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Newest Review: ... covered market, filled with mouth-watering displays of produce as only a French market can be, and a couple of pleasant squares where you can sip an aperitif or a beer and watch the locals and your fellow-visitors. Somehow, visitor seems the right word for Menton. Tourists or even holiday-makers would doubtless be made welcome yet be subtly out of place, whilst visitors felt naturally at home and comfortable. West from here stretches the "modern" town centre. Modern in Menton parlance means dating from the formal incorporation into France in 1861, and the heart of the town is late nineteenth century, much of it in the elegant sty... more

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Menton: Learning to love the Cote d'Azur (2363 words)
by - written on 29/10/03 (Very useful, 937 readings)
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You either love or loathe the Côte d'Azur. There is no middle way. Like all places that are extremes of their kind, it excites extreme responses, both for and against. Five minutes on La Croisette - the promenade - at Cannes is enough to confirm me in my life membership of the loathers. The place is so insufferably pleased with itself. The swanky hotels, each with its private parasoled stretch of beach across the palmy boulevard, down which red Ferraris and air-conditioned black or silver Mercedes cruise, their numbers swelled by stretch limos during the Film Festival. The posh apartment blocks that blister the leafy hill behind the town - ... Read the complete review

Menton, Why go anywhere else? (286 words)
by - written on 05/07/01 (Useful, 91 readings)
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People travel all over the world to find that perfect, exotic destination. Well I've been there and found it. Menton, on the South East coast of France. The area is fantastic. I stayed in St. Raphael and Menton in the summer of 2000. St. Raphael was the livelier of the two offering a great sandy beach and good bars and restaurants. The casino is worth a night out as is the small marina. Menton, however, is paradise. Situated right on the boarder with Italy and just down the coast from the fabulous Monte Carlo. The town is a small one, offering lovely, atmospheric restaurants overlooking the sea or within the old town itself. The beach is pebbely, ... Read the complete review