OUTSIDE THE MONACO CATHEDRALMonte Carlo, which lies in the French Riviera on the Mediterranean Sea in Monaco is surrounded by France and close to Italy. It is widely known for its big fancy casino!
FEELING LIKE A PRINCESSThe permanent population is about 3,000. Monte Carlo quarter includes not only Monte Carlo proper where the Le Grand Casino is located, it also includes the neighborhoods of Saint-Michel, Saint-Roman, Tenao, and the beach community of Larvotto. It borders the French town of Beausoleil (sometimes referred to, as our tour guide told us, as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur).
PLAYGROUND OF THE RICHMonte Carlo has been visited by royalty as well as the general public and movie stars for decades.
THE BEAUTIFUL RAINER PALACE
VIEW OF THE PORTMonte Carlo is one of Europe's leading tourist resorts, although many of the key tourist destinations are located in other parts of Monaco, including such attractions as Monaco Cathedral, the Napoleon Museum, the Oceanographic Museum and aquarium, and the Prince's Palace, all of which are located in Monaco-Ville.
NEAR THE HOTEL PARIS
BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE GARDENS
A WINDOW WITH A VIEW
MONACO GRAND PRIXMonte Carlo is home to most of the Circuit de Monaco, on which the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix takes place. It also hosts world championship boxing bouts, the European Poker Tour Grand Final and the World Backgammon Championship as well as fashion shows and other events.
MONACO GRAND PRIXThe Monte Carlo Rally is one of the longest running and most respected car rallies; from 1973 to 2008, it marked the start of each rally season as the first event on the World Rally Championship calendar, but is now part of the second-tier Intercontinental Rally Challenge.
YACHTS AS LARGE AS HOUSES
LUXURY EVERYWHERE
THE MONTE CARLO CASINO
OPERA DE MONTE CARLOThe Opéra de Monte-Carlo or Salle Garnier was built by the architect Charles Garnier as an exact replica in miniature of the Paris Opera House. The auditorium of the opera house is decorated in red and gold and has frescoes and sculptures all around the auditorium.
OPERA DE MONTE CARLO It was inaugurated on January 25, 1879 with a performance by Sarah Bernhardt dressed as a nymph. The first opera performed there was Robert Planquette's Le Chevalier Gaston on 8 February 1879, and that was followed by three more in the first season.
NEAR THE HOTEL PARIS
GARDENS OUTSIDE THE OPERA DE MONTE CARLOMonte Carlo has featured in numerous films and television series. The 1930 American film Monte Carlo starring Jack Buchanan and Jeanette MacDonald was set in Monte Carlo. The casino featured in the James Bond films Never Say Never Again (1983) and GoldenEye (1995).
CAROLINE & I
To Catch a Thief (1954) was an Alfred Hitchcock film with Monte Carlo and its famous casino as the setting and featured Cary Grant and the future Princess Grace of Monaco as the stars. There is a scene in the movie where the-then Grace Kelly drives a car very quickly - and dangerously - along the steep winding roads of Monaco that surround the heights of Monte Carlo; an interesting coincidence to her actual fate in 1982.
OUTSIDE THE MONACO CATHEDRAL
FEELING LIKE A PRINCESS
PLAYGROUND OF THE RICH
THE BEAUTIFUL RAINER PALACE
VIEW OF THE PORT
NEAR THE HOTEL PARIS
BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE GARDENS
A WINDOW WITH A VIEW
MONACO GRAND PRIX
MONACO GRAND PRIX
YACHTS AS LARGE AS HOUSES
LUXURY EVERYWHERE
THE MONTE CARLO CASINO
OPERA DE MONTE CARLO
OPERA DE MONTE CARLO
NEAR THE HOTEL PARIS
GARDENS OUTSIDE THE OPERA DE MONTE CARLO
CAROLINE & I
To Catch a Thief (1954) was an Alfred Hitchcock film with Monte Carlo and its famous casino as the setting and featured Cary Grant and the future Princess Grace of Monaco as the stars. There is a scene in the movie where the-then Grace Kelly drives a car very quickly - and dangerously - along the steep winding roads of Monaco that surround the heights of Monte Carlo; an interesting coincidence to her actual fate in 1982.
I would love to be hanging out on one of the yachts!
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