Croix des gardes
Hilltop pine and mimosa forest with old growers' terraces and sweeping views over the bay and islands.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Croix des Gardes hill in Cannes is about the people who once worked its slopes: the mimosa growers who arrived in the late nineteenth century, their terraces, and the warm, steamy rooms where their trade was made. It also follows the park keepers who tend the hill today. Best heard among the trees in winter, when the mimosa is in flower.
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