Monaco's newest district, built on land reclaimed from the sea between Monte-Carlo and Larvotto: a largely car-free seafront with the 600 m Promenade Prince Jacques, Calder's sculpture Quatre lances reflected in the pond of Place Princesse Gabriella, and buildings by Renzo Piano, Tadao Ando and Norman Foster.
- Address
- Place Princesse Gabriella, L'Anse du Portier, 98000 Monaco
- Hours
- Public space, open all day (not verified for the grotto rooms)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Evening · About 45 min
- Price
- Free (public promenade, squares and the two grotto rooms)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- At the Larvotto end of the promenade look for the rose window: behind it is Drops of the Sun, a quartz-and-light room by Tia-Thuy Nguyen, and next to it the Grotte Bleue, a balcony inside one of the 18 concrete caissons, 26 m high, that the district stands on.
- Residents walk here from the Japanese Garden next door; come early morning or at sunset, when the light changes on the quartz walls.
- Enter on foot from the Rond-Point du Portier; the flats, houses and villas are private.