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A good gelato stop is often all the motivation kids need to keep walking through the center.

Twenty-four red-carpeted steps you can climb outside of events, with 150 stars' footprints set into the path around the building.

A big market hall dating from 1884 where local growers and fishermen sell, with fish from the bay and flower bouquets by the west gate.

Kid's Club for ages 4 to 12 with art and film activities, a pool heated all year and a private beach, a few steps from the Palais des Festivals.

Wood-fired pizza since 1960, with a terrace facing the old harbor and photos of film stars on the walls inside.

Narrow cobbled lanes climbing the old fishing quarter to a church and a castle tower at the top, with an electric bus up for anyone who'd rather not walk.