The Garden Fontana Rosa - Menton (06) - Alpes-Maritimes - Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur - France

The Garden Fontana Rosa

Menton - Alpes-Maritimes (06) - Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur - France

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The Garden Fontana Rosa : 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. Created in : 1921

  • Opening 2024 :
    Guided tours only by appointment, on site.
  • Visits :
    Guided visits with previous booking , Duration of a guided visit : 1h30 .
    Access partially adapted for disabled persons.
    Reservation groups
  • Charges :
    Guided tour: 6 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