Monte Carlo, Monaco Travel Blogs

lifestyles of the rich and famous
Oct 28, 2007 (60 photos)

... to speak Italian, 4. People who don't try to speak Italian, 5. People who are rude (usually English or American).    Monte Carlo as you can imagine is quite hilly and after wandering around the old town near the palace the legs soon wore out. ...

You got 2 know when 2 hold 'em, know when 2 fold
Apr 8, 2004 (1 photos)

The hunt for a rich man in Monte Carlo was unsuccessful , dreams dashed as I jostled with the other girls to stand out the front of the Castle "Oh Prince, are you home??" (he wasn't).. so we went to the Casino to make our own fortunes, this didn't work ...

Expensive cars and a race track!
Sep 25, 2005 (17 photos)

... Monaco is a seperate country and only is about 1.9km square. The smallest country in the world. This was cool as the infamous Monte Carlo track is here. As soon as we got out of the expensive posh station (has to be the cleanest station i've ever seen) ...

Day Trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco
May 13, 2008 (12 photos)

... dream of a self-cleaning toilet that would warm the lid so I didn't have to sit on a cold one. Anyway, I digress. Outside of the Monte Carlo casino, a constant parade of $100,000 cars go by. One of the Ferraris revved his engine as if to say, "look, I own ...

The wild boar of France
Aug 2, 1998

... , past Marseilles and Aix-en-Provence and finally Monte Carlo. As we entered Monte Carlo, Melanie stated that you cannot camp in Monte Carlo, and I said you could. After an argument took place that she was never going to win, we parked the van one street ...

Money-Co
Oct 28, 2002

... sugar in every form. We walked through the tunnel and saw the Formula 1 Grande Prix trax then made our way up to the Monte Carlo Casino which was lined with gleaming BMWs, Mercedes and Porches. To get in or out of Monaco you must take a tunnel through ...

Monaco
May 17, 2005

... restricted to the question of tax laws - Monaco refuses to tax French residents or French companies with their headquarters in Monaco. Modern Mongasque history is inseparable from that of its current ruler. Born in 1923, Prince Rainier III acceded to ...

Monte Carlo
Aug 9, 1995

Monte Carlo

Craps in Monte Carlo & My Craps Education
Sep 23, 2009 (1 photos)

Craps in Monte Carlo I played Craps in Monte Carlo again. We were at a min. 10 euro table with x2 odds with 1,000 euros each. I was the shooter when we got to the table and I rolled an 8, 4, 5, 6. At this point I could see that everyone at the table ...

Married.... maybe.....
May 14, 2006

The Fench Riviera- Nice, Cannes, Monte Carlo. Cannes and Nice were cool. But we were 2days shy of the Film Festival, although the town was till packed!! All the expensive yachts 'parked' at the bay! All i can say is i am getting married in Monaco! Or at ...

Monte Carlo Casino - Living the High Life
May 26, 2006

... Sarah Michelle Gellar. If Johnny was there, you know I'd be there in a flash! So we took the Grand Prix road to the Monte Carlo Casino. It is... opulent... but smaller than you think. Maybe 3 main rooms. We paid 10€ to enter, and we weren't ...

Money - lots of it
Oct 10, 1999

... ;          Today was a blur of fast cars and expensive boats as we hit Monaco and Monte Carlo.  The money in this place was quite impressive - we saw Ferraris, Lambourghini Diablos and boats that make D.B. look ...

Monte Carlo
Jul 4, 2005 (4 photos)

... and the grand prix circuit. I managed to eat the nicest ice cream ever (well it should have been for the amount I paid!). Monaco was great, however we both felt a little out of place in our sandals with our backpacks among the casinos and Gucci boutiques!

My Birthday
Aug 7, 2009 (3 photos)

... I had a tee time at the monte carlo golf club at 8am.  We took a taxi to the golf course which is located high about monte carlo on a mountain, above a town called la turbie.  Our taxi driver was a great, even stopped along the way and took a picture of us ...

a lil gambling anyone?
Jun 14, 2007

A day trip to Monte Carlo for a little gambling sounds like a plan! Monaco was so beautiful! An aristocratic little country perched on a mountain overlooking the Mediterranean. (Unfortunately, the Nice transportation system isn't as friendly as we ...

Not the full monte
Nov 10, 2009 (9 photos)

... we did not find one until later in the day in Menton.  Before that we drove the coast road through Nice and Monte Carlo, both concrete jungles and not campervan parking friendly.  We found a picture perfect stop just after Monte Carlo at the top ...

Monte Carlo, Monaco
Jun 27, 2008

I had in port manning today and stayed on the ship in Monte Carlo, Monaco.  I wasn't completely sad about it, I was tired of big cities after my tiring jaunt around crowded and noisy Barcelona.  Don't get me wrong, I'm having a blast and am ...

Monte Carlo
Jul 11, 2006

... was a myth). The doors open up like a lamborghini and the engine purrs like you've never heard before. It was quite a sight. Monte Carlo is real ritzy and not as small as you think. We didn't see Prince Albert but his picture is everywhere. Check it ...

A playground for the rich and famous - Monaco!
Aug 26, 2009

... I, unlike them, could enjoy a pork pie from time to time without my vanity entering the equation. One of the quintessential Monte Carlo experiences must be sitting out on the umbrella-adorned pavement of the Café de Paris, looking across to the Monte Carlo ...

Monaco
Apr 13, 2005 (2 photos)

Morrocco is one awesome little place. Scenery is just beautiful, houses are the biggest I have ever seen. It so exclusive it only lets 25 new citizens a year in, these people must put down a deposit of 1 million Euro's, not to get back!! That counts ...

Monaco Pin
Mar 29, 2007

Monaco Pin

Monaco Went Into Prince's Home......
Jul 22, 2009

After another Cain clears out the hotel buffet we took bus 100 to Monoco.  Bus churned its way thought the coastal towns, full of villas, palm trees, cactuses and gorgeous blue waters.  Got off at the Grace kELLY GARDENS FULL OF FOUNTAINS AND ...

Monaco
Jul 25, 2005

... ! sydney one is much better! we were very tired so thought we'd just lie in the grass, but even that isn't allowed in monte carlo for us mere peasants, as some policemen blew their whistles at us! it must be disrespectful to the prince or something..... ...

Grand Prix de Monte Carlo!
May 25, 2008 (12 photos)

... as 19000 RPM) and we could only stand a few minutes that close (we were about 30 feet from the track). We wandered around Monte Carlo and tried to find someplace where we could at least get a glimpse of the cars--the city is very good a putting up ...

Money - lots of it
Oct 10, 1999

... ;          Today was a blur of fast cars and expensive boats as we hit Monaco and Monte Carlo.  The money in this place was quite impressive - we saw Ferraris, Lambourghini Diablos and boats that make D.B. look ...

Tuxedo's in Casino de Monte Carlo
Sep 19, 2009

Excerpt from my entry under Nice, 9/19/2009 about Monte-Carlo. While we were eating, the yacht gently slipped along the coast towards Monaco and by the time we had finished eating we had arrived in the harbor in Monaco. There was a limousine waiting for ...

Worlds second smallest country
Apr 25, 2007 (4 photos)

Rich city with of course, a beautiful cactus garden.

Casino Royal
Oct 20, 2009 (9 photos)

... and is one of the most unique tracks on the entire F1 circuit because the track swirls through the automobile streets of old Monte Carlo, through tunnels, hairpin turns, grade changes, dashing around fountains, a swimming pool, cafes, a bump or two in the ...

Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, Roulette and Romance
May 14, 2005 (25 photos)

... of Monaco, with highest GDP per capita in the world and they went and named a street after 'moi' isn't that nice! Monte Carlo, had sunshine and the rain, Roulette and the one armed bandits machines I played on, wonderful rich men driving their ...

Nice and Eze
Aug 6, 2009 (5 photos)

... me, go to the old town of Nice to the markets and then go to Eze which is a mid-evil town about 25 min ride outside of monte carlo on top of a small mountain.  Low and behold, when we went downstairs, my bag arrived.  I finally got to wear shorts.  So, we ...