Menton travel guide
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Visit Menton: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Menton is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region) in the south-east of France at 21 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Menton is 689 km from Paris and 903 km from the port at Calais).
For a detailed travel guide see Menton (page also includes a photo gallery for Menton)
Popular places to visit near Menton: these include Sainte-Agnes at 4 km and Roquebrune-Cap-Martin at 4 km. Sainte-Agnes is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 4km and Trophy of Augustus is a listed 'national monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Menton: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 4*; Menton has a protected historical centre "secteur sauvegardé" (see also historical French towns);
Selected places to visit and attractions near Menton, France
Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.
Things to see in Menton and nearby
Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Menton
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (17km) : Jardin botanique (21km) : Le Vallon du Brec (37km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (38km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (48km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (49km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (9km) : Saorge Monastery (24km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Sainte-Agnes (4km) : Coaraze (20km) : Gourdon (43km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (47km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (21km) : Cannes (47km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Menton & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Menton
Canton: Menton
Arrondissement: Nice
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur
Postcode: 06500
Distance to Menton
from Nice: 21 km
from Paris: 689 km
from Calais: 903 km
from Nice: 21 km
from Bordeaux: 654 km
from Strasbourg: 535 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
Other communes near Menton (within 6 km): Castellar : Gorbio : Roquebrune-Cap-Martin : Sainte-Agnes :
Menton holidays and travel
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This page in French: Visitez Menton