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Old 21st Apr 2005, 07:16
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Monte Carlo (the City), is in the Principality of Monaco. Whilst it is a sovereign state, it is a protectorate of France.

There are no airports there, just a couple of heliports. No flight plan is required to cross into Monaco because it lies within French airspace. A flight plan is required if you intend to fly any distance out to sea though, under French flight-plan rules for VFR flights.

From the air, the view is OK, but brief, the place is tiny and centred around a single Bay overlooking the sea.

Overflight of the city is not encouraged.

Cannes to Monaco is around an hour's drive on the Autoroute. Nice is a much closer airport than Cannes, but it costs an arm and a leg for GA to land there.

There are nicer places in that neck of the woods than Monaco IMHO

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