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See also :
- Hotel Miramar Monaco***
- Hotel Fairmont Monte Carlo****
- Hotel Monte Carlo Bay Resort Monaco****
- Hotel De France**
- Hotel de Paris Monaco*****
- Hotel Le Versailles**
- Hotel Meridien Beach Plaza****
- Hotel Novotel Monte Carlo***
- Hotel Monte Carlo Beach Monaco*****
- Hotel Columbus***
Hotels Monaco
Visit Monaco
The Napoelonic History Museum and the Palace's Historical Archives Collection. This museum brings to life the history of the Principality with a rich collection of more than a thousand items and documents from the First Empire
Monaco Tops Cars Collection. Among the hundred or so vehicles belonging to the Prince of Monaco, visitors can discover 1903 De Dion Bouton, 1986 Lamborghini Countach or Citroën Torpedo from the Croisière Jaune (Yellow Expedition) The museum is situated at the Terrasses de Fontvieille.
The Naval Museum. A collection of around 250 model boats tracing naval history from antiquity through to the present-day. Souvenir shop in the museum located at the Terrasses de Fontvieille.
The Monte-Carlo Casino. First among the great casinos, this masterpiece of arts from the Belle Epoque gave credibility to European Roulette. Opened in 1863, it has the most prestigious and complete range of table games providing a legendary style of gaming unique in the wolrd.
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EVENTS
MONACO GRAND PRIXEach spring runs the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco. For more information: Monaco Grand Prix
CASINO AND POKERCasino de Monte-Carlo Café de Paris Sun Casino Bay Casino Casino d'été
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The Prince's Palace of Monaco is the official residence of the Prince of Monaco. Founded in 1191 as a Genoese fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besieged by many foreign powers. Since the end of the 13th century, it has been the stronghold and home of the Grimaldi family who first captured it in 1297. The Grimaldi ruled the area first as feudal lords, and from the 17th century as sovereign princes, but their power was often derived from fragile agreements with their larger and stronger neighbours.
The Oceanographic Museum houses remarkable collections of various species of sea fauna (starfish, seahorses, turtles, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, rays, sharks, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, eels, cuttlefish etc.) both stuffed and in skeletal form. The museum's holdings also include a great variety of sea related objects, including model ships, sea animal skeletons, tools, weapons, etc. An aquarium is housed in the basement of the museum which showcases a spectacular array of flora and fauna. 4000 species of fish and over 200 families of invertebrates can be seen. It features a presentation of Mediterranean and tropical marine ecosystems. The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer, Prince Albert I. This monumental architectural work of art has an impressive façade towering above the sea, towering over the sheer cliff face to a height of 279 feet (85.04 m). It took 11 years to build, using 100,000 tons of stone from La Turbie.
Saint Nicholas Cathedral, known also as Monaco Cathedral is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco in Monaco-Ville, where many of the Grimaldis were buried, including Grace Kelly and more recently, Rainier III. The cathedral was consecrated in 1875, and is on the site of the first parish church in Monaco built in 1252 and dedicated to St. Nicholas. Of note are the retable to the right of the transept, the Great Altar and the Episcopal throne in white Carrara marble.
The Museum of Stamps and Coins presents the philatelic and numismatic collections of the crowned Princes, as both a historic and artistic testimony ti the technical and cultural development of the Principality. From the first pieces struck in Monaco with the head of Honoré II in 1641 and the first stamp issued by the Principality with the head of Charles III in 1886, up to the latest stamps and Euros now in use, all the elements included in the development of these symbols of sovereignety are brought together.
The Exotic Garden and the Observatory Caves and the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology. Laid out on the flanks of the rocky hillside, the Exotic Garden includes thousands of so-called "succulent" plant varieties which flower all year round. On the same site, visitors can also discover the Observatory Caves with their stalactites, stalagmites and lime concretions, or learn about mankind's early history at the Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology.
