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Monaco and Monte Carlo hotels, map, weather, Royal Family and the Monaco Grand Prix
Welcome to YourMonaco.com – we hope to provide you with the Monaco and Monte Carlo information you are looking for. Included in our guide are reviews for hotels in Monaco, a Monte Carlo street map, a weather forecast, property and real estate, and of course the Monaco Grand Prix. In addition to our regular Monaco and Monte Carlo information, we have a seperate section for hotels in Nice, information about the Monaco Royal Family, and biographies for Prince Albert, Princess Caroline and Princess Stephanie. Finally, if you are considering visiting Monaco, see our Nice Airport and hotels information page for helicopter flight times from Nice to Monaco, which also has information on reaching hotels in Monte Carlo by train and taxi from the airport.
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Monaco Risks Environment – Claim |
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April 6 2008
The new island due to be built off Monte Carlo which will include new Monaco hotels, museums and properties has come under fire from a marine protection organisation.
Surprising news perhaps given that Monaco is one of the countries leading the world on the environment since Prince Albert became Sovereign, and the winning bid for the island (we are led to believe that it will be called Princess Grace Island) must incorporate environmental protection.
Read more here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3646414.ece
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March 17 2008
Monaco has just opened an embassy in Moscow. It’s located on Delegatskaya Street. |
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Monaco Leopards Return Home |
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February 11 2008
With a little help from Prince Albert, the Monaco zoo leopards have been set wild in their natural habit in Africa
For the full story and some great photographs visit http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/26/ealeopard126.xml&DCMP=ILC-traffdrv07053100
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Prince Albert At New Monaco Embassy |
October 4 2007
While in the US for a meeting of the United Nations, Prince Albert opened the
new Monaco embassy in Washington D.C. Click
here for a report and photographs. |
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New Book: Grace Kelly Affairs |
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September 18 2007 DailyIndia.com reports a new biography on Princess Grace of Monaco alleges she was a ‘home wrecker’ with affairs with married men before she married Prince Rainier, and also had affairs with actors and Prince Rainier’s friends while they were married. The report in the dailyindia.com is here: http://www.dailyindia.com/show/174748.php/New-biography-lifts-the-lid-on-Grace-Kellys-lust-for-love See also our Monaco Royal Family section. |
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Monte Carlo is known for her glamour and sophistication, and the news today is of a new film to be made in Monaco - called Monte Carlo - to star and be produced by the epitome of Hollywood glamour, Nicole Kidman. The film is a comedy romantic, and initial gossip in Casino Square is that Nicole will be staying in one of the hotels in Monaco during filming, probably the Hotel de Paris. We look forward to her visit. To read more about Nicole, click here
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The Times Newspaper in London reports:
The luxury Columbus Hotel in Monaco is about to be put up for sale for an estimated 50 million Euros. The 181-room hotel is being sold by Ken McCulloch, founder of the Malmaison Hotels chain, and David Coulthard, the racing driver. The sale has been precipitated by a falling out between Mr McCulloch and a third partner, the Chicago multimillionaire Peter Morris. Mr McCulloch is selling up to focus on his Dakota hotel chain. |
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Prince Albert added his own glamour and sophistication to this weekend’s Grand Prix by inviting Charlene Wittstock to watch the race with him, and in the evening Charlene accompanied Prince Albert to the gala dinner. See our Prince Albert section for more… |
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Alonso Wins 2007 Monaco Grand Prix |
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Fernando Alonso in a McLaren has won the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton second, and Felipe Massa in a Ferrari third. Read our report here |
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Not content with being Europe's number one tax haven, having two of the world's top hotels in the Hotel de Paris and the Columbus, and the most famous Grand Prix, Monaco can now claim the best banks too. Not content with being Europe's number one tax haven, having two of the world's top hotels in the Hotel de Paris and the Columbus, and the most famous Grand Prix, Monaco can now claim the best banks too. UBS has just won Euromoney' s World' s Best Private Bank award. For more details about Monaco banks , Monaco bank account opening (minimum opening deposit 300,000 Euros) and the UBS Monte Carlo branch visit our banks section.
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Reports are suggesting 16 bids have been received to develop the new island
off Monte Carlo.
The island is likely to be environmentally friendly, and as well as having
new properties, is likely to include a hotel - and could change the circuit
of the Monaco Grand Prix. |
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Monaco has a new embassy - and her first outside Europe. It's in Washington
D.C., in the Kalorama district. Gilles Noghes is the U.S. ambassador and also
head of Monaco's mission to the United Nations. |
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Monaco has many fine hotels, including the Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo and the Columbus Hotel in Fontvieille. The Columbus Hotel in Fontvieille is owned by the well known Scottish hotel entrepreneur Ken McCulloch. Opening a new hotel elsewhere in Europe recently, McCulloch described the area of Fontvieille as "The Chelsea of Monaco" and the Columbus as "5 star at 4 star prices". Monaco has many fine hotels, including the Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo and the Columbus Hotel in Fontvieille. The Columbus Hotel in Fontvieille is owned by the well known Scottish hotel entrepreneur Ken McCulloch. Opening a new hotel elsewhere in Europe recently, McCulloch described the area of Fontvieille as "The Chelsea of Monaco" and the Columbus as "5 star at 4 star prices". The same comparisom cannot be made at the moment between Monaco's football club, who are struggling around the relegation zone, and Chelsea football club in England who are currently second in the Premier League. |
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