Chapelle Bellini

The Basics

An architectural delight, the chapel features a highly embellished peach and white facade, a clock tower, and an impressive gallery with a restored wooden staircase. The interior displays Bellini’s colorful figurative paintings, inspired by the Fauvist and Modern Expressionism movements, as well as posters and cartoons. His daughter, also an artist, lives in the chapel and will show you around.

Things to Know Before You Go

• Chapelle Bellini is an ideal spot for architecture and art lovers.
• The opening hours are short, though it’s possible to see the chapel’s exterior from the street.
• The chapel is not wheelchair accessible.

How to Get There

Chapelle Bellini is located along Avenue de Vallauris within Fiorentina Park in Cannes. From the beach or La Croisette, expect about a ten-minute drive away from the sea.

When to Get There

Chapelle Bellini is open during the week for a couple hours in the afternoon, typically 3pm toxa0 5pm. Cannes is a pleasant place to visit any time of the year. The perfect time is early fall, as the weather is still warm and the crowds are few. High season is during the summer and in May when both the Cannes Film Festival and the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix take over the Riviera.

Musée Bonnard

Less than a 10-minute drive north is another compact museum dedicated to local artists. A major artist of the 19th and 20th centuries, Pierre Bonnardxa0 was a post-impressionist painter and illustrator, and founding member of the avant-garde group Les Nabis. The museum is housed in a Belle Epoque mansion in Le Cannet, a town whose gorgeous landscapes and perfect light aroused Bonnard’s creative muses for nearly 22 years.