• The resort
Beausoleil, a former district of Monte Carlo, is mainly made up of small Belle Epoque houses with bow windows, pediments and monumental entrances.
To be seen: the Gustave Eiffel covered market, St Joseph's Sanctuary (church with a Sacred Heart stained-glass window), Fontdivina Fountain, the wash house, the Riviera Palace luxury hotel (a splendid building with a Belle Epoque façade built by the 1st hotel wagon-lit company) with its greenhouse and winter garden.
Places to see in the Principality of Monaco:
Monaco: the Prince's Palace and Square, changing of the guard, Oceanography Museum and Aquarium, Museum of Napoleonic Souvenirs, Museum of Old Monaco, "Historial des Princes de Monaco" (wax figures), Exotic Garden (6,000 semi-desert plant varieties).
Monte Carlo: the Casino and its terrace (view of Monaco to Bordighera Point), the National Museum of Monaco (dolls and automatons), Japanese Garden.
Fontvieille: the Princess Grace Landscaped Park and Rose Garden.
• The surrounding area
Walks in the back country: Cap d’Ail (4.5 km), Cap Martin (8,5 km), Cap Ferrat (14 km), La Turbie (7 km), Menton (10 km), Beaulieu (11 km), Villefranche-sur-Mer (15 km), Nice (20 km). Italy is nearby with Ventimiglia (23 km) and San Remo (38 km).