Cruises from Menton
Of all the French Riviera resorts, Menton is the warmest and most Italian, being within a couple of kilometres of the border with Italy. Monaco is 8 km to the west. Menton retains an atmosphere of aristocratic tourism, being even more of a rich retirement haven than Nice. It doesn't go in for the ostentatious wealth of Monaco nor the creativity of Cannes and some hilltop towns, but glories chiefly in its climate and year-round lemon crops.
Read moreIt is ringed by protective mountains, so little wind disturbs this suntrap of a city, particularly appreciated in winter.
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