A small change of plan has meant that we are now staying in Monaco rather than Nice, which is actually a huge bonus. The hotel is the Fairmont Monte Carlo, right in the heart of town. Of course in Monaco everywhere is in the heart of town as the whole place is only 2 square kilometres.
We are a couple of minutes walk from the grand casino and various other famous sights. We checked out the casino briefly. Didn't see James (Bond) but there were a number of cars parked outside that might have been his. There are Ferraris, RR's and Aston Martins everywhere.
The Monaco grand prix is on in a month and one can see the preparations even now. The famous hairpin bend is right outside our window.
The Hotel de Paris (not our one) is the most well known and excessively opulent hotel in town. We dropped by for a look and had a quick glass of champers. (The happy pic is from before we got the bill!)
Monaco as a place is so completely over the top that I can't imagine living here, but then, there is no chance of that happening!
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P.S. Our hotel lobby has a neat line in sparkly shoes that would grace Mi Piaci I'm sure. Nothing there in my size though.
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