Here stands the most famous casino in the world, in front of which only the most expensive cars are parked. The products in shop windows don’t have price tags, and mandarins grow on the roadside trees. It is the world of the rich – Monte Carlo, a district of the Principality of Monaco.
Monaco’s Old Town is very picturesque, and is located on a hill that is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean. This is where the Grimaldi family’s palace stands, and also where the young Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques – the children of Prince Albert II and Charlene Wittstock – live. The celebrity, Grace Kelly also lived here until her death in 1982.
Fontvieille is a district in Monaco built partly on reclaimed land from the sea. Instead of cars, here yachts are parked in front of the apartments; and trees grow on the roofs of the buildings.
The circus appears every year in Monte Carlo as part of the International Circus Festival. This unique festival of artists from around the world has many years of tradition in Monaco, and every time it fills the festival tent to the maximum.
The Monaco Yacht Show is an opportunity to see over one hundred of the world’s most luxurious yachts in one place. This annual event attracts all the largest yacht shipyards and the richest buyers to Monaco.
