Description
Beausoleil buzzes with activity the whole year round reflecting the fast pace of the Principality of Monaco's numerous cultural and sporting events: the Grand Prix, Circus festival or open tennis tournament. The "Palais Joséphine" Apartment Residence is situated in the lively Beausoleil quarter.
Shops and Services
- All shops and services can be found close to the Beausoleil Residence and in Monaco. Pharmacy and doctor’s surgery below the Residence in the shopping street.
- Supermarkets 1.5 km from the Residence, accessible via bus routes no. 2 and no. 5.
Sports and leisure
- Cap d’Ail Watersports Club (Marquet Beach, Cap d’Ail: approximately 3 km from the Residence). Sailing school with courses for children and adults (optimist sailing, windsurfing, Hobbie-Cat, Laser, etc.). Courts hired by the hour. Fitness circuit.
- Monte-Carlo Country Club (Av. de la Princesse Grace, Roquebrune: approximately 2 km from the Residence). paying tickets system giving entry to: tennis, fitness, swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi, squash and pool table.
- Stade Louis-II swimming pool, Monaco, Quai des Sanbarbani (approx. 2.5 km / paying): Olympic swimming pool for adults and children. Aquagym lessons.
Resort Fêtes and events
- The Monte-Carlo Car Rally (January).
- Changing of the Guard at the Place du Palais.
- Nice Carnival (February).
- Menton Lemon Festival (February).
- Beausoleil Chamber Music Festival (March).
- Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival (January): various disciplines and very high quality acts.
To discover in the resort
- In Monaco-Ville: the Prince’s Palace, the Place du Palais, the Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium, the Napoleonic Mementos Museum, the Old Monaco Museum, The History of the Princes of Monaco (waxwork museum), the Monte-Carlo Story.
- In Monte-Carlo: the Casino and its terrace (views over Monaco up to Bordighera Point), the National Museum of Clockwork Figures and Old Dolls, the Japanese Garden, the animal park, the exhibition of vintage cars belonging to His Serene Highness the Prince of Monaco, the Naval Museum, Louis II Stadium, the Fontvieille Country Park and the “Princess Grace” Rose gardens in Fontvieille.
- Sea excursions: underwater viewing boat trips, leaving from Port-Monaco.
To discover in the surrounding area
Varied excursions along the coast and in the back country: the Cap Martin tourist trail, Tour Vence and Saint-Paul de Vence, Grasse, Biot, Vallauris, Beaulieu, Villefranche, La Turbie, St-Jean-Cap Ferrat and its museums, Nice, Menton, the gorges at La Mescla, Le Cianset, Le Verdon etc. Plus Italy right next door.