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79th Fête du Citron® - Menton

79th Fête du Citron® - Menton

Menton welcomes the Regions of France

17 February - 7 March 2012
La Fête du Citron (the Citrus Festival of Menton), a unique event on the French Riviera, with a fortnight of fun around the theme Menton welcomes the Regions of France.

This year’s highlights
     
Corso fête du citron  

"Corso des fruits d’or" (Golden fruits parades)
Sunday 19, 26 February & 4 March 2012 at 2:30 pm
Parades of golden fruit along Promenade du Soleil, with splendid floats decorated with citrus fruit and moving figures. Between each float, musical bands of all kinds, folk groups and majorettes to set the atmosphere.
 
Evening parade
Thursday 23 February & 1st March 2012 at 8:30 pm
Parades of Lights bring the festive spirit to town, ending with grand fireworks from the Bay of the Bastion beginning around 10 pm.

Exhibition of giant motifs made with citrus fruit
In the Biovès garden, travel round the world with citrus fruit, visiting the entire planet thanks to splendid compositions made with lemons and oranges.
The exhibition is open from 9am to 6pm and on weekends from 9am to 7pm. The Biovès garden opens on Friday 17 February 2012 with a garden of light starting at 8:30 pm. 

"Les Jardins de lumière", the garden of light in the Biovès garden  
17, 21, 24, 28 February & 2 March 2012 at 8:30 pm
The Garden of Light opens a world with a magical play of sound and light. 


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The Citrus Festival also means 
   
        

The Orchid Festival at Palais de l’Europe
Exhibition of the finest orchid specimens in an exotic setting of plants and water.

Arts and Crafts Show
Display of arts and crafts inspired by citrus fruit in the region of Menton: products for their flavour - jam, jelly, honey, liqueur - and for their fragrance - soap and perfume (L’Eau de Menton). The craftsmen of Menton and its region are also present: wood carving, engraved glass, ceramics, painted miniatures, flower-petal pictures…

Decoration made with citrus fruit
The Tourist Bureau offers a wide range of guided tours to discover the citrus fruit of Menton, it nature, how it is grown, its territory and tradition: the Citronneraie, the collection of citrus trees at Palais Carnolès, the streets of history, the gardens of Serre de la Madone, Villa Maria Serena and Fontana Rosa, the exotic botanical garden of Val Rahmeh, the Orangeraie.

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