Hotel Princess et Richmond - Hotel Menton, France

Hotel Princess et Richmond

Hotels Menton

617, promenade du Soleil 06500 Menton

Presentation

Menton is the "The Lemon Party Capital of the World", located very close to the border of France and Italy and in many ways is more Italian than French.

It has its own microclimate, generally milder than the rest of the French Riviera, and became in the late Nineteenth Century a place where Northern Europeans with TB came to either regain their health or to die. As a result its cemetery is filled with the graves of notable Englishmen, Germans, Russians. The old town is largely pedetrianised which adds to the charm of this sedate resort.

To See in Menton

• Jean Cocteau Museum: In a bastion near the port, this small museum displays drawings, ceramics, tapestries and a large mosaic by the artist.
• Salle des Marriages: In the town hall, the civic wedding hall is decorated completely in murals by Jean Cocteau.
• The charming old town is compact and largely pedestrianised
• Several impressive gardens dotted through the town including those at Garavan (Olive trees in Parc du Pian, Jardin Exotique, Villa Fontana Rosa)
• Casino and the magnificent hotels: Royal Westminster and Ambassadeurs
• Cimetière du Vieux Chateau (Russian Orthodox chapel, grave of William Webb Ellis - founder of Rugby football, view over town)
• The perched villages inland (Ste Agnes and Gorbio)
• The Mare Nostrum brewery in Castillon
• Fête du Citron: There's a lemon party and you're invited! Lemon-related festivities over several days in February

Tourism Office of Menton

Office du tourisme de Menton
Palais de l'Europe
06500 Menton