Carlton Beach Club

The Carlton Beach Club lies on the Croisette in Cannes, on the sand in front of the hotel at number 58, facing the bay and the Estérel to the west. It belongs to the Carlton Cannes, now a Regent hotel in the IHG group. The hotel opened in 1913, built by the hotelier Henri Ruhl with the architect Charles Dalmas; in 1930 it obtained from the city the concession of a plot on the old Bains de la Croisette site, and the first private beach in Cannes began there. The hotel reopened after its long restoration on 13 March 2023.

The day is sold by the sunbed, to anyone, at a published tariff and without a hotel stay. In the September 2026 tariff a full day on the pontoon was 81 euros, in the first row 77 and in the rows behind 66, with lower rates from three in the afternoon and towels extra. The beach is open every day from ten to six; the restaurant serves lunch from noon to four. Reservations go to the beach by telephone or e-mail. The club closed for a short spell at the end of September 2026.

A pontoon as well as sand. Guests choose between the sand and a pontoon over the water, priced a step above the front row; a water-sports operator works from the same pontoon, with parasailing, water skiing, wakeboarding and towed buoys.

A film set in the house history. Hitchcock shot To Catch a Thief at the hotel in 1954, with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant.

Lunch, not dinner. The kitchen keeps to a simple, sunny midday menu and the beach empties at six. The site is accessible to guests with reduced mobility.

Sources

• carltoncannes.com/en/eat-drink/carlton-beach-club, read 5 October 2026 — sand or pontoon; pontoon views over the Mediterranean and the Estérel; beach daily 10:00–18:00, restaurant daily 12:00–16:00; 'sunny, simple and generous' lunch cuisine; Water Glisse on the pontoon (parasailing, water skiing, wakeboarding, towed buoys); reduced-mobility access; 58 boulevard de la Croisette; +33 (0)4 93 06 44 94, carltonbeachclub@ihg.com; special closure 25–30 September 2026
• carltoncannes.com, tariff PDF tarifs-septembre-2026, read 5 October 2026 — Ponton/Pier 81 € full day, 44 € from 3 pm; 1st row 77 € / 41 €; next rows 66 € / 38 €; extra towel 9 €
• carltoncannes.com/en/discover-experience/carlton-story, read 5 October 2026 — hotel opened 1913, Henri Ruhl and architect Charles Dalmas; 1930 concession from the city on the Bains de la Croisette site, 'the first private beach in Cannes was born: the Carlton Beach Club'; To Catch a Thief filmed 1954 with Grace Kelly and Cary Grant; reopened 13 March 2023
• carltoncannes.com/en, read 5 October 2026 — 'the filming of Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief'
• Base row note — hotel: Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel (IHG); first private beach in Cannes, 1930; filming of To Catch a Thief, 1954
• Base row access_class_basis — sunbed tariff published, contact open, no guest-only rule stated (inferred)
• No independent press or tourist-office page could be opened in this pass; all facts are from the operator and the base row.
• Sensor evidence, read 5 October 2026 — price: the operator's own tariff (pier 81/44, first row 77/41, next rows 66/38 euro); way in for an outsider: the operator's own publication. The second tariff column, unlabelled in the base reading, is headed 'From 3pm' in this read.

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