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If anyone can, Cannes: our Côte d'Azur road trip in a Bentley

The famous film festival in Cannes in the south of France is running again - with world premieres and a real star line-up. To kick things off, we celebrate with and cheerfully make our own road movie between Saint Tropez and Cannes. Starring: the "Savoir Vivre" and a Bentley Continental GT Speed Cabrio.

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Western action and a space race with an archaeologist's mission: this sums up two premieres at the Cannes Film Festival. On the Côte d'Azur, Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" with Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser and the film series finale "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" with Harrison Ford are both celebrating their premieres. Out of competition, of course.

Which brings us to our own little road movie: At the wheel of a grey Bentley Continental GT Speed Cabrio, we set off to meet the stars. The starting point is the Villa Belrose in Saint Tropez and the journey is the destination. Well, next to Cannes with its film festival. Of course, it's not only the vehicle that's first class - but also the drive in direction of the Corniche d'Or.

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"Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, and the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again."
John Masefield

Our route? As simple as it is beautiful. From Saint-Tropez along the coast to Saint-Maxime. From there it's on to Fréjus and then up through the winding mountain roads into the already mentioned Estérel massif. Back to the coast? Let's take the impressive mountain passes all the way to Cannes. You can find the route here:

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
Ernest Hemingway
Marko Knab

Marko Knab

Journalist & Photographer
Life writes the best stories - and Marko Knab tells them in text and picture form. His focus: people & their very own stories and cars, motorsports and travel stories. He already worked for Motorsport-Total.com while completing his Bachelor's degree in German Language, followed by a brief stint at a local daily newspaper and a Master's degree in literature and cultural theory - and ramp.

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