Shopping

To find the world’s best-known and most exclusive designer brands, go shopping on the avenue des Beaux-Arts at such luxury boutiques as Cartier, Prada, Bulgari and Hermès, it is located around the corner from the Hotel de Paris and across from the Casino de Monte Carlo. The contact for this “cercle d'or” is Madame Beatrice Borobia, at Louis Vuitton, Avenue des Beaux-Arts Monte-Carlo MONACO  Tel +377 93 25 13 44  

The places to buy second-hand jewels. WURZ Jean-Pierre located at the Place du Casino (people who need cash for the

casino usually leave their jewels there !!) Tel +377 93 25 10 10 or ZEBRAK 1 Blvd du Jardin Exotique, Tel+377 92 16 00 01

For vintage and second-hand clothing and accessories, check out MINI & MAXI TROC, 5 rue des Lilas, Monaco Tel+ 377 93 25 58 48

Princess Grace boutiques (Boutique du Rocher)

Boutique du Rocher, 1 Ave. de la Madone, Monte Carlo, Tel +377/93-30-91-17

Princess Grace opened the first of two eponymous home wares shops in 1966, and they remain the place for locally handcrafted Monégasque and Provençal items, including Christmas-themed goodies and gifts, such as embroidered tablecloths, hand-carved frames, and colorful ceramic platters. Best yet, all proceeds go to the Princess Grace Foundation, her charity in Monaco (www.fondation-psse-grace.mc/frameseteng.html)

Will you have a seasonal section – if so, I found this for Christmas?

The esplanade of Monaco’s harbor, adjacent to Quai Albert 1, during the Christmas/winter season, is transformed into “Christmas Village Monaco”  -  a children’s skating/tobogganing rink is set up and is surrounded by small kiosks and vendors selling everything from hot mulled cider to trinkets, gingerbread sweets and Christmas/winter treats. The area becomes a winter playground with fun rides, a merry-go-round and Ferris wheel...Here’s a video link http://www.monte-carlo.mc/index-video_monaco-en/village-noel.html