With a packed events calendar, buzzy alfresco restaurants and bars, colorful gardens and beach clubs pouring made-to-order cocktails, Monaco is the place to be during the summer. Spend the day exploring the rocky coastline on a chartered yacht, or lounge by the pool at the 40-room Monte-Carlo Beach hotel, which boasts its own private beach with a water-sports club offering paddleboat, stand-up paddleboard and kayak rentals. Larvotto Beach is popular for morning coffee, lunch by the sea or an all-day session in the sun. Don’t miss La Note Bleue, a breezy restaurant with live music every Friday and Saturday evening. Book a table at Amazonico, one of Monaco’s newest restaurants, or try the new Japanese hotspot at Hotel Hermitage Monte-Carlo, L’Abysse Monte-Carlo, opening during July, with French chef Yannick Allé©no and sushi chef Yasunari Okazaki at its helm. Enjoy the Monte-Carlo Television Festival during June and the Monte-Carlo Summer Festival during July, when some of the biggest names in music will be performing in the Principality's most-prestigious venues.