Cheap Flights to Monaco

Discover Monaco

The Principality of Monaco is a principality that has been governed under a form of constitutional monarchy with Prince Albert II as the head of the state. Among the country’s official and common languages include French, along with Monégasque, Italian, Occitan, and English. Monaco’s climate records temperatures at an annual average high of 18.5 degrees Celsius or 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit, average low of 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit, with a daily mean of 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.5 degrees Fahrenheit, in a year’s period.

What to see & do

When within Monaco, some of its highlighted spots include Prince’s Palace of Monaco, French Riviera, Oceanographic Museum, Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco-Ville, Monaco Grand Prix, Opera de Monte-Carlo, Jardin Exotique de Monaco, Larvotto Beach, and Rock of Monaco, among others. The Monaco Grand Prix, is the site of a Formula One motor race that is held once every year on the Circuit de Monaco. The race course is laid out on Monaco’s streets, which have many elevation changes, along with tight corners and a tunnel. Monaco’s Oceanographic Museum is a museum of marine sciences within Monaco-Ville. Inaugurated in 1910, it is home to exhibitions and collections of numerous sea fauna, which includes species such as starfish, seahorses, sea cucumbers, cuttlefish, eels, and sharks, among others.

How to get around within Monaco

Getting around Monaco can be done by bus, motor scooter, taxi, and bicycle. Bus travel within the country of Monaco can be done via its urban bus service that is provided by the Compagnie des Autobus Monaco. There are five bus routes such as 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 that go to and from 143 stops. Each stop has the bus number/s of the buses that stop by per stop, along with a real-time display of wait times for the next service, in addition to a name and a network map. Going by motor scooter, these can be rented within Nice, France, and can be taken for short trips towards the east along the sea, into Monaco. Travellers 16 and older are able to ride. Within the country, there are plenty of free parking places for motor scooters. Parking the motor scooters within the area is also safe since there are plenty of cameras throughout the area, and there are a lot of police in the area. Monaco’s taxis cannot be hailed from the road since the rides won’t stop. Within the country, there are two main taxi stands that are open 24/7 by the Avenue de Monte Carlo and the railway station. It is recommended to settle the fees before getting on the ride, and to make sure that the taxi metre is working and running. Travellers can also get the taxi service phone number and call the taxi for pick up and drop off. Taking the bicycle on the other hand, the bikes can be hired from the Auto-Moto-Garage by Rue de Millo.

How to get there

Currently, there are no airports within Monaco. When flying into the country, it is recommended to fly via Nice Côte d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. The airport has flights into and out of international and domestic destinations such as Dublin Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Algiers, Constantine, Lille, Lyon, Paris, Ajaccio, Rome, Vienna, Minsk, Bucharest, London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Naples, Dubai, Monaco, Biarritz, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Copenhagen, Vienna, Casablanca, Lisbon, Zürich, Djerba, Istanbul, Bucharest, among others, via airlines such as Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Aeroflot operated by Rossiya, Air Algérie, Air Berlin, Air France, Air Transat, airBaltic, Austrian Airlines operated by Tyrolean Airways, British Airways operated by BA CityFlyer, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, EasyJet, El Al, Finnair, Germanwings operated by Eurowings, Iberia operated by Air Nostrum, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Niki, Royal Air Maroc, Swiss International Air Lines, TAP Portugal operated by Portugália, Swiss International Air Lines, Tunisair, and Turkish Airlines, to name a few, with seasonal flights to destinations such as Düsseldorf, Montréal, Athens, Tel Aviv, Riga, Dubrovnik, Prague, New York, Belfast, Tallinn, Helsinki, Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Angers, Dole, Leeds, Olbia, Beirut, Birmingham, Shannon, Bergen, Tozeur, and Kiev, among others. From the airport, travellers can get into Monaco via the Express 110 bus.