短暂观光摩纳哥国 A Trip to Monaco

某人说有几个旅游小记太长了,所以今天会分成两个写。

Someone complained that the blogs are too long, so I will write today’s in two parts.

早上起来,外面阳光明媚,按计划去摩纳哥国溜达一圈。去那里非常方便,有直达的公交车和火车,火车每半个小时一趟,每张票4.2欧元,车程大概30分钟左右。以前从来没有关注过这个国家,去那里之前google了一下,才知道摩纳哥国是世界上国土面积第二小的国家,只有大概2.1 平方公里,还没有美国纽约的中央公园大呢。第一小的是2018年时去过的梵蒂冈。除了南部面朝地中海之外,摩洛哥全国其他三面都被法国包围。国家的主要收入来源于著名的蒙特卡洛赌场以及旅游观光业。每年的一级方程式赛车摩纳哥大奖赛也在这里举行。还看到有人说这里有世界上最贵的房子,大概每平方米价值168万美元!当然还有一个不能不说的是摩纳哥不向公民征收个人所得税,所以有避税天堂之称。

When we woke up in the morning, it was sunny outside, and we started our trek to Monaco as planned. It was very convenient to get there. There are direct buses and trains. The trains run every half an hour, and each ticket costs 4.2 euros and the journey takes about 30 minutes. I have never paid much attention to this country before, and so I googled it before going to find that Monaco is the second smallest country in the world, only about 2.1 square kilometers, not even as big as Central Park in New York! The number one smallest country is the Vatican which we visited in 2018. Monaco is surrounded by France on three sides and on the south by the Mediterranean Sea. The country’s main income is from the famous Monte Carlo Casino and tourism. The annual Formula One Monaco Grand Prix is also held here. I also saw someone say that some of the real estate is the most expensive in the world, about 1.68 million USD per square meter! Of course, it should also be pointed out that Monaco does not have any personal income tax, so it is known as a tax haven.

尼斯火车站 The Nice train station
站台上等车 Waiting on the platform
这个是回程时做的那列火车,两个检票员 This is the train made on the return trip, two conductors were checking tickets
摩纳哥火车站 The Monaco Train Station
出了火车站看到的景色,感觉这个小国是建在山上的,有很多山坡下坡,跟香港的感觉有些类似 The scenery seen from the train station, this tiny country is built on a mountain side, which makes it feel somewhat similar to Hong Kong
很典型的摩纳哥景色 Very typical Monaco view
圣德沃特礼拜堂 The St. Dewater’s Chapel at the base of the mountain
下个月就是一级方程式赛车比赛,所以他们在做各种准备,观看席的座位,道路两旁的护栏等等 Next month is the Formula One race, so they are doing all kinds of preparations; spectator seating, guardrails on the sides of the road, etc.
蒙特卡洛赌场旁的酒店 A Hotel next to the Monte Carlo Casino
蒙特卡洛赌场 (007电影在这里拍摄过) 和门前的广场上的天空之镜雕塑 The famous Monte Carlo Casino (from James Bond) and the Sky Mirror sculpture on the square in front of the gate
天空之镜是艺术家 Anish Kapoor 的公共雕塑。 最初的版本是安装在英国诺,这里的是其中的一个版本。可以找到我俩吗?Sky Mirror is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor. The original version was installed in Noah, UK, here is one of the versions. (Can you find us?)
赌场入口 – The Casino entrance
这里有很多这种超贵的跑车 There are a lot of these super expensive sports cars here
还看到这种小车 and then this little car …
赌场后面的一个小广场上的雕塑. A Sculpture in a small square behind the casino where we sat for a break.
看到很多这种给车充电的充电站 We saw a lot of these charging stations along the roads
午饭的饭店 Our restaurant for lunch
点了一个沙拉和一个披萨,价格比较贵 Ordered a salad and a pizza (again?!), the prices are much more expensive here.
远处看赌场,可惜被前面的临时车赛馆上台挡住了Looking down at the casino from a distance, unfortunately the view was blocked by the temporary racing seats in front of it.

在摩纳哥逛了一个多小时,发现这里的山坡好多啊,走了一会儿就累了,而且有很多为了比赛临时安装的隔离之类的,我俩很快就失去了在这里继续逛的兴趣,吃了午饭,便坐火车去了尼斯旁边的一个小镇,中文翻译过来叫滨海自由城, 会在下一篇记录。

After walking around in Monaco for more than an hour, we experienced many of the hillsides. We quickly grew tired of Monaco and we had a lost interest in continuing to look around. After lunch, we took the train to a small town next to Nice. The town translates to Coastal Liberty City (but the name is Villefranche Sur-Mer), which will be detailed next.

3 thoughts on “短暂观光摩纳哥国 A Trip to Monaco”

  1. 每天晚上看游记,是我盼望的一件事,尤其在这居家的日子里。
    今天看到了摩纳哥。
    这世界前两名小国这回你俩都去过了。😊
    好多都是新奇的,那种充电车充电站我想也许会是未来的一种趋势。

  2. Your blog isn’t too long! I like reading about your adventures. In the sky mirror sculpture I see you are standing together in the shadow of the palm tree on the left.

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