Page 99 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Provence & The Côte d'Azur

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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map F3. n 2a blvd des
Moulins (00 377 99 99 20 00).
Grimaldi Forum (cultural
centre): Tel 00 377 99 99 3000.
Open daily. _ Monte-Carlo
Rally (Jan); Festival International
de Feux d’Artifice (fireworks)
(Jul–Aug). ( daily.
Transport
£ Pl Ste Dévote.
Le Brasserie du Café de Paris
Ladies’ man Edward VII was a
regular visitor to this renovated
belle époqueépoqueé triumph. The dessert
crêpe suzette was named after
one companion.

Casino
In a 3-day gambling spree
in 1891, Charles Deville
Salle Garnier Wells turned £4,000
Designed by Charles Garnier into a million francs,
in 1878, this was where ballet inspiring the song, The
innovators such as Diaghilev Man Who Broke the Bank
and Nijinksy congregated. at Monte-Carlo (see p98).