Côte d’Azur Garden Festival
Tour ideas in Menton
Suggested by the town of Menton
Click on the points on the map to see each location.
Tour ideas in details
1 - Etats-Unis Square
This square aims to be a contemporary garden, for pleasure and discovery.
A place for family Sunday walks and recreation, it is also a didactic trail for botany enthusiasts.
29, Avenue Carnot – Menton
Latitude : 43.772593 – Longitude : 7.497448
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Etats-Unis Square : 10 minutes (800 meters)
2 - The Orangeraie garden Palace
Discover the charm of a palace garden at the beginning of the 20th Century where exotic and tropical vegetation blend in harmoniously.
L’Orangeraie – 15, Rue Partouneaux – Menton
Latitude : 43.775067 – Longitude : 7.499045
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Orangeraie garden Palace : 3 minutes (210 meters)
3 - The Orient Palace
4 - Clémenceau Place
The square, renovated in 2016 is decorated with beautiful jacarandas and a carousel with old-fashioned wooden horses and decorations in typical style and colours of Menton.
Place Georges Clémenceau – Menton
Latitude : 43.775269 – Longitude : 7.505008
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Place Clémenceau : 9 minutes (700 meters)
5 - Municipal covered market
Between the port and the old town, the covered market decorated with local ceramics date from 1898. The municipal market is full of colours, scents and flavours of the south.
Open from 6am to 1pm - closed on Mondays
5, Quai de Monleon - Menton
Latitude : 43.775207 – Longitude : 7.506008
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Municipal covered market : 11 minutes (900 meters)
6 - Place aux herbes
7 - Parvis Saint Michel
The doorsteps of the Saint Michael Archangel Basilica are made of pebbles representing the Grimaldi emblems. Renovated in 2006 according to the eighteenth Century methods of implementation, it required 250,000 pebbles and a year of work to rebuild its 170 m².Place de l’Église - Menton
Latitude : 43.777190 – Longitude : 7.507113
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Parvis Saint Michel : 13 minutes (1 kilometer)
8 - Pian Park
The Pian Park is an exceptional olive grove laid out in terraces facing the sea. 540 olive trees, some centenarians, flourish on an area of 3 hectares.
Entrance at 11 avenue Blasco Ibanez or boulevard de Garavan, 06500 Menton. Free entrance.
Latitude : 43.785106 – Longitude : 7.513481
Distance from the ephemeral gardens to the Pian Park : 30 minutes (2,5 kilometers)