Now it is time to descend from the Palace which sits on top of an formidable rock via the formerly well protected road that leads from the city to the Palace. It is also the road most tourists take to descent and as such it can be quite busy.
There are some great views as we descend but then it is time to climb back up using one of the many free elevators strewn throughout Monaco towards the stamp museum our first goal.
Unfortunately when we get there the Stamp Museum is closed for whatever reason, it is not clear really. At least we have a view of the Palace from another vantage point, it looks quite impressive and difficult to conquer.
And now it is time to climb towards the next museum on our list the Museum of Anthropology using a combination of elevators and stairs. Somehow our phone GPS is directing us mostly correctly and soon we can see the museum right above us.
One last climb through a park and we arrive at the actual entrance of the museum. We pay the entrance fee and then decide to start with the terrace which has some great views of the city and Palace below.
We buy some snacks and drinks and start exploring the outside exhibits while trying to avoid mosquitoes and other biting insects that really are searching for us here, and so it seems as we cannot drink and eat in peace.
There are only a few exhibits on the outside mostly Roman finds from the area and a few anchors and other finds from ships that sunk near or in the harbor. They are interesting and with no one else around we have time to explore them before entering the museum.
There doesn’t seem to be any permanent exhibit, in fact most of the exhibit space is dedicated to a temporary exhibit related to the Lascaux caves and their beautiful cave paintings.
The few permanent exhibits are of a mammoth and a cave bear, quite fun but likely not from around here and also some with a few objects from the Roman times found around the area. So we explore the Lascaux exhibit and then it is time to exit to go to the Art Museum next door.
As we exit we discover that the entrance is made to reproduce the Lascaux caves with some very special paintings inside. As there is no one else around we can spend some time exploring and enjoying the paintings and take photos before moving on to the next museum which is just next door.
