Menton Sights

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• Jean Cocteau Museum In a bastion near the port, this small museum displays drawings, ceramics, tapestries and a large mosaic by the artist.
• Salle des Marriages In the town hall, the civic wedding hall is decorated completely in murals by Jean Cocteau.
• The charming old town is compact and largely pedestrianised.
• Several impressive gardens dotted through the town including those at Garavan (Olive trees in Parc du Pian, Jardin Exotique, Villa Fontana Rosa).
• Casino and the magnificent hotels Royal Westminster and Ambassadeurs.
• Cimetière du Vieux Chateau Russian Orthodox chapel, grave of William Webb Ellis - founder of Rugby football, view over town.
• The perched villages inland (Ste Agnes and Gorbio).
• The Mare Nostrum brewery in Castillon.

• Fête du Citron There's a lemon party and you're invited! Lemon-related festivities over several days in February.