Monuments Menton Sightseeing in Menton

Menton

SightSeeing

• CL0S DU PEYRONNET
  Laid out by Humphrey Waterfield, these gardens blend colour and movement by means of a water stairways composed of successive ponds.
• JARDIN DE MARIA SERENA
  The most temperate garden in all France. Tropical and sub-tropical plants were acclimatized here in a garden of 3.75 acres, including an important collection of palm-trees and cycas.
• JARDIN DES COLOMBIERES
  Designed by the painter-novelist Ferdinand Bac, this garden is planned out like a voyage around the Mediterranean. It mainly contains cypress and olive trees.
• MONASTERE DE L'ANNONCIADE
  The oldest sanctuary in the region around Menton, founded in the 14th century. It is reached by climbing the Sentier du Rosaire which, bordered by oratories, offers the challenge of 464 steps ! Crowning the[...]
• MUSEE COCTEAU
  The Bastion (small fortress built on the port in 1636) was restored and re-designed in its entirety by Jean Cocteau as the setting for his artwork. The staircase, tapestry, pebble decoration..., everything[...]
• MUSEE DE PREHISTOIRE REGIONALE
  Return to the heart of mankind's history on the Mediterranean shore going back a million years. Collections of objects discovered on archaeological sites in the region.
• MUSEE DES BEAUX-ARTS
  Fine Arts Museum with collection of paintings from the 13th century to the present day.
• PALAIS CARNOLES
  The largest collection of citrus trees in Europe.
• SALLE DES MARIAGES JEAN COCTEAU
  Hall entirely decorated with murals by Jean Cocteau.