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About ULTIMATE Monaco City Guide

ULTIMATE Monaco City Guide is an independent guide for visitors to Monaco, French Riviera. We publish 15 curated lists: restaurants, cafés, bars & lounges, nightlife & beach clubs, hotels, attractions, museums & galleries, spas & wellness, hospitals & clinics, shopping, luxury lifestyle, motoring, property, marinas and getting around. Together they cover Monte-Carlo, La Condamine, Monaco-Ville, Fontvieille and Larvotto, with guides to the marinas, the Grand Prix, luxury shopping and day trips along the Riviera.

How we choose

Every place in our lists has been checked against its own website or an official source such as Visit Monaco, the Monaco government or the Automobile Club de Monaco. We don’t use review scores, and we leave out anything we can’t confirm.

Before you go

Opening hours and seasons change, especially for beach clubs and nightclubs, so please check directly with each place before you go.

For venues

Run a venue in Monaco and spotted something to update? We review our lists regularly and welcome corrections.

Photo credits

• The Oceanographic Museum on its cliff above the sea, by Spike, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Prince’s Palace on the Rock, Monaco-Ville, by Ismael zniber, licensed CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Casino de Monte-Carlo lit up at dusk, by Z.graber, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• One Monte-Carlo’s boutiques lit up at night, by Renek78, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• An espresso on the terrace of the Café de Paris, Monte-Carlo, by Benoît Prieur, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Classic cars at the Monaco Top Cars Collection, by Victor Grigas, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Casino de Monte-Carlo, by Fruitpunchline, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The white-stone Monaco Cathedral in Monaco-Ville, by Uhooep, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Place du Casino decorated for Christmas, by Jorge Láscar from Australia, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• La Condamine around Port Hercule, by Alexander Migl, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Èze and Cap Ferrat seen from the Grande Corniche, by Tobi 87, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Church of Sainte-Dévote in La Condamine, by Tangopaso, licensed Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The hilltop village of Èze, by Miniwark, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Fontvieille and its harbour below the Rock, by Pierre Blaché from Paris, France, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Formula 1 cars racing through the streets at the Monaco Grand Prix, by Charles Coates/LAT Photographic, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Grimaldi Forum on the Larvotto seafront, by Grimaldi Forum Monaco, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Apartment buildings of La Condamine and Moneghetti, by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Monaco Heliport in Fontvieille, by Arnaud 25, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Belle Époque façade of the Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, by Zairon, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Monaco from above, Port Hercule and Monte-Carlo below the mountains, by Spike, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo on Place du Casino, by Arnaud 25, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A red bridge over the pond in Monaco’s Japanese Garden, by Tangopaso, licensed Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Larvotto beach on a sunny day, by Benoît Prieur, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Superyachts moored in Port Hercule, by Renek78, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Le Renzo, the Renzo Piano building in Mareterra, by Mmferrero, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Yacht Club de Monaco on Port Hercule, by Charles JACQUES from Cernay la ville, France, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A food counter in the Marché de la Condamine, by Renek78, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Monaco-Ville on the Rock, by AkesiPona, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo, by crash71100, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Acropolis of Athens by day, seen from Philopappos Hill, by A.Savin, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The old town of Belgrade above the Sava, with the spire of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, by Tatil Dükkanı, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Romanian Athenaeum in its garden, by Jorge Franganillo, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Hungarian Parliament lit up at night on the Danube, by Tom Ek, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Oia’s white houses and blue domes on the rim of the Santorini caldera, by Norbert Nagel, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Blue Mosque at night, by Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Triple Bridge over the Ljubljanica, by Fred Romero from Paris, France, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Palace of Westminster and the Elizabeth Tower, by Domob, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• An aerial view of a small island ringed by reef in the Maldives, by Luka Peternel, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Yachts in Puerto Banús, by kallerna, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Art Deco hotels on Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, by Robbschultz69, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Monaco from above, Port Hercule and Monte-Carlo below the mountains, by Spike, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset at the Naples Pier, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Millennium Bridge over the Morača, by Desemeus, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Sebilj fountain and the square of Baščaršija, by Yukof, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Stone Bridge over the Vardar, by kallerna, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, by Julian Lupyan, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The ramparts of Galle Fort, by Daibo Taku, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Skanderbeg Square with the Et’hem Bey Mosque, by Andrew Milligan sumo, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The spires of Zagreb Cathedral above the rooftops, by Alex Sirac, licensed CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Larvotto beach and the seafront at night, by Santiago Puig Vilado…, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Inside the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier, by Greger Ravik, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Port Hercule full of yachts, with the Rock of Monaco-Ville behind, by Mike is Michi, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Mareterra, Monaco’s new seafront district, by David from Washington, DC, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The harbour and the Rock of Monaco seen from La Turbie, by Tobi 87, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Café de Paris terrace on Place du Casino, Monte-Carlo, by Mister No, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The castle of Roquebrune above the sea, by Guerinf, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Princess Grace Rose Garden in Fontvieille, by Mister No, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Place du Casino and the Monte-Carlo shopping promenade, by Zairon, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A calm pond and bridge in the Japanese Garden, Larvotto, by Tangopaso, licensed Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The arches of the Stade Louis II in Fontvieille, by Uhooep, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Saint-Martin Gardens on the Rock, by Mister No, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A Monacair helicopter at the Monaco Heliport, by Hugo LUC, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Monaco-Monte-Carlo railway station, by CAPTAIN RAJU, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.