Monaco Monte Carlo Virtual Tours

Arounder recently launched a new issue – Arounder Monaco Virtual Tours – with 15 panoramas of this jewel-like principality in southeastern France. Famous, or infamous, for its celebrity-studded nightlife on the cliffs of the Mediterranean, Monaco and Monte Carlo have become synonymous with the ‘high life’ and practically coined the term ‘jet-set’. Its tax-free status offers a haven to moneyed and influential individuals from all over the world, and affords locals an incredibly high standard of living (even as they are barred from gambling in its casinos – hey, the Grimaldi’s are darn smart).
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Monaco – land of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, the grand Casino, beaches, affluence, fashion, fancy cars and playboys. The tiny independent sovereign state located between the foot of the Southern Alps and the Mediterranean, in the far southeastern corner of France, Monaco’s 1.95 sq km benefit from an exceptionally mild climate with 300 sunny days a year. The Principality of Monaco is comprised of three main parts: Monaco (the Rock and Prince's Palace), La Condamine (the major port and bustling shopping area at the foot of the Rock) and Monte Carlo, the central area around the Casino with the high-end hotels.

The Grimaldi family has ruled the principality since 1297 and Prince Rainier's rule has modernized Monaco and weaned it from its dependence on gambling revenue, which now accounts for only 4.3% of GDP. Citizens live an idyllic tax-free life of cradle-to-grave security. Tourism is now the backbone of the economy.

Arounder Monaco boasts 15 panoramas of Monte Carlo and the principality. View the world-class Oceanographic Museum, play a round at the Monte Carlo Golf Club, visit the Monaco Cathedral, Princess Grace’s final resting place, and take in the glamour at Monte Carlo’s famous Casino.

What is Arounder?
Arounder was conceived as a series of online magazines, each profiling a different city and the best that city has to offer with a series of 360-degree panoramas. It’s an online magazine that educates with immersive panoramas rather than heavy in-depth text … a picture speaks a thousand words, as they say.

Arounder launched in 2004 with the first in a series of issues - Arounder Lugano - and followed with the popular Arounder Milan. and Barcelona, Monaco, and Rome. Each issue contains many panoramas in a selection of formats – QuickTime Full Screen, QuickTime Medium and Java – so that both dial-up and high-speed Internet users can participate. Navigation is easy with Zoomify Flash maps of the city and surrounding area. Every issue also links to local merchants with virtual tours of hotels, restaurants and stores.

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