Holidays & Festivals

Nice Carnival
The Great February Festivals Are Back for 2023. Nice Carnival and Menton Lemon Festival
If Covid had the effect of dampening spirits in 2020 and in 2021 when some of our cherished festivals took a hit, then the opposite is shaping up for 2023. Some of our favourites are back with a vengeance to warm us up in this winter season.
9 Feb, 2023
Fête Nationale (National Day)
The Rich and Wonderful History of Monaco’s National Day
It’s exactly 70 years ago, in 1952, that the National Day of Monaco was first celebrated on November 19th by decree of Prince Rainier III. Since then, every year on the 19th of November, a proud and festive atmosphere overtakes the Principality as it celebrates its Fête Nationale.
19 Nov, 2022
Catholic Easter and Chocolate Bunny Tradition
Catholic Easter and Chocolate Bunny Tradition
The History of Easter This year the entire Catholic world will celebrate Easter on the 17th of April. Easter is traditionally celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.
16 Apr, 2022
Monegasque renewed traditional euphoria for Santa Devota
The Celebration and Story of Saint Devota
Each year, the people of Monaco gather to celebrate Saint Devota and to symbolically burn a boat, but not everyone is aware of the legend behind this celebration or, in fact, of the recent studies being carried out on Devota’s relics in the Principality.
26 Jan, 2021
Monaco’s National Day
Fête Du Prince, Monaco’s National Day, Sovereign Prince’s Day: Several Names, One Great Celebration
History of the National Day of Monaco Monaco’s National Day is also a celebration of its independence which is just as important to Monaco as July 4th is to the Americans.
18 Nov, 2020
Fete Du Citron 2019
It’s “Fete Du Citron”: The World’s Unique Lemony Carnival Is No Pip-Squeak
How many times would you go to see the Carnival in Rio in your life if money and time were no object.
20 Feb, 2019
fireworks
International Musical Fireworks Competition
This summer, the skies above the Principality of Monaco will not only be filled with stars, but also colourful and majestic firework displays. The International Musical Fireworks Competition, annually organised by Mairie de Monaco.
21 Jul, 2017
Saint John’s Day in Monaco: truly cultural festivity
Residents of the Principality of Monaco came together on the 23rd and 24th of June to celebrate the traditional St. John’s Day, putting on a truly cultural festivity and creating an atmosphere of joy as participants welcomed the start of summer and the happy, sunny months to come.
26 Jun, 2017
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