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Places

Attractions

Musée Océanographique

Opened in 1910 on a cliff above the sea: shark lagoon, tropical aquarium and the Mediterranean 2050 exhibition. Directed by Jacques Cousteau from 1957 to 1988.

4.5€€

Gardens

Roseraie Princesse Grace

Memorial to Princess Grace Kelly with 4,000 rose bushes across 450 varieties. A bronze statue by Kees Verkade at the centre. Most spectacular in late spring. Free.

4.4€

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux du Quai Albert Ier

A portside playground on the Quai Albert Ier, steps from the Stade Nautique — climbing frames, sand and plane-tree shade while the harbour goes about its business. Free, fenced and central: the natural pause on any La Condamine errand loop.

4.4

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux des Moulins

Moulins' shaded playground holds the essential choreography of Monaco childhood: climbing frames and swings that draw the quarter's mornings into familiar ritual. Beneath canopy and worn equipment, school breaks and weekend afternoons unfold in the patient language of scaling, swinging, and sandbox scheming.

4.6

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux de la Place du Palais

Tucked just off the Place du Palais on Le Rocher, a small playground where children burn energy between palace-square visits — climbing frames and sand within sight of the ramparts.

4.9

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux du Jardin des Oliviers (Cap-d’Ail)

Just over the western border in Cap-d'Ail, a playground set in the terraced Jardin des Oliviers — dappled shade under old olive trees and room to run, a short detour from Fontvieille.

5.0

Family & Kids

Centre de la Jeunesse Princesse Stéphanie

A creative sanctuary for young Monégasques—where art, music, and movement flow through light-filled studios. The center anchors the neighborhood's cultural life, nurturing talent and community in equal measure.

4.7

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux de la Costa

A neighbourhood playground off the Avenue de la Costa, serving the residential streets above the port — a local pause rather than a destination.

3.4

Family & Kids

Frimousse Kids Beausoleil

Nestled above Monaco in Beausoleil's peaceful corners, Frimousse Kids is a canvas of color and play where children discover movement and texture without formality. Light, space, and childhood pace matter here more than anything else.

5.0

Family & Kids

Jardin des Enfants

A public playground on Avenue de l'Annonciade, in the La Rousse quarter at the eastern end of Monaco, up the hill from the Larvotto beach.

4.9

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux du Larvotto

Larvotto's contemporary playground amid the manicured terraces of the renovated promenade — modern climbing structures with the beach a staircase away. Swim, play, ice cream, repeat.

4.5

Family & Kids

Médiathèque Caroline

Monaco's médiathèque, opened in December 2025 at Îlot Pasteur as one light-filled home for the library, the sound-and-video collections and the ludothèque. The youth floor — picture books, reading cabins, board games — and some three hundred activities a year make it the resident family's rainy-day anchor.

5.0

Family & Kids

Parc Princesse Antoinette

Large shaded park with adventure playground, mini-golf, picnic areas, and olive grove. Best outdoor family space in Monaco.

4.5

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux du Musée Océanographique

On the terrace beside the Musée Océanographique, high on Le Rocher, this playground comes with one of the Riviera's better backdrops — sea on one side, aquarium on the other. The natural decompression stop after the museum.

4.8

Family & Kids

Place Anne-Marie Campora

Leafy village-square in the Quartiers, where plane-tree shade and morning light make loitering irresistible. Monégasque families arrive with aimless purpose; children navigate playgrounds while adults reclaim the murmur of community. The Mediterranean whispers from a distance.

Family & Kids

Place Joséphine Baker

A sun-dappled plaza where paths wind past benches and sculptures—the kind of square where families settle and time softens. Kids roam the open lawns while parents claim the shade under spreading trees. Named for a cabaret legend, it carries the unhurried ease of a Mediterranean gathering spot where locals and visitors drift through at their own pace.

5.0

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux de la Place d'Armes

A patch of swings and climbing frames beside the Place d'Armes market — the classic post-market pause, minutes from both the port and the walk up to Le Rocher.

5.0

Family & Kids

Aire de jeux de la rue Princesse Caroline

On the pedestrian rue Princesse Caroline in La Condamine, a compact play area amid the market-street bustle — a practical stop, with café terraces close by for the accompanying adults.

4.5

Attractions

Monaco Open Air Cinema

Europe's largest open-air cinema with a 220m² screen on the Rock of Monaco. Summer screenings (June-September) under the stars.

4.4

Spas & Wellness

Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo

Seawater heated to sanctuary warmth in Belle Époque chambers above the port — the SBM's thermal institution, with pools, treatments and a saltwater tradition reaching back to the nineteenth century.

4.6

Family & Kids

Village Charlot

Beausoleil’s family médiathèque, minutes above Monaco — books, games and a seasonal programme of activities open to everyone, with no library membership needed. The same address hosts a free parent-and-child drop-in for under-sixes (Wednesdays 14:00–16:00 and Saturdays 10:00–12:00, closed in school holidays), run by the town’s social centre, which also holds parent-and-child baking and gardening workshops. Check the current programme before making the trip.

4.0

Family & Kids

Stade Nautique Rainier III

Young swimmers find their rhythm on Olympic-caliber lanes, where the Stade Nautique Rainier III anchors Monaco's aquatic life. Chlorine tang, echoing splashes, the percussion of determined kicking—this is where competition meets play, and ambition starts with the flutter kick.

4.4

Family & Kids

Little Wonders Monaco

An indoor family space at Grand Ida on Boulevard Rainier III built around young children — soft play, activities and a breather for parents. One of the few purpose-built wet-weather options inside the Principality.

5.0

Restaurants

Old Wild West

Western-themed steakhouse on Route de la Piscine — ribs, burgers and western plates portside, popular with families.

3.8€€

Family & Kids

Espace de Loisirs Jeunesse (Beausoleil)

The town of Beausoleil’s youth space for ages 11 to 17, a short walk above Monaco. Open drop-in on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 12:00 to 18:00 and Fridays from 16:00 to 21:00, with full-day programmes in the school holidays (not August): outings, sport, cultural and environmental activities, themed weekends and short trips. Call ahead to ask about joining.

Family & Kids

Centre Culturel Prince Héréditaire Jacques de Monaco (Beausoleil)

Beausoleil’s cultural centre, a few minutes above Monaco, built to bring the town’s music and dance schools under one roof: a 120 m² dance studio, seven music rooms, an exhibition space and a performance hall, with places to sit and wait designed for families. Enrolment runs by the season — the current brochure is on the town’s website.

Family & Kids

Jardin du Ténao (Beausoleil)

A fenced playground on Avenue de Saint-Roman, on the Beausoleil side just above Monaco’s eastern edge. Opened in 2012 and rebuilt in 2023: a slide tower, a roundabout and play panels on an all-weather surface, with a caged ball court alongside.

Family & Kids

Square Castor et Pollux (Beausoleil)

A small fenced children’s square in the Moneghetti quarter of Beausoleil, by the bus stop that shares its name: a play train with a slide on soft ground, refitted by the town in 2011, with benches under the trees. Open 9:00 to 18:30 from May to September and 9:00 to 17:30 from October to April.

Events

Family

Story Time

7 October 2026 → 9 December 2026

Family

Charlot 3.0: The Library’s Digital Resources

7 October 2026 → 17 October 2026

Family

Parent-and-Child Drop-In

7 October 2026 → 16 December 2026

Family

Baby Time – First Books, First Games

10 October 2026 → 12 December 2026

Family

NMNM Family Workshops – “Magical Creatures”

10 October 2026 → 2 January 2027

Family

Creative Workshop – Imagination at Your Fingertips

14 October 2026 → 9 December 2026

Family

Monaco Attractions Fair

16 October 2026 → 19 November 2026

Family

Charlot Out and About: Parents-and-Kids Evening

16 October 2026 → 18 December 2026

Family

Club Oceano – Autumn Half-Term Camps

19 October 2026 → 30 October 2026

Family

Teen Book Club – #LuEtApprouvé

21 October 2026 → 16 December 2026

Family

Invent a Magic-Lantern Show – Children’s Workshop

22 October 2026 → 23 October 2026

Family

Pass’Sport Culture – Autumn Half-Term Activities for Young People

22 October 2026 → 30 October 2026

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

23 October 2026

Family

Que le spectacle commence! – a Family Screening

23 October 2026

Culture

Disney

24 October 2026

Family

Story Hour – Quiet, We’re Reading!

24 October 2026 → 26 December 2026

Family

Totem Monotypes – a Children’s Art Course at the NMNM

26 October 2026 → 29 October 2026

Family

Children’s Halloween Theatre Course – Théâtre des Muses

26 October 2026 → 30 October 2026

Family

Philosophy Workshop – Descartes sur table

28 October 2026 → 30 December 2026

Family

Giant Werewolf Game: Halloween Special

30 October 2026

Family

Halloween at Princess Antoinette Park

31 October 2026

Family

Harry Potter and Wizardry in Music – Family Concert

31 October 2026

Family

First Steps in the Fab Lab

4 November 2026 → 14 November 2026

Family

Studio Bricks: Make Your Own Podcast!

2 December 2026 → 12 December 2026

Family

Christmas Village / Marché de Noël

5 December 2026 → 3 January 2027

Family

Dance as a Family – a Ballets de Monte-Carlo Workshop

19 December 2026

Family

Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival

22 January 2027 → 31 January 2027

Family

Monaco International Dog Show

11 April 2027 → 12 April 2027

Past events

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

16 October 2026

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

13 October 2026

Family

The Colour of Emotions – a Workshop with an Illustrator

10 October 2026

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

9 October 2026

Family

English Workshop with Ukulele: Forest Walk

6 October 2026

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

29 September 2026

Family

Ideas for a zero-waste snack with Ecopolis

19 September 2026

Family

World Cleanup Day 2026

19 September 2026

Family

Amateur Practice Workshops - Dry-point Engraving

9 September 2026 → 11 September 2026

Family

English Workshop on Ukulele: On the Theme of Transport

28 August 2026

Family

Garden Comedy

28 August 2026

Family

Summer Family Cinema - Hola Frida by André Kadi and Karine Vézina (2025)

20 August 2026

Family

Parent-child workshop: vacation photo frame

5 August 2026

Family

In the heart of Monaco: A guided tour of the Rocher - TOUR IN ENGLISH

5 August 2026

Family

Fireworks: August 1st Evening

1 August 2026

Family

Jaspage Workshop - Free Your Creativity and Personalize Your Book Edge

31 July 2026 → 1 August 2026

Festivals

Fireworks Evenings at Quai Albert Ier

25 July 2026 → 1 August 2026

Music

Fireworks: Evening of July 25th

25 July 2026

Family

English Ukulele Workshop: On a Seaside Theme

24 July 2026

Family

Summer Family Cinema - Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes by Mailys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han (2025)

23 July 2026

Family

In the Heart of Monaco, Guided tour of Monte-Carlo & Mareterra - TOUR IN ENGLISH

22 July 2026

Family

Manga Afternoon - Games and Manga Blabla

22 July 2026

Family

Youth Workshops - Monaco and the Automobile Exhibition

6 July 2026 → 17 July 2026

Family

Circus Workshops Under the Big Top of the Festival International du Cirque de Monte-Carlo

5 July 2026 → 13 August 2026

Family

Circus workshops under the big top at the Monte Carlo International Circus Festival

5 July 2026 → 13 August 2026

Family

Monaco-Ville in Celebration - U Sciaratu

3 July 2026

Family

Summer with Family in Monaco

3 July 2026 → 16 August 2026

Family

Animation Loto & Bingo

27 June 2026

Family

Kids' Boom

26 June 2026

Family

Parenting Discussions - Let's Talk About It!

23 June 2026

Family

Amateur Practice Workshops - Drawing Walking Tour

22 June 2026 → 23 June 2026

Family

Magic Show

19 June 2026

Family

Reopening of the Condamine Market

17 June 2026

Culture

The Monaco Open Air Cinema: Summer Season

15 June 2026 → 6 September 2026

Family

Arigato Mission Japon

12 June 2026

Family

Marbled Paper Bookbinding Workshop

8 June 2026 → 9 June 2026

Family

La Note Bleue Summer Festival 2026

29 May 2026 → 29 August 2026

Family

Spring Holiday Art Workshops

20 April 2026 → 23 April 2026

Family

Spring Vacation Workshops

20 April 2026 → 23 April 2026

Family

Atelier Makis at Marché de la Condamine

18 April 2026

Family

Atelier Makis: Demonstration and Tasting at Marché de la Condamine

18 April 2026

Music

Music, Maestro!

18 April 2026

Family

Atelier Peinture — Picasso for Kids

15 April 2026

Family

Club Oceano — Discovery Course on the Ocean

13 April 2026 → 24 April 2026

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