Location: Menton in France
Nearest Airport:
Nice at 42
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Nearest Ferry:
Nice at 32
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Nearest Motorway:
Menton A8 at 3
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 500
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Car: not necessary
MENTON: the warmest and most Italianate French town (35 000 inhabitants), a couple of km of the border. An aristocratic tourism atmosphere remains from the turn of the century. Admire the architecture and the old town and walk along the sea front for miles. The pedestrian path goes all along Cap Martin and leads to Monaco. An easier access to Monaco Monte Carlo is by train (10 min. from Menton and run regularly). You can hike to some hilltop villages. The town glories in its climate and year-round lemon crops. It's ringed by protective mountains, so hardly a whisper of wind disturbs this suntrap of a city.
Don't miss the walk to the peak of the old town, the Cocteau Museum and make sure you go across the border for the fun of it (no official document required).