Holiday in Monaco, a residence of luxury
What is Monaco?
Despite its tiny territorial dimensions, this does not prevent Monaco from creating for the huge influx of tourists a lot of entertainment institutions tempting with their luxury and subtle sophistication. Complementing with historical and cultural attractions, chic beaches, luxurious cafes filling tourists' rest with unforgettable impressions.
On the Mediterranean coast, Monaco is the most prestigious and expensive holiday destination. However, this small state accounts for the largest number of millionaires. The economy of the state is created and developed mainly thanks to such spheres as: tourism and gambling, which, by the way, very well "pushed" the economic development of the country in the right direction and it happened with the opening of the Monte Carlo casino in 1865.In addition, in Monaco is very beneficial entertainment industry, investment activities and all thanks to the prevailing in the country super-tax system of taxation, which allows to attract large foreign capital. The country has a well developed banking system and there are eight hundred active international companies.
Monaco unites several cities that have literally merged. In turn, it is: Monaco-Ville is officially considered to be the capital of the principality, Monte Carlo, La Condolein, and a very small( only forty hectares), the territory conquered from the sea - Fontvieille, which for the last twenty years has been stubbornly dehydrated at the initiative of the late father of the presentruler of Monaco.
What to see in Monaco on vacation?
Among the main attractions of Monaco can be called - the official residence of the government - the Princely Palace, which was built in the distant 1911.He was repeatedly subjected to perestroika, expanded, but did not lose his pristine grandeur and beauty. The palace literally for seven centuries is the only true residence of the princes of Monaco, who managed to preserve the uniqueness of architectural reflections, which many European palaces failed to do.
Every day a spectacular ritual of changing the guard of tall guardsmen in a white dress uniform takes place on the palace square. I must say that Monaco is considered the only country in the world where the number of soldiers in the army is only 82 people, which is even less than the number of musicians of the military band( 85 people).
The southern wing of the Princely Palace, where the museum of Napoleon is located and the amazing museum of Oceanography, as well as the Collection of the historical archive of the palace in which the princes lived are of great curiosity. Do not ignore the tourists and the most elegant gardens of St. Martin, fascinating with its beauty and diversity, a museum of wax figures, a museum of old Monaco, a white-stone cathedral of St. Nicholas in the Roman-Roman style, as well as one of the ancient buildings of 1639 - the Chapel of Mercy.
Art lovers must certainly visit the famous opera of Monte Carlo, founded in 1879 and the famous Russian ballet by Diaghilev, as well as the classical dance academy headed by Marina Bezobrazova. This is truly a paradise for connoisseurs of beauty.
No less famous and luxurious institution - this is the world famous casino "Monte Carlo", it surprises with beauty and architectural luxury. For all gamblers who have at least some amount of money, his doors are hospitably opened. Around the casino is a sculpture of Adam and Eve, according to local signs who want to experience the fate of "big" - must at the mercy of touching their naked bodies.
Still, the main life in the country takes place around a huge number of exquisite restaurants that allow you to eat the food of high cuisine, no less interesting are the famous nightclubs, discos and, of course, casinos.
Internet magazine Vse-Sekrety.ru strongly recommends visiting this unusually interesting country - Monaco. And those who have already been there - can share their feedback in the comments to this article.