Monaco Activities: Casino, Gardens, Museums

October 20, 2026

Monaco covers about 2 square kilometres, so most activities sit within a short walk, a public lift ride or a bus hop of each other. Prices are in euros, cards are accepted almost everywhere, and the figures below are the published 2026 rates, so check the official page before you go.

Casino de Monte-Carlo

The casino has three levels of access. The atrium, boutique and Café de la Rotonde are free to enter, from 10:00. A morning heritage visit runs 10:00 to 13:00 (last entry 12:15) and costs EUR 20 for adults, EUR 15 for ages 13 to 17, and nothing for ages 6 to 12. It comes with a guide you download to your phone, and relaxed dress is fine, including T-shirts and trainers. The games rooms open from 14:00 for adults only. Entry is EUR 20 and includes EUR 10 to spend on slots or at the bar. You must be at least 18, bring a passport or EU national ID card (photocopies and digital ID are refused), and follow the afternoon dress code: no shorts, sportswear, trainers or beachwear. Residents of Monaco may not gamble. Details are on the casino entry page .

Jardin Exotique

The cliff-top garden of cacti and succulents reopened on 30 March 2026 after about six years of cliff works. The EUR 12 adult ticket covers the garden only. Adding the Observatory Cave or the Botanical Centre makes it EUR 15, and all three cost EUR 18. The cave is visited on a guided tour only, with departures hourly from 10:00. The tour lasts 40 to 45 minutes and includes about 300 steps. See the garden’s visit page for hours, which stretch from 9:00 to 19:00 in summer.

Oceanographic Museum

Built into the cliff and opened in 1910, the museum charges EUR 22.50 for adults at the desk, and the online shop lists tickets from about EUR 20.50. The Shark Lagoon, Tropical Seas, Sea Turtle Odyssey and the rooftop terrace are open. The Mediterranean Aquarium is closed for renovation with no reopening date. On weekends and school holidays, three sessions cost EUR 10 each: a VR dive (age 12 and over), a seaside-animal encounter (age 3 and over) and an escape game (age 7 and over, minimum four players). Hours are on the museum’s practical page .

Cars Collection and the Circuit

The Cars Collection of H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco is at 54 route de la Piscine, by Port Hercule. It holds about 100 cars, and tickets are EUR 10 for adults and EUR 5 for ages 6 to 17. Opening hours differ between listings, so check them.

The Circuit de Monaco is ordinary streets that carry traffic, so you can walk the 3.337 km loop from Boulevard Albert 1er past Casino Square, the hairpin, the tunnel and the harbour front. Traffic uses these streets all year, so cross at the lights.

Larvotto and the Cap d’Ail path

Larvotto is Monaco’s free public beach, with shingle and fine gravel rather than sand. Keep swimwear to the beach: you can be fined for walking around in swimwear, shirtless or barefoot elsewhere. For a longer outing, take the Sentier du Littoral at Cap d’Ail from Plage Marquet, at the Monaco border, to Plage Mala, about 3.6 km. It closes in bad weather.

Planning notes

Most sights close or restrict access over Grand Prix weekend, which is 4 to 6 June in 2027. The Prince’s Palace State Apartments are seasonal, usually open from about spring to mid-October, so check dates before you plan around them. The free Changing of the Guard on Place du Palais is at 11:55 daily. The Rainier III Zoological Gardens in Fontvieille are closed for all of 2026.

Tours and tickets for several of these places are listed on Viator .