The Principality
La Rousse – Saint-Roman
Towers with the widest views in Monaco
Where it is
- Status
- Official district of Monaco
- Area
- 17.7 ha
- Source: IMSEE, Monaco en Chiffres
The place
La Rousse is Monaco’s north-eastern ward, and Saint-Roman is the sub-quarter inside it: 17.7 hectares between Monte-Carlo and the French border, which runs along two of its sides. Everything here is built in levels up a steep hillside. Boulevard d’Italie runs along the mid-slope; avenue de l’Annonciade and the Lacets Saint-Léon climb away from it in hairpins, while avenue Saint-Roman heads east toward the border. The ward has no direct access to the sea. It looks down on the Larvotto seafront rather than sitting on it.
This is also Monaco’s eastern road gateway. Traffic off the A8 and the D6007 arrives at the Saint-Roman interchange and spreads onto boulevard d’Italie, boulevard du Larvotto and avenue Princesse Grace. Two bus lines terminate here, which usually means a seat.
The buildings
The ward is towers, almost without exception — no Belle Époque frontage, very little low-rise. Post-war blocks sit on stepped podiums with parking dug underneath: Château Périgord I and II on the Lacets Saint-Léon, Monte-Carlo Sun, L’Annonciade and Parc Saint-Roman, which is a private residence rather than a public park. Tour Odéon stands at the top of the ward; at the foot, just over the boundary into Larvotto, stand the Testimonio II towers. Part of that scheme is state housing, so the stock along this bottom edge is not uniformly prime.
Day to day
Boulevard d’Italie is the high street: local shops and pharmacies along it, and a level walk west to Place des Moulins. The rest of the day is vertical. The Descente du Larvotto and the Testimonio II lifts take you down to the beaches and the Grimaldi Forum, and back up again. The International School of Monaco and a crèche sit at the foot of the slope, in Testimonio II on avenue Princesse Grace — a descent away, not an address in the ward. Beausoleil’s shops are uphill, across the border.
Who it suits
It suits families, and buyers who want height, space and a concierge more than a position on the water. Two things are worth knowing before a viewing. There is no sea frontage here: every trip to the beach is a descent and then a climb back, and the lifts do go out of service. And the Annonciade II redevelopment is still at the study stage, so works at the top of the ward are ahead rather than behind.
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