A fashionable resort is able to face several directions (6)
I believe the answer is:
cannes
'a fashionable resort' is the definition.
'cannes' can be an answer for 'resort' (French resort town). I'm not sure about the 'a fashionable' bit.
'able to face several directions' is the wordplay.
'able' becomes 'can'.
'to face' says to put letters next to each other.
'several directions' becomes 'nes' (NE is an example. I am not sure about the 'several' bit.).
'can'+'nes'='CANNES'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cannes that I've seen before include "City in the French Riviera" , "Frend Mediterranean resort" , "Southern French resort" , "Film festival resort on the French Riviera" , "An annual film festival is held here" .)