A palm and pine lined seafront boulevard of pale palace hotels and Art Deco blocks, with sandy beaches below the promenade.
What La Croisette looks like
The Croisette is a boulevard of about two kilometres along the sea, with a promenade on the water side. Palms and pines shade the walk, and kiosks stand along it. The red LED lit parapet doubles as a bench, and four chessboards sit on tables nearby.
Palace hotels and Art Deco residential blocks line the boulevard, and the has domed corner turrets. The facades are pale render, mostly six to eight storeys high, with balconies and striped awnings. The stands further along toward the Pointe.
Jewellers and fashion boutiques sit at the foot of the residential blocks, and so do estate agents. At the western end, the has red carpeted steps that come down onto the promenade.
Public beaches run below the promenade from the Palais as far as Bijou Plage, and the hotels keep private beaches of their own. The Carlton's private beach has its own restaurant and pier.
The boulevard ends at Place Franklin Roosevelt on the . , a marina of masted yachts, lies a short way back along it.
Shot in La Croisette
Two productions have shot on the boulevard. The Substance dressed the boulevard itself, and French Kiss filmed at the Carlton.
French Kiss, 1995
Large parts of French Kiss were shot in and around the Carlton. In the film, Kate stays at the hotel with Luc. Street View
The Substance, 2024
Played Los Angeles, California
The Substance dressed the Croisette's boulevards as American-style streets. The production used the palms as a cue for a story set in Los Angeles. Street View
What La Croisette can double for
Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France
The Hotel Negresco stands on the Promenade des Anglais as a palace hotel with a dome, on the same kind of seafront road as the Croisette. Its frontage is the closest match on the Riviera for this boulevard, and the 1910s period fits the Carlton too. The Negresco's pink dome gives Nice away in any wide shot. Try searching pink dome palace hotel now.
Ocean Drive's hotels are Art Deco blocks built mostly between the Depression and the early 1940s. Their style is close to the Croisette's residential blocks. They front a public park and beach rather than a promenade. The Croisette's private beach clubs and its pines would need dressing out, since Ocean Drive's hotels front a public park. Try searching Art Deco hotels now.
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