The Cars Collection of H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco

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 One of the key places, we had to visit on the trip was Monaco, home of the Monaco Grand Prix.  And with that, when in Monaco, we had to visit the Car Collection of the Prince.  This was recommended on a number of websites, but I was a little apprehensive as to what to expect.  

 It is a little off the beaten path in Monaco (and our data plan didn't work in Monaco!)  It was one huge room.  It was not very busy either, which was rare in Monaco and on our trip overall.  I was surprised!

 We did buy tickets in advance as group ticket that included the royal apartments.  I think we got a slight discount buying them together; otherwise, you really did not need to buy this ticket in advance.  

 It truly is a private, eclectic collection.  It ranged from early cars to high performance super cars to truly quirky and unique cars.  The cars arranged chronologically.  

 Take this car for example -- Jason said he has never seen it before in this color, strawberry red, which they made only 18 out of 1400.  So, an already rare car made even rarer.

Jason said that this race car is one of the first cars that made him fall in love with Formula 1.  

Look at these old buggies!  They had a number of old cars from Europe that I had never seen before, but also had a number from the United States as well.  




Aren't they beautiful?  Most of the cars had a brief description of what you were looking at, but it definitely helped to go with someone who knows cars.  I think Jason got more out of it than I did for that reason.  I still really liked this one though!

 Oh and before I forget, he has the Ferris car too!

Times visited: 1
Time in museum: 1 hr
Overall: A-
Location: 98000 Monaco-Ville, Monaco

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