Bars & Clubs — A strip of sundowner bars stretches along rue Félix Faure. Most are chic, some have happy-hour cocktails, and several have DJs after dinner. Wine bar La Belle Époque, 6 rue des Frères Pradignac (tel. 06-41-39-97-90), is a late-opening gem with killer cocktails. Happen, 26 rue du Suquet (tel. 06-03-02-32-26), also opens until 2am to serve Provence wines and light bites with great music. Continue the party at Chrystie, 22 rue Macé (www.chrystie.com; tel. 04-93-99-66-91), with a choice of dozens of impeccably created cocktails on offer luxurious nibbles (try the truffle pizza), plus live pop, international DJs, and cabaret. At Le Bâoli, Port Pierre Canto, La Croisette (www.baolicannes.com; tel. 04-93-43-03-43), Europe’s partying elite, from Prince Albert of Monaco to Jude Law, dance until dawn. Dress to the nines to slip past the über-tight security and into this Asian-inspired wonderland.

Casinos — Cannes is invariably associated with easygoing permissiveness, filmmaking glitterati, and gambling. If the latter is your thing, Cannes has world-class casinos (you must present a passport for entry) loaded with high rollers, voyeurs, and everyone in between. The better established is the Casino Barrière Cannes Le Croisette, in the Palais des Festivals, 1 espace Lucien Barrière (www.lucienbarriere.com; tel. 04-92-98-78-00). A well-respected fixture in town since the 1950s, a collection of noisy slot machines it is most certainly not.  All Cannes casinos maintain slots that operate daily from lunchtime to around 4am. Smarter dress is expected for the salles des grands jeux (blackjack, roulette, craps, poker, and chemin de fer), which open nightly 8pm to 4am. 

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