Much like New York, New York or Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Monte Carlo, Monaco as a certain showy ring to it. When you hear it you just know that the place has so much ego its as eager to spill as an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. It is a city-state, a monarchy, and it is very wealthy thanks to its tax-evasion-friendly policies that encourage billionaires to move there.

From the Café de Paris next to the main casino, to the F1 racing tracks on its streets, and the famous marriage of Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III, Monaco is the place of legends. It is clean, the buildings are well-maintained, and traffic is well-regulated. I would probably like to retire in Monaco if it wasn’t so boring. After all, the wealthy do have a very different idea on entertainment.

If you do visit, then it might be prudent to pack your own lunch to try and spend as little money as possible while you’re there. That said, the prices aren’t exorbitant; they might be more expensive that what you pay at your local deli, but it won’t be more than any other European tourist hotspot. Worth a day trip.

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