LA CONDAMINE
Restaurants
●La Chaumiere – Place du Jardin Exotique (Moneghetti); 011-377-9770-0492; www.la-chaumiere.mc; popular with royal family.
MONACO-VILLE
Sights & Sites
●Oceanographic Museum – Avenue Saint-Martin; 011-377-9315-3600; www.oceano.mc; includes Damien Hirst’s Fear of Flying.
MONTE CARLO
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
●Morelli’s Gelato – Casino Square (at Cafe de Paris); 011-377-9806-7623; www.morellisgelato.com; ice cream.
Bars & Nightclubs
●Cafe de Paris – Casino Square; 011-377-9806-7623; www.montecarloresort.com; cocktails.
Hotels
●Fairmont – 12 Avenue des Spelugues; 011-377-9350-6500; fairmont.com.
●Hotel de Paris – Place du Casino; 011-377-9806-3000; hoteldeparismontecarlo.com; Belle Epoque landmark; spectacular both in terms of luxury and views; Alain Ducasse restaurant.
●Hotel Metropole – 4 Avenue de la Madone; 011-377-9315-1535; metropole.com/en.
●Monte Carlo Beach Club – Avenue Princess Grace; 011-33-4-9328-6666; monte-carlo-beach.com; beautifully designed rooms; best breakfast in town.
Restaurants
●Cafe de Paris – Casino Square; 011-377-9806-7623; www.montecarloresort.com; brasserie.
●Joel Robuchon Monte Carlo – 4 Avenue de la Madone (at Metropole Hotel); 011-377-9315-1510; metropole.com/en.
●Le Louis XV – Place du Casino (at Hotel de Paris); 011-377-9216-2976; alain-ducasse.com; owned by Alain Ducasse.
Shopping
●Art et Rapy – 3/5 Avenue Princesse Grace; 011-377-9770-1255; art-et-rapy.com; contemporary works.
●Czarina – 4 Princesse Alice; 011-377-9216-1989; czarina.mc; owned by Lily Safra’s grand-daughter, Adrianna Elia; 20-year-old gift shop.
●SEM-ART Gallery – 20 Avenue de la Costa; 011-377-9770-5070; www.sem-art.mc; contemporary works.
●Trottinette – 3 Avenue St. Charles; 011-377-9325-2729; teen’s and women’s clothing.
Sights & Sites
●Casino Square – city center; Anoosh Kapoor statue (Sky Mirror) in fountain.
●Grand Casino – 2 Avenue de Monte-Carlo; 011-377-9806-6900; www.montecarlocasinos.com; entertainment and gambling complex; includes casino, Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo, and Les Ballets de Monte Carlo offices.
●Museum of Napoleon Souvenirs – Monaco-Ville; 011-377-9325-1831; www.palais.mc; over 1K documents and objects relating to 1st Empire.
●Nouveau Musee National (La Villa des Pins) – 8 Saint Honore Labande, Bâtiment B; 011-377-9898-1962; www.nmnm.mc.
●Nouveau Musee National (Villa Sauber) – 17 Avenue Princesse Grace; 011-377-9898-9126; www.nmnm.mc; 18th-19th Century automatons and dolls; within rose garden, in Larvotto Beach complex; to get here, take elevator down from Place des Moulins.
●Nouveau Musee National (Villa Paloma) – 56 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique; 011-377-9898-4860; www.nmnm.mc; next door to Jardin Exotique; recently restored with fabulous stained-glass windows; hosts temporary exhibits.
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