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I've only visited for a few days but there are supermarkets and at least one really nice public market much like in Menton and Nice. Probably the prices are not
by DoingIsLearning 4y ago
I've only visited for a few days but there are supermarkets and at least one really nice public market much like in Menton and Nice. Probably the prices are not French prices but they do cater for non-uber wealth.
I was surprised how family friendly the whole Principality felt once you are in residential neighborhoods outside the whole casino area, plenty of 'average' moms with strollers, children's parks etc.
If you are in good condition you can basically traverse the whole place by walking, very walk-able despite some very busy roads. We were traveling along the French coast but we just parked the car in a shopping mall park and traveled around the Principality by bus and walking. Public transit covers the whole Principality with bus lines, immaculate and very regular. One thing I did notice is that despite very good public transit it doesn't seem to be heavily used but I also didn't witness 'rush hour' from people traveling from France.
Like it's been mentioned a couple of times the whole place is video surveilled and there are Police men in pretty much every busy spot, plus all entry/exits into the principality, so overall it feels a bit like Singapore in the sense of being a heavy on rule-of-law fortress.
The negative aspects I recall:
- The amount of air pollution in some of the roads but this was summer time with little wind so that might play into it.
- Architecture wise apart from the old town parts and the palace/castle hill, looks like they went through heavy construction in the 80's and 90's so you see lots of concrete forest ugliness throughout the Principality.
- jakub_g 4y agoI live in the Nice area. Food prices in Monaco supermarkets and some restaurants are pretty similar to the French cities around. Of course there are fancy expensive ones in the most premium areas, but you can find French prices around easily. Public transport (buses) is cheap, and currently they're experimenting with making it free. To get to France or Italy, you can use a French train (SNCF) which goes every 30-60 minutes most of the time.