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Famed chef Alain Ducasse’s terrace restaurant serves only sea bass and beef. After dinner, skip the queue to get into Jimmy’z next door (see Jimmy’z, Cannes) via the private entrance.

The city’s hippest late-night bar offers more than 200 beers, 100 whiskies and music from salsa to trip-hop. The restaurant specializes in fresh fish.

Billed as “the place to have a drink in the company of stars”, but even during the Film Festival, you are unlikely to rub shoulders with the A list. One of the best bars in Cannes, nonetheless.

The two bars on two floors provide a stylish, fashionable gathering place for the trendier elements of the gay community.

In front of the casino (see Café de Paris), under white umbrellas and baskets of flowers with the Mediterranean in the background, the Café de Paris is a delightful place for an al fresco meal or a drink.

On the seventh floor of this very smart hotel, formal dress is required to gain access to the exclusive gaming rooms. Celebrate winning with a glass of champagne, or drown your sorrows in a very dry martini – shaken, not stirred, of course.

The terrace of this restaurant-bar, in an attractive 19th-century villa, is shaded by leafy vines and has live music almost every evening in summer.

The epitome of Riviera glamour, luxury and gambling excess (see Casino de Monte Carlo).

Renovated in the 1990s, the casino has retained its belle époque style, added on a glass dome and widened its horizons. Alongside the gaming rooms are a hotel, restaurant and nightclub.

The original Neo-Classical Ruhl building has sadly gone, to be replaced with a more Las Vegas-style set-up. It offers gaming tables, cabaret, a disco on Friday and Saturday nights and slot machines until dawn.