Monaco on the Cheap
Monaco may be famous as a playground for the rich, but it also has a lot of deals if you know where to look. Here is a list of 30 things you can do or see in Monaco for free or under 15€:
- The world’s most scenic bus ride is from Nice to Monaco for 2.50€
- Local Monaco all-day bus pass is just 5.50€
- Free Bateau Bus boat ride across the Monaco Port with bus pass (or 2€ without)
- Stroll around the harbor to check out the super-yachts while googling the biggest boat names for owners, cost, history, and most outlandish features.
- 12€ entry to open-air salt-water Olympic municipal swimming pool set amongst the super-yachts
- In winter, this pool becomes a giant municipal open-air ice skating rink, and it’s only 8€ including skate rental!
- Best lunch deals in Monaco are in the Port from the food stalls at the Condamine Covered Market …great ambiance too
- 10€ admission to Classic Car Museum in the Port
- Walk the entire 2-mile/3km Monaco Grand Prix course beginning at the starting line in the Port (map here)
- Free day for the Monaco Classic Grand Prix (raced with vintage cars) on the Friday of the race weekend (usually early May, but in 2026 will be late April)
- Free fan zone during the Monaco Grand Prix (usually late May, but early June in 2026)
- for the actual Monaco Grand Prix, you can watch the trials on Thursday in any seat for just 30€
Free million-dollar view from the top of Monaco-ville- Free Palace Changing of the Guard ceremony everyday at 11:55am (get there early to get a good spot)
- Free entry to the Cathedral where Princess Grace was married and buried
- Free 15-minute tour of the Princess Grace Irish Library (in the Old Town near the Palace), which finishes with a short film on Princess Grace.
- The Oceanographic Museum is normally 23€, but with the 28€ combo ticket adding Classic Car Museum (or Palace Tour Apr-Oct) you get it down to 18€. And if you came by train, show your same-day TER ticket or pass for 2€ euros off, and now it’s just 16€.
- Free entry to the Grand Casino/Opera House atrium
- To get into the infamous Grand Casino gaming rooms, you’ll need to pay an 18€ fee, but after 2pm you get 10€ back in slot tokens, so that brings your entry fee down to just 8€
- Free entry to the smaller casinos at the Café de Paris and in the Fairmont Hotel (across from the famous Grand Prix hairpin turn)
- For a 10€ glass of house wine on the Café de Paris terrace (or a 9€ Coke, or 7€ coffee), you get a million-dollar people-watching perch in front of the Casino. Patio full? There is a new, little-known terrace bar just upstairs.
- All of Monaco has free wifi so go ahead and post those selfies and celebrity sightings in real time!
- Free access to the Casino Gardens in Monte Carlo (often featuring really interesting outdoor art installations)
- Best to-go lunch in Monte Carlo for a garden or beach picnic:
- Super U at 30 blvd Princess Charlotte (one street up from tourist office)
- Spar Supermarket hidden in the basement of the marbled Metropole Shopping Mall across from the Casino Square.
- 3€ entry to Stamp and Coin Museum (bus #4/6, Centre Commercial stop)
- Free entry to the Japanese Garden (bus #5 or #6, bus stop ‘Grimaldi’)
- Free public beaches in Lavrotto (bus #5 or #6, bus stop ‘Plages’)
- Free Sunday admission to Villa Sauber Museum (bus #5/6, bus stop ‘Sauber’)
- Free International Fireworks Competition every summer
- Best panoramic view from local Monaco bus route: bus #2 (free with bus pass)
- Free entry to Exotic Garden Greenhouses Tues-Sat 8a-3p (bus #2)
- Free Sunday admission to Villa Paloma Museum (bus #2)
- 1€ general admission to Prehistoric Museum (bus #2)
See Related Pages:
- Itinerary for a Day Trip to Monaco
- 50 Fascinating Facts about Monaco
- Taking the Bus from Nice to Monaco
- The Monaco Grand Prix… on the Cheap!
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