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Monaco after dark.

The principality was built for the evening. The rooms that have held it since the 19th century, and the dates the whole world arrives.

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In short

  • The Société des Bains de Mer was founded in 1863 and opened the Casino de Monte-Carlo the same year.
  • The Hôtel de Paris opened on Place du Casino in 1864.
  • The Monaco Grand Prix has been run since 1929, the Monte-Carlo Rally since 1911.
Place du Casino

The square that made the town.

The Société des Bains de Mer was founded in Monaco in 1863 and opened the Casino de Monte-Carlo the same year. Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opera, built its opera hall, the Salle Garnier, which opened in 1879. The Hôtel de Paris opened across the square in 1864, and its Bar Américain is still where an evening in Monte-Carlo begins.

The night

From dinner to dawn.

Le Louis XV, Alain Ducasse's dining room at the Hôtel de Paris, holds 3 Michelin stars. Jimmy'z, the club Régine opened in 1974, carries on at the Sporting. La Rascasse sits on the corner of the Grand Prix circuit it gives its name to,.

Along the coast, Saint-Tropez has had Club 55 on Pampelonne beach since 1955, and Cannes fills for the film festival every May.

The season

When the world arrives.

WhenWhatWhere
JanuaryRallye Automobile Monte-Carlo, since 1911Monaco and the Alpes-Maritimes
AprilMonte-Carlo Masters, tennisMonte-Carlo Country Club
MayFestival de CannesCannes
May or JuneFormula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco, since 1929The streets of Monaco
SummerMonaco Red Cross BallSporting Monte-Carlo
SeptemberMonaco Yacht ShowPort Hercule

The Riviera on the board.

Sources. Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer · Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Salle Garnier · Automobile Club de Monaco · Festival de Cannes. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.

Questions

The short answers.

When did the Casino de Monte-Carlo open?

In 1863, the year the Société des Bains de Mer was founded.

Its opera hall by Charles Garnier opened in 1879.

When did the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo open?

In 1864, on Place du Casino.

How old is the Monaco Grand Prix?

It was first run in 1929.

When is the Monte-Carlo Rally?

Every January.

It was first held in 1911.

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