Car Rental Monaco - Exploring Monaco

If you have a car in Monaco, the chances are you’ve arrived from somewhere else, and apart from a strange desire to drive the formula one route around this tiny principality, you’ll run out of places to drive your car within 20 minutes.

Heading west along the stunning Cote d’Azure is a treat if you have a car. Nice is the commercial and tourist hub, situated in the sweeping Baie des Anges. Popular by day and lively by night, the old town is a delightful mish-mash of winding streets, and squares full of Genoese, Provençal, medieval and Baroque architecture. Highlights include; the exotic Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Cathédrale Sainte Réparate, Palais Lascaris, Opéra house, grand Hôtel Negresco and Promenade des Anglais. It also has some fantastic museums and galleries boasting some of Europe’s best collection from impressionist artists.

The best beaches are found further west in the popular seaside town on Antibes. There’s more super-yacht mariners here, and it you haven’t yet had enough of gawking at the rich and famous, continue a round the corner to Cannes, known for its international film festival. Further along Saint Tropez is a nice place to visit for a few hours but ruinously expensive to stay in.

Inland, the Provence region is a delightfully rural excursion, characterized by vineyards, sleepy villages and the historic towns of Avignon and Arles – including Roman excavations.

Traveling eastwards from Monaco, Italy is less than an hour away, making it easy to go shopping in Milan, admire the maritime history and Renaissance buildings in Genoa or head further to the Lake Maggiore and the Alps.