Best known for hosting the renowned Cannes Film Festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes is one of a kind. With its famous staircase and stars hand prints on the Esplanade Georges Pompidou, the venue for ECOC 2014 is situated on the beach front along famous La Crosiette; a seafront promenade where some of the most famous hotels in the French Riviera are located.