Monaco
The city of Monaco
Monaco is a sovereign city state on the Cote d'Azur (French Riviera). It
is surrounded on three sides by
its neighbor, France, and its centre is about 16 km from Italy. Its
area is 1.98 sq kms with a population
of 36,000 as of 2011. Monaco boasts the world's highest GDP nominal per
capita at $215,163 and is
the most densely populated country in the world. Monaco also has the world's
top life expectancy at
almost 90 years.
Reference:Wikipedia
 
Gare de Monaco, underground station. All rail services are operated by
SNCF.
  
Monaco Monte Carlo station and underground passage to the city
 
(L) Marlboro advertisement posted in the underground passage of Monaco
station.
(R) A signboard showing that the Monaco law prohibits smoking in the closed
public area since November 2008.
This picture was taken at the front desk of Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo.
  
(L) In the Beach of Monaco, rising sea wave was observed under the building
of the Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel.
(M) A front view of Fairmont hotel
(R) Warm, dry summers and mild, short rainy winters reflecting a sea-side
park in Monaco
 
Monte Carlo Casino
 
(L) This shows the interior of casino room. No Monaco citizen is allowed
to join the casino games in here.
(R) Casino chips up to 5,000 Euros. Picture source: NHK broadcast on April
23, 2013
 
(L) Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo (R) Port Palace Hotel Monaco
Hotel de Paris Monte Carlo, just next to the Monte Carlo Casiono, has the
182 guest roomsin total. Fourty rooms are non-smoking
and they are located on the 1st and 2nd floor. In all other rooms of the
hotel, a guset can smoke. Smoking rooms accounts to142,
and the percantage to the total rooms is 78.0%.
Fairmont Hotel Monte Carlo, located directly facing the rocky beach of
Monaco, has 602 rooms. Floors designated for smoking guest
rooms are the 3rd and 6th floor. Non-smoking roomsare distributed in the
1st, 4th and 5th floor. Hotel provides almost same number
of guest roomseach floor. The rate of smoking rooms is 40.0%.
Port Palace Hotel Monaco is a smoke-free hotel. They provide 50 non-smoking rooms.
Smoking Ban in Monaco
As of 1 November 2008, smoking is not allowed in enclosed or covered public
spaces and places where
food or flammable goods are stored. Designated smoking areas are allowed
except in educational
institutions and places open to athletes and minors. These designated smoking
areas may not offer
any service, in an effort to prevent exposure to side-smoke by workers.
Reference: Angloinfo
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Smoking Restriction at Hotels in the World: Actual Survey
The ratio of a smoking guest room to the total hotel rooms was calculated,
based on-the-spot investigation.
  
(L) Station board of Monaco (M) Souvenir shops at the narrow street of
the Old Town, Monaco.
(R) Monaco is the city, in which we can enjoy the world's lowest crime
rates.
 
There are 515 police officers for 35,000 people in 2 square kilometers,
Monaco has the largest police force and
police presence in the world on the per-area basis. More than 500 video
cameras are set over the city to make
surveillance of the streets. Picture source: NHK broadcast on April 23, 2013
 
(L) A luxurious cruising boat (R) Visitors overlook the yacht harbor of
Monaco.
モナコの人口は3万人余り、2009年の1人当たり国民総所得は19万7590ドルで、世界銀行によれば、統計のある国連
加盟国中トップクラスである。主要な産業は観光。特にカジノは、19世紀の一時期は国家収入の9割を占めていた。
現在では5%以下であり、経営も半官半民の企業「ソシエテ・デ・バン・ド・メール」へ移管されている。
モナコは個人居住者に対して所得税を課していない。所得税がないため、タックス・ヘイヴンとして知られている。
他国からの移住者の多くは億万長者であり、モナコ国外からほとんどの収入を得ている。F1ドライバーなどの有名人も
いるが、その多くは実業家である。 通貨はユーロ。 モナコ国内の鉄道はフランス国鉄（SNCF）が運営する。
マルセイユ〜ニース〜モンテカルロ〜マントン〜ヴェンティミーリア（イタリア）間の鉄道がモナコを経由する。
1867年のモンテカルロ駅が開業当初は地上に鉄道の線路が敷かれていたが、モナコ国内の鉄道は、現在は、
ほぼ全区間が地下路線となっている。
(参考：ウィキペディア）
(L) モナコ日本庭園 Photo, Wikipedia (R) Grace Kelly グレース・ケリー
グレース公妃はカンヌ国際映画祭で知り合ったモナコ大公レーニエ3世と結婚。 親日家であり、日本庭園を造園したい
と生前の遺志を引き継ぎ、九州の庭師・別府靖男氏が手掛けた本格的な庭園が造られた。1994年に開園。庭園内の
茶室「雅園」は、フランス語訳すると"Jardin de Grace"すなわち"グレースの庭"の意である。
France, Germany and Switzerland
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Berlin Railway Travel in Europe 2011
Smoking restrictions in France, Germany and Switzerland
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This information was provided by the Smokefree Hotel and Travel.
The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June
2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.. TV scenes were added in April 2013.
In September 2022, the note and pictures were added about Princess Grace
Kelly.
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