La Roseraie Apartment - (ref: 1138)

2 bed / 2 bath - sleeps 6

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Per day
From: 50 euro
To: 140 euro

Features:

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 2 Bathrooms
  • Sleeps 6
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Property Description:

Furnished Apartment for rent 74m sq (800 sq ft):

- Center Ville: 100 meters from bus station – 400 meters from train station – 5 minute walk to the beach. 2nd floor apartment w/ elevator, quiet 3 floor building.

- 3 bedrooms: 2 bedrooms – living/dining room – kitchen – 1 ˝ bathrooms – 2 balconies

- Includes: full kitchen (fridge, stove, oven); accommodations for up to 6 persons (2 full beds, 1 sleeper couch, a crib is available), TV, stereo, washing machine, sheets and final cleaning included. Indoor parking is included and free outdoor parking is available.

Area Description:

Although the pretty town is nowadays inside France, Menton once belonged to Genoa, is still Italian to look at and is as warm in winter as Capri. The Cote d'Azur resort is used to tourists, and has had a resident English 'colony' since the 1890s. Among assorted European nobility in Menton's beautiful hilltop cemetery lie the inventor of Rugby football and Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde's friend and illustrator. Above the posh yachts and fishing boats, Menton's old town rises in a tangle of stepped lanes, pink/cream/ochre houses and tall Italianate churches. Menton is big enough to have most of what the tourist needs, both in season and out: plenty of shops, gardens, museums (including one to Jean Cocteau housed in an old fort) and plenty going on - but nothing too over-the-top rowdy. Menton hosts a famous Lemon Festival in February. Westward there is a curious 1930's Moorish-style Casino and a long promenade with a clean if pebbly public beach. Behind the town stands a sheltering line of mountains and several ancient villages on high ledges, connected by little lanes and footpaths. Surprisingly for the Riviera, there is a network of such routes, including parts of two 'GRs' - Grand Randonnees, French long-distance footpaths.
During the day, try any of several sea-front cafes and watch your waiter (probably Italian) cheerfully dodge the traffic separating the tables along the beach from his bar/restaurant across the promenade. At night, make for the Rue St Michel a bit back from the waterfront, at the foot of the old town. The Restaurant Don Riccio, quiet and friendly, serves excellent pizza. Or you won't have to go far for more typical French fare. Expect to pay about 20 Euros almost anywhere for three decent courses. Take a cheap bus (several a day) from the central bus station up to Roquebrune village and visit the ruin of a small mediaeval castle, with a heart-stopping view of the Riviera coastline. Tiny Roquebrune village is a huddle of red-tiled roofs and lanes which are more like tunnels. But there is also a little square, where we enjoyed our plat du jour and half-litre of rose in warm January sunshine. In only half an hour you can walk from this square down long but easy flights of steps, crossing two roads and the railway, to reach the Med. itself. Here a well-maintained footpath, with pretty views of the Monaco coast, runs all the way round the fancy Cap Martin headland. Judging from the numbers we met, it's a popular stroll for the locals, especially as it finishes at the beginning of Menton's sweeping promenade - with car park and buses handily placed. Nice is a handy budget airline destination for UK travellers. A shuttle bus runs from Nice Airport to Nice railway station. From there a train goes about every half hour right along the coast: stops include Monte Carlo (Monaco), Menton and eventually Ventimiglia and San Remo in Italy. Alternatively, there is a more expensive coach direct, every hour, from Nice Airport to both Monaco and Menton.






Area Activities

Some of the attractions throughout the year are: Beaches, Casinos (Monaco, Menton, San Remo, Beaulieu, Nice…) Restaurants, Cannes Movie Festival, Grand Prix of Monaco, Citrus Festival of Menton , The Nice Jazz festival and The Market of Ventimiglia. For more information on local events please visit some of the following web sites: www.menton.com ; www.menton.fr ; www.monte-carlo.mc ; www.nice.fr ; www.cannes.fr www.easyjet.com ; www.touristheaven.co.uk/france/menton.html

Location information

Beach : 800 m
Golf: 14 km
Metro: 400 m -
Airport: 28 km - Nice Cote D'Azur

Facilities

Car parking, Patio terrace, Freezer, Fridge, Iron, Oven, Cooker, Washing machine, Stereo, TV, DVD,

Special interests

Beach : 5 min walk to beach
Festival : de Citron, de Cannes da San Remo
Village : Local perched villages

Other Charges

None: Deposit and payment via Paypal, bank transfer, check drawn on a French bank or cash.
Linens: 20 euro per person
Cleaning: 35 euro
Towels: included with linens

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