festivals in July or August. It is the one gap in the year: from September to June, a dozen international shows follow one another and take the city in full weeks.
The practical consequence is this. In August, demand no longer comes from delegates but from holidaymakers, and it lands on the same weeks for everyone. Stays are booked earlier and run longer than in trade show season, when people come for three nights.
Parking, harder still in summer
Parking is the hard part of Cannes all year, and August is the worst of it: the city receives its visitors by car, the public car parks in the centre fill early and charge by the day. A parking space comes with this apartment, inside the residence, at no extra cost.
It is also what makes the Montfleury district workable in high summer. You leave the car at the residence, the beaches are walkable, and you only drive again to leave Cannes.
What the apartment brings in high summer
Air conditioning first, which is not a given in residences of this generation. Then the furnished terrace with its outdoor seating, opening onto the gardens of the residence rather than onto a boulevard, which changes what an August evening is worth.
For a family: a separate bedroom, a sofa bed in the living room, a cot, an outdoor play area in the residence, and a full kitchen with a dishwasher. A washing machine and a dryer, which matter as soon as the stay runs past a week.
Questions that come up
- Can you rent this apartment in Cannes in August?
- Yes, within the dates still free. The calendar on the home page is refreshed several times a day from Airbnb and Booking, so a night shown as free really is. The booking finishes on Airbnb, which carries the payment, the insurance and the messaging.
- Is there air conditioning?
- Yes, the apartment has air conditioning, and heating in winter. The terrace faces the gardens of the residence, so it sits in the shade of the trees for part of the day.
- Is there a trade show at the Palais des Festivals in August?
- No. The verified calendar on this site carries no show in July or August: it is the one gap in the year at the Palais des Festivals. Editions start again in September.
- How far are the beaches?
- The beaches are 700 metres away and the Palais des Festivals 1.3 kilometres. The residence gives beach access, and all of central Cannes is walkable from Montfleury.