| City |
Menton (06500) |
| County |
Alpes-Maritimes (06) |
| Address |
Avenue Blasco-Ibanez |
| Website |
www.menton.fr |
| Phone |
33 (0)4 92 10 97 10 |
| Fax |
33 (0)4 93 28 46 85 |
| E-mail |
E-mail |
Description
Playwright and novelist Vicente Blasco-Ibañez created this garden in 1921. It is ornamented with Spanish style tiled elements, and dedicated to the great authors' memory. This "Writers' Garden" has been classified as a protected monument in 1990. It is designed as a reading space, honouring the creator's favourite writers: Flaubert, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky and Cervantes.
This charming site, where grand ficus and palm trees thrive next to tiled benches, pergolas, basins and columns, is being restored today.
Practical information
- Opening 2012 :
Open every Friday except bank holidays. Guided visits only.
Guided tours only, every Friday except on bank holidays, at 10 a.m. Meeting point on site.
- Charges :
Guided tour: 5 Euros; free for children under 12.
- Access :
Menton Garavan, direction Italy. Pass by Quai Monleon, Quai Bonaparte, Porte de France. Turn right on Avenue Blasco-Ibañez.
Public transport : Bus line number 3, stop Blasco-Ibañez.
GPS (Lat x Long) : 43.785756000, 7.515434000
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