The Promenade de la Croisette (pʀɔmənad də la kʁwazɛt) (or Boulevard de la Croisette) (French: "Little Cross Drive") is a prominent road in Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

, France. It stretches along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 and is about 2 km long. The Croisette is known for the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès

The first Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was a building built in 1949 to host the Cannes Film Festival. The original building was located on the boulevard of Promenade de la Croisette on the present site of the JW Marriott Cannes...

, where the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

 is held. Many expensive shops, restaurants, and hotels (such as the Carlton

Carlton Hotel, Cannes

The InterContinental Carlton Cannes is a 343-room luxury hotel built in 1911, located at 58 La Croisette in Cannes on the French Riviera and listed by the Government of France as a National Historic Building...

, Majestic

Majestic, Cannes

Le Majestic is a famous prestige Grand Hotel of 1923 on the Croisette at Cannes on the Côte d'Azur It now belongs to the Lucien Barrière group. It is a traditional hotel for film stars attending the Cannes Festival.- History :...

, JW Marriott Cannes, Chanel and Martinez

Hôtel Martinez

The Hôtel Martinez is a famous art deco style Grand Hotel on the Croisette at Cannes. It was opened on 20 February 1929 by its founder-owner Emmanuel Michele Martinez, son of the Baron Giovanni Martinez and Giuseppa Labiso Costanza, from Palermo Sicily, Italy, a noble ancient Italian family of...

) line the road. It goes completely along the coastline of Cannes

The Croisette is listed in the cultural heritage

Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...

general inventory of France .