Is Cannes quaint and charming or more city like?

I have just started looking into the area and I don%26#39;t know much about it. At present, I am trying to decide between Cannes and Antibes. I%26#39;m looking for a quaint area with good sandy beaches - A quaint town/village with markets, narrow streets, cafes, etc. I%26#39;m not interested in much siteseeing, but a romantic quaint environment and nice sandy beach. Does Cannes fit this description?

Thanks.

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There%26#39;s nothing quaint about Cannes-it%26#39;s an international resort city, although it does have some narrow streets and many cafés. It has a public sandy beach.

I much prefer Antibes, which has a lovely old section that%26#39;s fun to wander in. I%26#39;m not sure about a sandy beach, since we didn%26#39;t look for one, but you%26#39;ll find a very nice one just next door in Juan-les-Pins.

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I%26#39;m not aware of any sandy beaches in Antibes, but then I%26#39;m not a beach person and we have gotten into the habit of visiting the riviera at Thanksgiving, not exactly beach season anyway.

While Antibes isn%26#39;t my favorite town in the area, I do like it and it certainly does offer plenty of quaint, something you certainly won%26#39;t find in Cannes. I like the market street in Antibes a lot.

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Thanks for the replies. What%26#39;s your favorite town on the Riveria?

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Cannes is like Beverly Hills or La Jolla.

Antibes is what the French Riviera was like back in the 1960%26#39;s.

Beaches,two of the best sandy natural beaches in France.

1/4 of all the worlds superyachts dock in Antibes each Summer.

One of the reasons for travel is to personally experience charming places that may dissapear during your lifetime:these places are:Bali,Tahiti,and Antibes.

Next to Antibes is La Garoupe,where F.Scott

Fitzgerald and friends invented the idea of the FRench Riviera as a Summer destination.

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When were in Juan-les-Pins we made a point of visiting the %26quot;Fitzgerald beach,%26quot; having read about it in %26quot;Everybody Was So Young,%26quot; a great account of the American ex-pats in the South of France in the 1920%26#39;s.