Menton travel guide
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Visit Menton: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Menton is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence 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);
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Menton, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Menton
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Menton.
Note that all distances from Menton shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Menton holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Menton (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Alpes-Maritimes gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Menton and wondering what to do next!
- '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
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
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Menton): Castellar, Gorbio, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Sainte-Agnes.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Menton from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Menton