Maybe you don’t even need a top 3 list of reasons why Menton is the best town to buy a flat at. Let’s be honest: Southern France is already known all over the world for its perfect climate during all the four seasons of the year. French Riviera is also the obvious choice for a vacation if you appeciate breathtaking landscapes and high-profile luxury. Plenty of businessmen and tycoons already elected this town as the place to live and to mingle with other millionaires and billionaires. Anyway, let’s take a closer look at the “Pearl of France”…
Top 3 reasons why you’ll want to live in Menton
1- Luxury and comfort as inheritance to pass on
Menton was already extremely popular in the 19th century among British and Russian aristocrats. Lots of them who came into the town built many of the luxurious hotels, villas, and palaces which still grace Menton today. Today you can enjoy the luxury and comfort of an elegant apartment in the prestigious rue Saint Michel housebuying a flat in the magnificent Palais de la Rose.
2- Here comes the sun
Menton has been a tourist destination for centuries also for… soldiers! Did you know many of the luxury hotels and palaces you can still see today in Menton were pressed into service as hospitals during World War I to allow injured troops to recuperate in a pleasant climate?
3- Green everywhere
The best kept secret from locals in Menton? The magnificence of its gardens. Some of the most famous are the Jardin Serre de la Madone, the Jardin botanique exotique de Menton (‘Le Val Rahmeh’), the Fontana Rosa, the Maria Serena garden, and the modernist gardens of Les Colombières. Villa Fontana Rosa was built in 1922 by Blasco Ibáñez, the great Spanish novelist, and the gardens of the villa are now open to the public.
