Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
Taking a cue from the sprawling seaside resorts dominating Mexico and the Caribbean, this 332-room hotel offers guests a taste of everything, including a heralded restaurant, vibrant nightlife scene, beach club and water sports, meandering sand-bottom lagoon and private helipad — if you want to make a grand entrance into the principality.
Rooms and suites blend the best of a city and seaside stay, with terraces opening to views of Monaco’s skyline or sweeping shots of the Mediterranean Sea. For some of the best vistas spanning 180 degrees over the water, the Diamond Suite Eleven sprawls across the entire 11th floor and is accessed by its own penthouse-style private elevator — in addition to other plush amenities like butler service and a glass mosaic-encased shower-sauna.
- The lagoon and Balinese bed-clad Cocoon Bay offer direct access to the sea and Larvotto nature reserve, while Sea Bay features 10 waterfront sunbeds where you can order food by the hotel’s star chef, Marcel Ravin.
- Guests staying in the ultra-exclusive Diamond Suite Eleven receive a personalized welcome with housekeepers assisting with unpacking, as well as a hotel limousine available for private transfers around the principality’s other government-owned Société des Bains de Mer properties, like the casino. You’ll also be able to order exclusive room service dishes like signature plates from Creole-Mediterranean Blue Bay.
- Martinique-born chef Ravin is at the helm of three restaurants: fine-dining Blue Bay, the more casual terrace bistro L’Orange Verte and the summertime Las Brisas, whose menu pays homage to the Mediterranean with freshly caught seafood, grilled meat and salads, in addition to hosting live music lunches on Sundays.
- The Cinq Mondes spa is designed to feel like a journey for the senses, complete with Grand Rituals inspired by Polynesian beauty traditions and Japanese aromas. The spa also offers a treatment designed especially for pregnant women to relieve areas of tension using massaging balls typical of traditional Chinese medicine.
- All rooms and suites feature a terrace, and 75% show off sea views.
- For the ultimate chef’s table experience, book the two-person “La Table de Marcel” at Blue Bay, where Ravin puts on a sensory experience with a menu composed of 14 creations.
- The Blue Bay Champagne Brunch Party — held from October to May — is one of the best in the principality and features everything from a gourmet buffet and live cooking area to live music and a kids’ food corner, so the little ones can enjoy treats of their own.
- While the sandy lagoon is only open in summer, the garden-encased pool is heated and available for a dip year-round.
- From the Monaco hotel, you’ll have direct access to Sporting Monte-Carlo and the Salle des Étoiles, which hosts the exclusive Rose Ball and Monte-Carlo Summer Festival performances by big-name acts like Lenny Kravitz and Duran Duran.
- The French Riviera is a seasonal destination, but the hotel is open all year long and caters to some of the top events in the principality, like the Monaco Grand Prix.
