The Garden Fontana Rosa : Playwright and novelist Vicente Blasco-Ibañez created this garden in 1921. It is ornamented with Spanish style tiled elements, and dedicated to the great authors' memory. This ”Writers' Garden” has been classified as a protected monument in 1990. It is designed as a reading space, honouring the creator's favourite writers: Flaubert, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky and Cervantes.
This charming site, where grand ficus and palm trees thrive next to tiled benches, pergolas, basins and columns, is being restored today.
Created in : 1921
- Opening 2025 :
Guided tours only on Mondays and Fridays at 10 a.m.
- Visits :
Guided visits with previous booking , Duration of a guided visit : 1h30 .
Access partially adapted for disabled persons.
Group reservations: Information at the Heritage Department
Tel: 04 89 81 52 70
Contact: david.rousseau@ville-menton.fr
- Charges :
Guided tour prices for individuals: €8; free for children under 14.
Information from the Heritage Department, Tel: +33 4 89 81 52 70
- Services :
Marriage photos, Shooting of films, Practical training courses , Pedagogical presentations, Dog not admitted.
- Access :
Menton Garavan. Head towards Italy. Pass Quai de Monléon, Quai Bonaparte, Porte de France. Turn right onto Avenue Blasco-Ibanez.
Accessible by bus lines 1 and 18, Blasco Ibanez stop.
GPS (Lat x Long) : 43.785756000, 7.515434000
