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Larvotto

The beach quarter: Larvotto, Avenue Princesse-Grace, Grimaldi Forum, Mareterra

  • Streets13
  • Buildings76
  • Places70
  • Typical height11 floors
  • Sun, 21 March8.8 h
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Aerial view of Monaco coastline with Larvotto beach and Tour Odéon
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About Larvotto

Larvotto is Monaco's shore. Its name comes from the Old French la révote, a bend in the coast, still written on the cadastral plans of the Bas-Moulins shore in the second half of the nineteenth century; earlier the area was simply called the Mouettes, then the Bas-Moulins. Before the town reached it this was marshland, and nearly a third of today's quarter has been won from the sea.

The quarter as it stands dates from 1966, when Prince Rainier signed the ordinance that created it, and from the burying of the railway, which freed the seafront along Avenue Princesse-Grace for apartment buildings. The Larvotto beach, a pebble shore that bathers have used since the railway came in 1868, faces a marine reserve of fourteen hectares where fishing, anchoring and boat traffic are banned, home to noble pen shells and brown groupers.

Along the avenue stand the Grimaldi Forum on reclaimed land, the Japanese Garden, the Sporting and several hotels; to the west, Mareterra – the Le Portier extension of six hectares – was inaugurated in December 2024 and is part of the quarter. Eastwards Larvotto runs to the French border at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.

Just across the border, in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, stand the Monte-Carlo Beach hotel and its restaurant Elsa.

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    What to see in Larvotto

    Japanese GardenJapanese GardenThe Japanese Garden is a municipal park on the Avenue Princesse Grace, in the Larvotto ward of Monaco. It is next to the Grimaldi Forum convention cen…User:Parisette · Public domainGrimaldi ForumGrimaldi ForumThe Grimaldi Forum Monaco, inaugurated in 2000 and named after the historical reigning family of Monaco, the House of Grimaldi, is an international ev…Grimaldi Forum Monaco · CC BY-SA 4.0Monte-Carlo SportingMonte-Carlo SportingThe Monte-Carlo Sporting (French: Sporting Monte-Carlo), also known as the Sporting d'été, is a building complex in the Larvotto ward on the eastern e…Elisabeth Klimesch · GFDLChampions PromenadeChampions PromenadeMister No · CC BY 3.0Musée National de MonacoLart Universe MontecarloLe FormentorLe Formentor is a high-rise residential building in Monaco.Émilie PalaceÉmilie PalaceThe Émilie Palace is a high-rise residential building in Monaco.DYVER · CC BY-SA 3.0Larvotto fountainLarvotto fountainВалерий Дед · CC BY 3.0

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    Events in Larvotto

    • 1961Monte-Carlo Television FestivalEvery year in June, at the Grimaldi Forum – since 1961

    Recurring events, from Wikipedia and Wikidata. This year's dates are on the organisers' own sites.

    Every street in Larvotto – 13 street guides

    Getting around

    Bus lines in Larvotto: 1, 5, 6, N1, X2, X3 (Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco).

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    Sources

    Quartier boundary, buildings, streets and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Sights: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons. Buses: CAM GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Sun: VERA PI's model, Copernicus GLO-30 terrain. The text: VERA PI.

    Wikipédia (fr) : Le Larvotto

    Wikipedia (en): Le Portier

    VERA PI Riviera guide: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

    Photo: Photo London UK/Adobe Stock