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Charity - "Christmas Bath"
Saturday 21 December 2024, at 10 AM, Larvotto Beach
The Christmas Bath is on Saturday at 10 am!! And it will be under the sun in water at 16 degrees! Come in large numbers for this friendly event in support of the association Le Pirate et Les Voiles Blanches!
Saturday 21 December 2024, at 10 am
Larvotto Beach
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Opera - "Christmas Oratorio"
Saturday 21 December 2024, at 8 pm, Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo
Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 2024/25 season. Choral concert. Conductor: Gianluca Capuano. Choirmaster: Stefano Visconti. Oratorio (cantatas I to III). Music by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Texts from the Gospel according to Luke 2:6-20. Additional texts by Christian Friedrich Henrici, Johann Rist, Paul Gerhardt, Martin Luther, and Christoph Runge. First performed: Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church & St. Thomas Church, 25 to 27 December 1734.
Saturday 21 December 2024, at 8 pm
Opéra Garnier Monte-Carlo
Place du Casino
+377 92 00 13 70
secretariat@opera.mc
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Exhibition - "Polar Mission"
Until Sunday 5 January 2025, Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Discover an immersive and interactive experience! Take on the role of a roving reporter and set off on a mission to explore the polar regions! This new exhibition includes five thematic areas spread over two levels. Learn about the poles and their wildlife, and the men and women who populate and explore them. Fascinating objects and documents, digital content and immersive devices come together to create a 360° experience. The great voyage can begin! The IMMERSION room (space N°4) has closed. The other areas of the Polar Mission exhibition will remain open until 5 January 2025.
From Saturday 4 June 2022 to Sunday 5 January 2025
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Avenue Saint-Martin
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Exhibition - "The Prince and the Mediterranean"
From 6 December 2023, Musée Océanographique de Monaco
As part of commemorations marking the centenary of Princer Rainier III (1923-2023), the Oceanographic Museum presents its new permanent exhibition, "The Prince and the Mediterranean". Visitors to the exhibition, the Oceanographic Institute's tribute to the unshakeable connection between Princer Rainier III and the ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea in particular, will step aboard his ship, Deo Juvante II. Guided by the voice of H.S.H. Princess Stéphanie, they will navigate through four fascinating spaces, each exploring a different facet of the Prince and his passion for all things aquatic.
From Wednesday 6 December 2023 to Tuesday 31 December 2024
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
Avenue Saint-Martin
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Exhibition - "The Early Days of Télé Monte-Carlo, 1954-1974​"
From Monday 25 March 2024 to Friday 31 January 2025, from 10 am to 5.30 pm (5 pm on Fridays), Institut Audiovisuel de Monaco
The Cabinet of Curiosities - "The Early Days of Télé Monte-Carlo, 1954-1974​" - An exhibition looking at the first 20 years of Monaco's TV channel launched in 1954. A selection of archives and objects will take you back in time, to the very earliest days of colour television. Organised by the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, the exhibition features items entrusted by Télé Monte-Carlo for safekeeping, documents from partner institutions, and materials kindly loaned by private individuals.
From Monday 25 March 2024 to Friday 31 January 2025, from 10 am to 5:30 pm
Audiovisual Institute of Monaco
L'Engelin, 83-85, boulevard du Jardin Exotique
+377 97 98 43 26
info@institut-audiovisuel.mc
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Exhibition - "Monaco Liberated!"
From 4 September 2024 to 31 January 2025, from Monday to Friday, 9.30 am to 5 pm, Ministère d'Etat
The Principality this year marks the 80th anniversary of its liberation from successive occupations by Germany and Italy during the Second World War. This new exhibition is brought to you by the National Archives Preparatory Mission, the Archives of the Palace of Monaco, and the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco. With the support of Monaco Library and the Central Records Office.
From Wednesday 4 September 2024 to Friday 31 January 2025, from 9:30 am to 5 pm
Ministère d'Etat
Place de la Visitation
+377 98 98 49 15
mpan@gouv.mc
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Christmas Pop-Up - "Christmas Chalets"
From Friday 15 November 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025, from 10am to 7pm, Avenue de Monte-Carlo
Welcome to the enchanting world of our Christmas chalets! Discover Les Chalets and let yourself be charmed by our festive delights and unique gifts. This year, come and discover a wide selection of sweet and savory specialties. In our chalets, you'll also find gifts, a palette of fragrances, enchanting flower bouquets, and comforting crepes and hot chocolates! Every moment transforms into a perfect sensory celebration to be shared with family and friends!
From Friday 15 November 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025, from 10 am to 7 pm
Avenue de Monte-Carlo
Avenue de Monte-Carlo
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Pop-Up Hivernal - "L'illusion parfaite du Chalet"
Du mardi 26 novembre 2024 au dimanche 16 mars 2025, de 18h30 à 1h30, Blue Gin
Venez vivre la magie de l’hiver au Blue Gin ! La montagne s’invite au Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort ! A partir du mardi 26 novembre, le Blue Gin se transforme en un véritable chalet d’altitude chaleureux et convivial pour les fêtes de fin d'année recréant l’ambiance cosy des refuges alpins. Une expérience éphémère à ne pas manquer, où l’esprit des montagnes rencontre le glamour de la Riviera.
From Tuesday 26 November 2024 to Sunday 16 March 2025, from 6:30 pm to 1:30 am
Blue Gin
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort 40, avenue Princesse Grace
+377 98 06 03 60
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Exhibition - "The Butterfly Effect"
Until Londay 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm, Musée d’Anthropologie Préhistorique
The Monaco Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology is delighted to invite you to discover its new temporary exhibition: The Butterfly Effect: The Pre-History of Animals, organised under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. Explore whole rooms themed to the animal kingdom and biodiversity, and take a fascinating journey through archaeology and our natural history!
From Sunday 1 December 2024 to Monday 1 December 2025, from 9 am to 6 pm
Museum of Prehistoric Anthropology
56 bis, boulevard du Jardin Exotique
+377 98 98 80 06
map@gouv.mc
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Exhibition - "Francisco Tropa - Paesine"
From Friday 6 December 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Paloma
The exhibition takes its name from "pietre paesine", ruined marble, whose geological markings are reminiscent of painted landscapes, on the boundary between figuration and abstraction. This analogy of nature and technique is a central theme in the work of Francisco Tropa, which focuses on the way in which an image appears and is perceived.
From Friday 6 December 2024 to Monday 21 April 2025
Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Villa Paloma
56, boulevard du Jardin Exotique
+377 98 98 48 60
contact@nmnm.mc
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Events - "Christmas Village - Gingerbread and Festive Delicacies"
From Friday 6 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025, Quai Albert Ier
The theme of this year's Christmas Village is "Gingerbread and Festive Delicacies". City Hall invites you to explore a magical world of sweet delights and childhood memories, positively overflowing with Christmas spirit. There will be 21 food stalls serving delicious warming snacks and 24 charming chalets selling all manner of seasonal gifts, plus of course a selection of ever-popular rides and attractions, including the big wheel, Christmas tree ride, carousel, luge, Santa's sleigh, and a Christmas merry-go-round for younger children. Also new for this year in a fun Christmas trail!
From Friday 6 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025
Quai Albert Ier
Quai Albert 1er
+377 93 15 06 03
animation@mairie.mc
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Animation - "Illuminations féériques & les Boules à Neige de Noël"
Du vendredi 6 décembre 2024 au mercredi 1 janvier 2025, Place du Casino
Emerveillez-vous sur la Place du Casino et plongez dans la magie des fêtes avec un spectacle d’illuminations unique projeté sur la majestueuse façade du Casino de Monte-Carlo. Laissez-vous tenter par les boules à neige géante. Les différents tableaux illustrés par ces sphères composent un récit complet, renouvelé chaque année. Une balade visuelle qui évoque l'esprit Noël, savant mélange de générosité et de bonté. Sans oublier la rencontre avec le Père Noël et le Carrousel de Noël, la Place du Casino s’avère un endroit parfait pour vivre des moments inoubliables entre amis ou en famille!
From Friday 6 December 2024 to Wednesday 1 January 2025
Place du Casino
Place du Casino
+377 98 06 20 00
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Tradition - "Christmas Nativity Trail"
From Sunday 8 December 2023 to Monday 6 January 2024, Place du Palais
The Principality's Christmas Nativity Trail was created in 2014 in Monaco's Old Town, on the wishes of HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II, to bring festive Christmas cheer and convey the culture and values embodied by nativity scenes from every continent. Each year, nativity scenes are displayed all along the trail, set up in specially installed chalets and in the various State buildings in the Old Town district.
From Sunday 8 December 2024 to Monday 6 January 2025
Place du Palais
+33 6 80 42 10 84
chemindescreches@monaco.mc
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Activities - "Sports Village"
From Friday 15 December 2023 to Sunday 7 January 2024, Port Hercule de Monaco
In addition to the Christmas Village on the theme "Rainier III, a Passionate Prince", a huge area devoted to adventure and sporting activities will be created on the southern embankment of the Port of Monaco. There will be lots of things to do, including a rope park, climbing wall, and an obstacle course inspired by the popular TV game show "Ninja Warrior". Finally, something never seen before in the Principality: rope slide, that will see intrepid adventurers launch themselves from the highest diving board of the Stade Nautique Rainier and soar over the Route de la Piscine.
From Friday 20 December 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025
Port Hercule de Monaco
+377 93 15 06 09
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