Destination: Monaco
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Long considered a tax haven for an international crowd of wealthy expats, the principality is quickly outgrowing that worn cliché.
Read our Overview, and Strategies. Also in this report: The city’s best hotels under Where to Stay, authentic restaurants under Where to Eat, sights not to miss under What to See & Do, a guide to the shopping scene under Where to Shop, great drivers, villa rentals and boating companies in Indagare Intelligence, plus what to watch and read before you go in Library.
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SLEEP…in the former home of Karl Lagerfeld at the Belle Epoque villa La Vigie
EXPERIENCE…a day of spa treatments and sea therapies at Les Thermes Marins
SPLURGE…on a meal at Louis XV, Alain Ducasse’s original three-star
EAT…with a view on the terrace of Le Vistamar
DRINK…coffee or cocktails on the Café de Paris ’s terrace
SAVOR…an afternoon at the Monte Carlo Beach Club, preferably in a private cabana
VISIT…the Monte Carlo Casino destinations/57/departments/101#article_1994, if only to see the Belle Epoque architecture
SEE…a performance by renowned dance group Les Ballets de Monte Carlo destinations/57/departments/41
SHOP…for luxury watches at Zegg & Cerlati
KNOW…Le Panorama Charters for its fleet of yachts
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