Best Beach Clubs in Cannes (2026)
A ranked guide to the eight best beach clubs on the Cannes Croisette, from the Carlton pontoon to La Guerite's island cove; our Cannes partner arranges every daybed.
Why we wrote this guide
The Cannes beach club is a category of its own. Along the Boulevard de la Croisette, the grand hotels and independent operators run private plages: stretches of groomed sand and pontoon with tiered sunbeds, cabanas, and a full kitchen behind them. You come for the morning swim, settle in for a long lunch over the Mediterranean, and let the afternoon drift toward a DJ set as the yachts swing at anchor off the bay. Sightlines run to the Esterel mountains and the Iles de Lerins, and through the Film Festival and the summer season these beaches are the center of the day.
The range is real. Some are quiet, protected coves built for swimming and conversation; others are theatrical, with fashion-house design and a nightly show. Prices move the same way, from a single sunbed to a VIP table that comes with dedicated staff. Most run seasonally, roughly April or May through September or October.
These beaches route through our Cannes partner. Tell us the day, the group, and the budget, and they arrange the daybed, the cabana, or the table on the sand. Last updated September 2026.
The ranked guide
1. Carlton Beach Club (Croisette)
Carlton Beach Club runs along the Croisette's most coveted stretch, anchored by its world-renowned central pontoon. It opened in 1930 as the first private beach in Cannes, and in 1954 Alfred Hitchcock filmed Grace Kelly and Cary Grant here for To Catch a Thief. The beach lists sunbed rates from 66 to 81 euros a day depending on the row, and placement matters, because the pontoon-adjacent beds command both the premium prices and the best views. The restaurant runs split service, lunch from noon to 4 p.m. and dinner from 7 to 10 p.m. It is the flagship Croisette address, the one most people picture when they picture a Cannes beach.
See Carlton Beach Club.
Best for: the classic pontoon-front Croisette day.
2. Copal Beach (Croisette)
Copal Beach sits at 63 Boulevard de la Croisette and stays open roughly 300 days a year, one of the few beaches here that does not fully shut down with the season. Chef Juan Arbelaez runs a menu inspired by his native Colombia, with grilled octopus in puttanesca sauce and the ceviches as the signatures. The space mixes natural materials, bougainvillea, and velvet seating to carry it from serene daytime lounging into a livelier evening, and Sunday brings a festive brunch. It is the most distinctive kitchen on the sand.
See Copal Beach.
Best for: Latin American cooking and a long Sunday brunch.
3. La Guerite (Ile Sainte-Marguerite)
La Guerite spans 1,000 square meters on Ile Sainte-Marguerite, a rocky cove reached only by boat from Port Canto, and that isolation is part of the draw. This is a festival-era beach club where many of the regulars arrive by yacht tender from the bay. The layout centers on a private beach and a dining terrace looking back over the Bay of Cannes. Chef Yiannis Kioroglou's menu leans Mediterranean, with baby chicken and fresh seafood appearing regularly. Open May through September, from noon, it is the island escape from the boulevard crush.
See La Guerite.
Best for: an island day reached by boat.
4. Nammos (Palm Beach)
Nammos Cannes opened on June 3, 2024, transplanting the Mykonos beach-club formula onto Plage Franklin Roosevelt on the Croisette. This is the full daybed-and-cabana beach scene, seasonal from April to October and a magnet for the summer Riviera crowd. The beach is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., though afternoon DJ sets carry the momentum through sunset. The kitchen is built on fresh fish, premium beef, and sushi, with the restaurant running until 2 a.m. It brings the Greek-island energy to the Cannes shoreline.
See Nammos.
Best for: the high-energy Mykonos-style beach scene.
5. La Mome Plage (Croisette)
La Mome Plage is a private beach and restaurant on Boulevard de la Croisette, designed as a dive into the French Riviera of the 1950s. The beach opens at 10:30 a.m., lunch runs from noon to 5 p.m., and dinner runs from 8 to 11:30 p.m., so an afternoon on the beach carries straight into an evening meal by the water. The club moves from serene daytime lounging into the evening, particularly during the signature Sunday brunches. The dress code is polished and beach-elegant, refined swimwear or stylish attire, which holds the venue's upscale standards. Executive chef Julian Cazalas runs the Mediterranean menu. It is the design-led beach on the boulevard.
See La Mome Plage.
Best for: a style-forward daybed and Sunday brunch.
6. La Plage Du Martinez (Croisette)
La Plage du Martinez is the private beach of the Hotel Martinez on the Croisette. Its dining room and sunlit terrace take their cue from yachting, in terracotta and navy blue tones that recall the Mediterranean, and the terrace looks straight out to sea. Striped sunbeds line the water, and the terrace opens onto unobstructed views of the bay. The beach runs daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The dress code is smart casual, relaxed but polished, with no beachwear beyond the beach area. It is a hotel beach done with real polish.
See La Plage Du Martinez.
Best for: a polished hotel beach on the Croisette.
7. Annex Beach (Croisette)
Annex Beach is the most theatrical beach club on the Croisette, directly across the boulevard from the Carlton. By day it is an Italian beach-restaurant with sunbeds on the sand; by night it becomes an open-air stage, and a Cannes day on the beach turns, without moving, into the evening's entertainment. What makes it singular is the design. The interiors are by Jacques Garcia, inspired by the grottoes of Isola Bella, all baroque detail and play of light. On top of that, the club is dressed by Roberto Cavalli in a multi-year partnership, with the house prints running across the sofas, cushions, beach towels and tableware. A nightly show completes the picture.
See Annex Beach.
Best for: dinner-and-a-show that starts on the sand.
8. Miramar Plage (Croisette)
Miramar Plage is the gastronome's beach on the Croisette, a private plage at No. 64 that has been running quietly longer than most of its flashier neighbors. Established in 2006 and marking its twentieth anniversary in 2026, it is a beach club by day and a genuine seafront restaurant by night, the sort of Cannes address regulars return to year after year, not a one-season newcomer. The day is straightforward Riviera pleasure: sunbeds and swimming, a long lunch on the sand. The evening is where Miramar shows its ambition. Chef Valerian Mangione runs a crudo bar and caviar service alongside wild-caught fish and flambeed dishes such as truffle rigatoni flamed in cognac. It rewards the diner who stays past sunset.
See Miramar Plage.
Best for: a beach day that becomes a serious dinner.
How the booking works
We know these beaches, the difference between a pontoon-front sunbed and a back-row lounger, which clubs run quiet and which turn into a show, and where the VIP tables actually sit. Tell us the day, the size of your group, and the budget, and our Cannes partner will arrange the daybed, the cabana, or the table on the sand, with the timing worked out and the rest of your Cannes day built around it. Season, Film Festival week, and yacht traffic all move availability, so the earlier you plan, the better the placement. Message our Cannes partner on WhatsApp to start, and they will lay out the options and set it up.
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