Menton, the last French Riviera town before you reach Italy, is one of the Côte d'Azur’s most blissful stops, with an enviable microclimate affording more than 300 days of sunshine a year, lush ...

Breathe in the fragrance of the rare and exotic plants that thrive in Menton’s remarkable gardens. Embrace the tang of the Menton lemon—sip local lemonade and limoncello and savor a sweet slice of ...

MENTON, France — As most of Europe moves into the solemn weeks before Easter, the party is just getting started on the French Rivera. The Mediterranean town of Menton showcased its lush citrus and ...

Feted for its warm winters and famous lemons, the seaside border town has attracted artists and writers from around the world ‘It’s not France, it’s not Italy, it’s Menton.” The seaside town on the ...

I am eating oysters with shallot cream and a delicate pear sauce at Mirazur, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant on the French Riviera. The glass-fronted restaurant perches on a hillside with ...

There’s a local fable in the French Riviera that when Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden, Eve took a lemon with her and buried in the spot that would become Menton. Whether or not you ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A giant violin made almost entirely from oranges and lemons stands in the gardens outside Menton’s Palais de ...