Major road closures and parking restrictions will affect Monaco during the Monte Carlo Rally on Saturday January 24th as the principality hosts a special stage around Monaco’s F1 circuit.
Several key routes will close between 3pm and 11.30pm. The closures affect Quai des États-Unis from the restricted access zone to its junction with Route de la Piscine, Route de la Piscine itself, and Avenue J.F. Kennedy between Boulevard Louis II and Quai des États-Unis, though residents, parking subscribers, and ticket holders for the concert at Auditorium Rainier III retain access. The lower section of Rue Grimaldi and both the Rocher Antoine I and Rocher Albert I tunnels will also close.
Boulevard Albert I will be accessible via its service road until 4.45pm, then close completely until 11.30pm. Traffic will run in the opposite direction on Rue Suffren Reymond and Rue Princesse Florestine while Rue Imberty becomes one-way and Rue Notari operates as two-way.
Parking arrangements
The Chiron and Quai Antoine I car parks will be closed on January 24th. With the International Circus Festival also taking place that evening, authorities recommend planning journeys in advance.
Rally spectators are advised to use the Salines car park with 1,700 spaces and a 16-minute walk to the harbour, or alternatively the Gare car park via Boulevard du Jardin Exotique, or the Colle and Wurtemberg car parks via Boulevard Rainier III. The harbour can be reached using the Sainte-Dévote underground gallery, the footbridge lift near Théâtre des Variétés, or the temporary footbridge near the CFM.
Extended parking restrictions
Boulevard Albert I will be closed to parking between numbers 19 and 27 until February 9th, between numbers 9 and 11 until 13 June, and entirely from 6am on January 23rd until 6am on January 25th. Access to Quai Antoine I is banned until 6pm on January 25th, Route de la Piscine until 6am on January 25th, and Quai Rainier III and Esplanade des Pêcheurs until 6am on February 8th.
The Jules Soccal jetty and Quai des États-Unis will close from 6am on January 24th until 6am on January 26th. Quai Rainier I is unavailable from 11pm on January 23rd until 6am on January 25th, and Avenue de la Quarantaine from 11pm on January 21st until midnight on January 25th. Rue Princesse Antoinette, Rue Baron Sainte-Suzanne, Rue Princesse Florestine (numbers 8-12), Rue Grimaldi, Rue Louis Notari, Rue Suffren-Reymond, and Avenue J.F. Kennedy all have restrictions from 6am on January 24th until 6am on January 25th.
Public transport and pedestrian access
Urban buses will be diverted on Saturday with details at cam.mc. The ZOU line 600 maintains its usual route towards Nice but diverts via Avenue Prince Pierre to the Monte-Carlo Tourisme stop in the opposite direction.
Pedestrians cannot access the Jules Soccal jetty, the south and north harbour basins, or cross between Boulevard Albert 1 and Quai Albert 1 between 3pm and 11.30pm and January 24th.
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