Carlton Cannes readies the Enchanted Garden for festive splendour
The legendary Côte d'Azur hotel transforms its celebrated courtyard for the season ahead, with artist Paul Sirand bringing the vision to life through illustration.
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The Enchanted Garden at Carlton Cannes is undergoing its seasonal metamorphosis, with artist Paul Sirand sketching the first designs for how the hotel’s celebrated courtyard will unfold when the festivities begin. What emerges from this creative process will reshape one of the Côte d’Azur’s most recognisable outdoor spaces, transforming it into something luminous and unexpected for guests arriving to celebrate.
Sirand’s hand drawn illustrations form the blueprint for this reimagining. His approach honours the garden’s existing charm while introducing fresh visual poetry through considered artistic direction. The hotel has long understood that seasonality at this scale demands more than decoration; it requires genuine artistic vision, the kind that shifts perception and deepens the sense of occasion.
The Enchanted Garden occupies a singular place in the Carlton’s identity. Sheltered within the heart of the hotel yet open to the Cannes sky, it functions as both sanctuary and stage, intimate and grand in equal measure. How it appears at Christmas will set the tone for everything that unfolds there through the festive weeks ahead, from quiet morning coffees to evening celebrations beneath winter light.
For those planning to spend the season on the Riviera, the Carlton’s transformation offers reason enough to arrive early and linger. The hotel remains at 58 La Croisette, Cannes.
Imagery courtesy of Carlton Cannes (@carltoncannes).