Лазурный берег. Часть 1. Menton – “Жемчужина” Франции. Высокогорная деревня Sainte-Agnès

Лазурный берег в феврале. Фестиваль лимона

➡️ https://youtu.be/-E-sc28CLoY

➡️ https://youtu.be/cSzfrrHDYKA

Экскурсии по Парижу и Франции

➡️ Контакт https://www.instagram.com/elena.guideinparis/
➡️ VK https://vk.com/id601040068

#лазурныйберег #france #франция

who does not know about the Côte d’Azur of France, perhaps many of you have been here on the Côte d’Azur, but have you ever been to the city that is called the pearl of the Côte d’Azur, this city is called Menton, Italians pronounce Menton, Russians began to speak Menton from the beginning of the 20th century Well, in French Menton we are setting off on a new journey From Paris to Menton 960 km and getting to Menton You can either by car the journey will take about 12 hours or fly by plane, but you arrive in Nice from Nice airport, there is a bus to Menton, the journey takes about an hour, or you can take the TGV train from Gare de Lyon. A change in Nice or Antibes and the journey from Nice to Menton also takes about an hour by train. Travel time by train from Paris to Antibes is 5 hours and another hour from Antibes to Menton. The price of a train ticket depends on what time of year you are traveling, but Personally, I paid 108 euros there and back. 13:44 I arrived in Antibes, here I have a transfer to Menton on the same route. First, when it leaves here, another train that goes to Italy will arrive and on which I will go to Menton. In Paris in the morning it was + 6° C, gray sky and it was raining here +14° and blue sky not a single cloud from the station to the hotel walk only 5 minutes waiting for the key to my room to be brought the room is very small but this is a two star hotel I paid 47 euros per night but look at my oranges under the windows and this is the view of the hotel and Orange trees now walk around the old town local lemons, lemons here cost 5.90 € per kg I I’ll tell you about them in detail a little later. Menton I know very well, I have been here many times and I want to start my walk from the old town, go up to the church and admire the old city and the sea view at sunset the most beautiful colors Italian speech sounds We are 2 km from Italy from the border with Italy Today is Sunday so the shops on the pedestrian street are closed but it doesn’t matter, the main thing is nature and the atmosphere of the city and the sea are the famous lemons grown here These lemons are purely ecological, naturally they are not pollinated by anything and lemons can be eaten like an apple they are not like that sour Like lemons from Spain you can already see the sea but to the sea later first in the Old Town the city the ice cream is still here the most delicious ice cream is here. It’s warm, you can probably eat ice cream Tiramisu ice cream – it’s just delicious, just in the morning today it was gray, rainy, cold Paris and such a blue sky, warm colors Cote d’Azur, yachts, the Mediterranean Sea, mountains This is the 18th century Baroque Church of Saint-Michel This is the narrow street along which I will now go to the church, the square is interestingly paved with stone, these are Pebbles from the beach, these are other pebbles, very beautiful. It’s interesting that in Menton the windows look at East Because it is very hot in summer, during the day the Sun does not penetrate and the apartments are cool, look at the magnificent view from the church to the sea, the ancient church of Saint-Michel, 18th century Baroque, such a great view from here to the sea , and look at what an interesting area the pattern is laid out with pebbles from the beaches , from here it is literally 2 km to the Italian border, maybe I will go to the city of Ventimiglia. The castle was built in Menton back in the 13th century, nothing remains of this castle and on the site of this castle there is a cemetery, right up there is a cemetery. Many Russians are buried in this cemetery, and as you can see here, the Russian Orthodox Church was built, in my opinion, at the beginning of the 20th century . Many aristocrats lived here, especially at the beginning of the 20th century. Warm colors are very beautiful. I have long dreamed of Menton, I really love this city. History of the city The old city appears in the middle of the 13th century And in the 14th century these lands are bought by Charles Grimaldi or Carl Grimaldi It was the owner of Monaco and until 1848 the history of Monaco and Menton goes together However, in 1860 the city of Menton and Roquebrune voted to join France and from 1861 Menton becomes a French city In the gardens there is a harvest of oranges, lemons the old streets of the city, it is cool here in the summer in these Passages stone, such silence on these streets And so I again went to the Church of Saint Michel The church is functioning and what else is interesting? here in the summer on this very square it is usually July-August and, in my opinion, in August there are open-air concerts Rostropovich can be called the sky, he performed here on this very square, a very beautiful drawing made of stone from a stone that had to be brought from the beach, climbed up this hill And now Let’s go for a walk along the sea, and look at what a narrow street old Menton, the old town in February, walking here is a real pleasure Why? Because, firstly, there are few tourists, winter is still February and the holidays have not yet begun; the holidays will begin only in 4 or 5 days on February 15, in my opinion, firstly and secondly, it is not hot because in the summer it is very hot here and you can only walk in the morning and only in the evening because during the day it is really very hot what a wonderful view, as if a picture is framed And here, too, it is lined with pebbles, see here another picture, this beach is called Sablettes sandy beach. They are preparing for the summer season, work is underway on the sidewalks, but my God, what a wonderful view of these ancient palaces. Menton is good for those who want to spend a vacation here, a holiday with children, a family vacation . So shouldn’t I get to Italy? or another time? probably next time I’ll get to Italy to the Italian border, or maybe I’ll just go to Ventimiglia by train And now Let’s go to the western part of the city just listen to the sea really Cote d’Azur I hope that tomorrow will be a sunny day friends I’ll enjoy the atmosphere of this city chatting with friends and we’ll see you tomorrow Good morning everyone I decided to have breakfast at the hotel today let’s see now the local breakfast this is the breakfast at the hotel 6 euros this is such a good French breakfast with delicious croissants Coffee in the hotel was so-so Today I’ll tell you a little more about Menton because yesterday there was such joyful excitement From meeting this city, you know that feeling when you meet an old good friend after many years of separation. The best, happiest memories of my life are associated with this city. The golden mimosa is in February, the most luxurious mimosa blooms . A very interesting Legend is associated with the history of Menton. Adam and Eve, when they were expelled from Paradise, took with them a golden fruit as a souvenir of the paradise, and for a long time they walked on earth looking for a place similar to the Garden of Eden, passed through plains, mountains and ended up here on the Mediterranean coast and they liked this place so much that it was here that they buried this golden fruit and the golden fruit is called lemon. Lemons have been grown in Menton since the 13th century. There is a special microclimate here, on the one hand the city is protected from cold winds and rains by the mountains and on the other hand it is the Mediterranean Sea and the climate here is almost subtropical, so oranges and lemons and tangerines grow here every year in February lemon festivals are held in Menton this year there will be 91 festivals this means 90 years ago the first lemon festival took place and it was so popular that since the 30s of the 20th century festivals began to be held every year I have already been to such festivals, indeed The atmosphere is magnificent, very joyful, cheerful, festive, but this is the first time I’ve seen When preparations are underway for the festival because the opening will take place at the beginning of the festival 02/15/2025 If you are ever here on the Cote d’Azur in the second half of February, know that from mid-February to the beginning of March such famous lemon festivals with beautiful festive carnivals take place Every year a new theme of the 91st lemon festival is called “Journey to the Stars” Lemons and Oranges are brought from Spain cheap. After the festival, most of them are sold, they can be sold so nothing is thrown away, if there is some percentage but a very small one that is spoiled. Lemons today are in my plans to see the village of Sainte Agnès. I haven’t been there for a long time and I want to go to this village. I’ll go from this station, the bus station is a stop, but they made me happy, they said that work is going on and you have to walk 2 km to the village, I’ll try because I want to see admire the view Today, at least there is no rain, there will be such a mini-bus and the ticket costs 1.50 €, it is very difficult to turn around on these roads, this is the final stop, here the bus will turn around and go back and then walk 2 km. It’s a pity that today is a little cloudy, but at least there’s no rain, but look at the sea What air! It’s a pity that the camera can’t convey these aromas, look wild orchids are already starting to bloom 10:30 now this is private land Private gardens here at the top are growing these famous lemons, pure ecological lemons higher and higher and now the city of Menton is already visible very well beauty And this is rosemary, wild rosemary grows so easily in the mountains And this is olive trees growing a plantation Here is also rosemary a huge bush The rays of the sun penetrate through the clouds but I like this color I’ll show you the silver one now. You see, there’s a peak at the top , this is the village and this is all we need to go through. I’ll make short stops and show you the landscape. As we rise higher and higher, this is private land, someone left a table, what’s more, a sun lounger, and this is the view people have of Menton and the Mediterranean Sea. We continue our ascent, this is where the landscape changes, look how cool it is here, the stream is babbling, the clock is striking 11:00, 700 remains. m to the village, but now here is a small chapel and look how interesting the blue sky is and this mountain in the clouds. And I was still surprised, I think, How is it that Google map shows me 2 km and 49 minutes, we really have now walked 45 minutes, another 700 m remains, the village is located on the seashore, the highest in Europe 800 m above sea level, this is the view I have now from the road, I still need to climb I’m not quite in the village yet, the village on the left remains about there, the mimosa is already felt here that we are in the mountains at 800 m and it is cooler here than on the seashore even higher. So where to go? curves on the roads and every time you admire a completely different landscape in front of the blue sky, the village seems to be just a stone’s throw away. If any of you come to Menton after watching this video, you should definitely come to Sainte Agnès, just for this view it’s worth coming here, probably the camera won’t capture it, but you can see very well from here the bell tower of the Church of Saint-Michel Now we’re going for a walk around the village and we need to drink some hot tea. The road is here and the village, it seems that you are here completely alone in the world and there is no one. Although if you come here in the summer there will be a lot of tourists here on such narrow streets, imagine So there is a charm to traveling in February, a cafe with a view of the mountains, now we will find an open cafe What a beauty God what an Atmosphere Great here I will drink a cup of tea Now and look how beautiful TARTE pies are in French, naturally I took with lemon We are still in the land of lemon Look at this beauty and this one the stove here has already been prepared for dinner, so I want to sit there on the terrace and look like this, it’s not even cold at all, so I’ll drink a cup of tea as usual, according to my tradition, and eat lemon pie. With this wonderful view, let’s start the tasting friends, you need to come here not only for the view, but also for the tarte au citron, it’s very tasty, an extraordinary combination of sweet and sour lemon, everything is very seasoned, wonderful, very tasty, one drawback is tea from a bag, this can be understood in France, there is no tradition of tea drinking. In France, in any cafe and restaurant, you can ask for a glass of water to bring it, it will be free, it will be tap water, here the water is also from the tap, naturally, but it is obvious that the tap here flows mineral water, from the locals springs from local springs very tasty water if any of you come here there is a restaurant on the left side Let’s look further let’s take a walk around the village So where do you want to go and here and here you also want to walk along this street as best it is here it’s really cold someone is making jam from lemons God what aromas when I told you about the lemon festival in Menton this is how these oranges and lemons are tied there You see an elastic band and an elastic band is attached to this metal arc so the lemons don’t spoil after the end of the festival, fruits are sold Here, too. Look, they decorated it like this, also with an elastic band, an elastic band is attached to the railings, if any of you actually come here for the lemon festival, I remind you that it always starts in mid-February and the holidays will continue for 2 weeks until the beginning of March I got up early in the morning, now it’s really foggy and the landscape is no longer visible I’m returning to Menton and the video ends here there will be other videos, maybe one or two I don’t know let’s see about Menton and its surroundings Thank you for being with me and see you again on the channel about France not only Bye