Top 10 things to do in MENTON, France | Day trip from Nice | French Riviera Travel Guide
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
- Menton is probably the most beautiful coastal town on the French Riviera - so you should absolutely go discover it! To help you plan your day, here are Anja’s & Aila’s TOP 10 things to do in and around Menton - including the prettiest spots, a trip across the border and, of course, a few restaurants to try!
Since Menton is not far away from Nice, you could make it a day trip from the Riviera capital (easily accessible by bus + train). Please don’t aim at doing all of our 10 suggestions in one day - pick your favorites! ;-)
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MENTON
📍goo.gl/maps/JGfavePmuvtMs4iZ7
Next Lemon Festival - Fête du Citron: 17 February - 3 March 2024
1 - OLD TOWN
📍Basilique Saint-Michel Archange de Menton: goo.gl/maps/W1yY1rSnyaVnWvQV6
📍Cemetery “Cimetière du Vieux Château” (tomb of William Webb Ellis): goo.gl/maps/BiZs4p11oSchpC7x6
Festival de Musique de Menton (summer open air classical music festival at Square Saint-Michel): www.festival-musique-menton.f...
2 - BEACHES
📍Plage des Sablettes: goo.gl/maps/cPp3RJhdF3mE9oXM9
📍Plage Rondelli (Plage des Sablettes Est): goo.gl/maps/49aWkrncRGde3FrQ9
📍Plage du Marché: goo.gl/maps/vgcjCyFxzENArhQCA
3 - GARDENS
📍Serre de la Madone: goo.gl/maps/Tc2WnJRMC1UtHpoW6
📍Val Rahmeh: goo.gl/maps/M8RS1CpA4phcB4e97
📍Maria Serena: goo.gl/maps/R84bbZQVK78ZAhE67
📍Fontana Rosa: goo.gl/maps/4pjhCCTbTJyGKgxx5
📍Jardi du Palais de Carnolès: goo.gl/maps/PHE3vviP2KCqWzPk8
4 - RESTAURANTS
📍Mirazur: www.mirazur.fr/ - goo.gl/maps/6DYsACjZR56tFSot7
📍Coco Loco: / cocolocomenton - goo.gl/maps/WWBq9EzLN9CFgQZJ6
📍Le 31: www.le31menton.fr/en/ - goo.gl/maps/Wu3H55Hcee2GyZRY7
5 - LITTLE TRAIN & BOAT & TRAIN DES MERVEILLES
Little tourist train (petit train touristique):
www.menton-riviera-merveilles...
departure: 📍goo.gl/maps/mAnND5aQdjYzk6hS7
Ticket: 10 €
Boat tours: La balade en mer Mentonnaise
Info: Tel. +33 (0)6 09 60 11 72
departure: 📍goo.gl/maps/RFP47NbZPNSbYhvh6
Train des Merveilles (start in Nice):
info: www.menton-riviera-merveilles...
timetable: ter-fiches-horaires.sncf.fr/p...
The train tickets can be purchased at the train station or online (one way costs around 15 €), the trip from Nice to the final destination in Tende takes about two hours and a half
6 - COCTEAU MUSEUMS
Musée Cocteau - Collection Séverin Wunderman (closed for renovations in 2023, please check for an update before your trip)
📍goo.gl/maps/D7y9vPcztwjQUQvY7
Musée Jean Cocteau - Le Bastion
📍goo.gl/maps/FExE8LpU9n6u4nWM7
7 - COASTAL PATH (CAP MARTIN)
Sentier du littoral “Le Corbusier”
start here to walk around the cape:
📍 goo.gl/maps/ZtvGbAoDPsBNLFZt9
8 - TRIP TO ITALY
Balzi Rossi Museum (Via dei Balzi Rossi 9, 18039 Ventimiglia IM)
museiliguria.cultura.gov.it/e...
📍goo.gl/maps/TwvYeuFBj4FSTsXD7
Ticket: 5 €
9 - SAINTE-AGNES
📍goo.gl/maps/QMeYgZheJ3sKKK8R9
10 - CAP MODERNE (Eileen Gray) - capmoderne.com/en/
📍goo.gl/maps/SM3MNUrysFB3KUqP8
Ticket: 18 €
Aila’s website with lots of info on the French Riviera (in German): azurblau.fr/
Images:
©menton, Riviera & Merveilles - Andreia De Freitas Alves, Alix Kahlmann, Benjamin Gavaudo - CMN, Vincent Jacques, José Banaudo, Rémy Masséglia / Lez Art Création, Michel Braun, Ville de Menton, Pango Visual, Ville de Menton / Patrick Varotto, Isabelle Fabre, MNHN - A. Iatzoura, MNHN - C. Joulin, MNHN - Jérôme Munier, Paul Smit, FRANCE Voguette, Marine Marrec
Map of France by Eric Gaba (Sting - fr:Sting) - Own workSource of data: NGDC World Data Bank II (public domain), CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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Hi! Would you have suggested other things to do in Menton? Please let us know!
Menton for the winter. (That microclimate!) Normandy for the summer. (Calvados and galettes!) Voilà, perfection!
Couldn’t agree more 😊
Excellent video, thank you!
🙏😊 thank you!
I am staying in Grasse 45 miles away after watching your videos. All I can say is I am now going to drive to Menton tomorrow 🙂
Do so! It’s a beauty - hopefully the weather stays pleasant… 🫣☀️
Yes a great review of menton, do not forget the famous resto at cap Martin, le pirate used in past years by many famous people
Thank you - that’s indeed a place we didn‘t know!
La France et le pays le plus beau du monde 😊
N‘est-ce pas?! 😁😁😁
Très belle ville nous allons souvent en vacances 😊
very good showcasing of Menton
Thank you! 😊
Oh wow, I am in Nice at the moment on holiday. Menton looks amazing! Thank you ladies ❤
It is beautiful! Just be aware: there’s the lemon festival from Feb. 17 to March 3 - it’s extra fun to visit, but extremely crowded when there are the parades (Sundays and Thursday evenings, if we’re not mistaken)
@@rivierago Thank you so much! I was planning to go today to avoid the Nice Carnaval, so will check when Menton’s parades are. Thanks so much
We're going in April and I'm very excited! Thanks for the tips.
You’re very welcome, have a great trip 😊
It’s very beautiful and bright, you should definitely visit this beautiful city.)😁😁😁😁
Very nice video! We just come back from a tour in Cote d'Azur and Provence and I programmed all the stops after having seen lots of your useful videos! Thank you so much, your tips and explanations are very clear!
Thank you so much! 🙏 Glad to hear the videos are of help 😊
We went today with my husband, enjoyed much 🍷😍
Happy to hear! 🤩👍
Perfect!!!!! Thank you, with love, from New Jersey, USA
Thank YOU 😊
nice places there.... all coast 🥰🥰🥰
Great tips and reviews on Menton and its neighbours. 😊
great again!!!!!!!
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching! 🤩🙏
Ich bin euren Spuren gefolgt. Danke für die Inspiration. Mehr davon…
Auf jeden Fall! Danke! 🤩
On adore Menton, nous y allons très souvent dans l année !!! Merci pour votre belle vidéo 😍😍😍
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Bonjour, je me demande la température en Hiver? Est-ce que c'est possible d'y aller dans les saisons plus froides. Est-ce une destination soleil ?
@@alaingilbert7577 Bonjour, ce n’est pas les îles Canaries ici, mais c’est agréable en hiver! Beaucoup de soleil (non garanti tout de même), et entre 11h et 15h on peut être en t-shirt au soleil, à l’abri du vent. Les températures max sont autour de 15 dégrées. Regardez notre film sur ce sujet 😉: Nice in winter. Menton est considéré encore un petit peu plus chaud grâce à son micro climat
iFf you want to do a trail not very well known but well worth doing is as follows.Take the Chem du Vallonet, go past the stadium and find the small path next to the residence LE DERI on the left. take the path chem de menton. Follow the trail and after the long hike you will find the old village of ROQUEBRUNE CAP MARTIN with views over monaco
Hey, thanks for your hiking tip! Definitely going to try it out 😄
OMG, other best places to visit after your video! Marvellous views and useful clues! Counting days till October, merci beaucoup et à bientôt !😊
Thank you so much 🙏😊! We’ve done several videos about places on the Côte d’Azur similar to this one… Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Monaco…
Is there any sort of tour of the Alps, either by train or bus, that runs from Menton? In Rick Steves’ guide to Nice, he mentions a day trip into the Alps as something to do from Nice. Unfortunately, because of our late decision to make this trip and availability of hotel reservations, we are spending several more days in Menton than in Nice so we would have a free day to go north to see the Alps from Menton.
Thank you for making this very nice video of Menton. The Rick Steve’s’ guide to Nice and the French Riviera has only two pages on Menton so I figured it was a small village, not a city of 30,000.
The beautiful, beautiful train ride with the Train des Merveilles to Tende (that we talk about in the Menton video) unfortunately starts in Nice. There is, however, another connection going from Menton to Tende (nice village in the mountains) - via Ventimiglia, Italy. Never used it, but we’re pretty sure it’s worth going as well. (You have to change trains in Ventimiglia). 1 way ticket 19,20 € (according to TER SNCF website)
Hi, Just returned from Provence. My advice to you go to Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Only for this exubition you can travel from USA. There exubition Mone , 150 paint his works from all museums in the world. Its great present been for us. My travel trip: JFK- Nice, Vence, Moguins, Biot, Cagne-sur-mer, Nice, Monaco, Villefranche-Sur-Mer, Beausoleil, Geniova, Milan, Menaggio, Varenna, Lugano, Lokarno, rent car in airport Nice, 2 hotels in Beausoleil , 7- 11, and Lugano 11 - 16 . Village near Aix much more interesting for me.
Bellagio of course too
J'adore le Menton!
After a few towns they then started to all look the same. 😁
Can’t disagree 😉, especially the old towns of Nice, Menton and Grasse look a lot alike (Italian), and the villages in this region definitely are similarly pretty, Provençal.
Thanks
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Loving your videos, and so interesting as I will be in Nice in early September. May I ask who makes the white sleeveless top Anja is wearing? I hope to purchase one like it when I am there. Thanks so much, and for the informative videos.
Thank you! 🙏😊 Anja buys her tops often at Zara’s, but this particular one is many years old, so you won’t find it any more 😣. Have a great trip in September!
Your travel tip video is a treasure trove of wisdom for rookies like me. Your personal touch sets it apart. Oh, and before I forget, have you heard about the v4 Bento Bag by NomadLane? It's creating quite a buzz among travelers.
Thank you!!! We’ll have a look at the bag 😉
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I have a question about going to Italy on foot. Is there a border control when you go or when you go back to Menton?
Hi! There wasn’t any border control when we walked by, and since they are both countries of the European Union there shouldn’t be!
welll ,bye,
Bye?
It could easily be Italy. Easy to forget that it _wasn’t_ actually part of France until as late as 1860!
Yes! Same goes for Nice, even
@@rivierago 👍
Uh-oh, Menton, Henriks favorite… don‘t mention it…. mmmmm-ttttttt😂
Im living on Menton. It's interesting place for 5-10 days. Expensive and boring place to live.
Depending on what you’re looking for, you may certainly be right, it’s a really small town after all 😉
Which is the best place in cote d azur to stay longer? I plan to travel in February from scandinavia
@@GraineFaveurprobably Nice. Certainly not Marseille, it's a horrible city with a lot of crime.
Why? I’m thinking of moving there..not sure. It’s either Antibes or menton..I do like being next to Italy though ..is ventimiglei ( spelling ..sorry) nice or is it dirty