Complete guide

Rooftop Bars Monaco

2024 update
Monaco Flag
Country Monaco
Currency Euro
Best time to visit April - October
Rooftop grade 6/10
Rooftop Bar Monaco
Courtesy of Ceto Bar

Monaco Rooftop Guide

Updated:September 2, 2023

Monaco - a.k.a Monte Carlo – is one of the most luxurious cities in the world. The jet set mecca by the Mediterranean is filled with fancy hotels, restaurants, yachts and a perfect climate for rooftops.

This complete guide will lead you straight to the best Monaco rooftop bars, packed with all info you need about each venue: opening hours, dress code, pictures, maps and much more. The Monte Carlo rooftop bars are often luxurious and expensive, but then also offer superb views and quality of food, service and drinks. Just scroll down and find the Monaco rooftop bar best suited for you.

The list

7 best rooftop bars in Monaco

Rooftop bar Monaco Équivoque in Monaco
1

Équivoque

$$$$ | 4th floor | Port Hercule
  • Highlights
  • Elegant
  • Unique & crafted cocktails
  • Perfume menu

Located on top of the Boutique Hotel Miramar, Équivoque is an elegant and exclusive rooftop terrace in the heart of the Principality of Monaco. The open-air bar comes dotted with plenty of comfy lounge sofas, and beautiful views over Port Hercule. As part of a boutique hotel, Équivoque offers a boutique bar experience, serving a selection of niche products, far from the usual labels. With maximum attention to seasonal products, here you can indulge in expertly crafted cocktails, along with local champagnes and wines, and elevated bites created by Chef Luca Cavallaro.

Rooftop bar Monaco Ceto Bar in Monaco
2

Ceto Bar

$$$$$ | 11th floor | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
  • Highlights
  • Luxurious
  • Panoramic views
  • Amazing cocktails

The Maybourne Riviera emerges from the rocky peninsula of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, above Monaco. With an elevated position to begin with, things get even better up on the top floor, where you find the beautiful Ceto Bar. Upscale and unique, the open-air terrace features a sleek bar, front-row bar stools, comfy loungers and best of all: breathtaking panoramic views over Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea. Here you can indulge in some fantastic signature cocktails, artfully presented and crafted to perfection, paired with gastronomic bar bites.

Rooftop bar Monaco Horizon Rooftop in Monaco
3

Horizon Rooftop

$$$$ | 7th floor | Monte Carlo
  • Highlights
  • Modern
  • 360-view
  • Day-to-night

Horizon Rooftop is located on top of the Fairmont Monte Carlo, offering an entirely unique 360-degree view of the Casino, the Opera House, the Prince's Palace and the Mediterranean. Absolutely unbeatable. Modern and bright in decorations, the restaurant and rooftop bar offers a French menu with local products and seafood. Open from early breakfast to late dinner, you can visit for sunny lunch, a cosy and romantic dinner at night, or a glass of bubbles anywhere in between.

Rooftop bar Monaco Le Grill de l'Hôtel de Paris in Monaco
4

Le Grill de l'Hôtel de Paris

$$$$$ | 8th floor | Casino de Monaco
  • Highlights
  • Restaurant
  • Ocean views
  • Retractable roof

Rooftop bars in Monaco are often very luxurious and extravagant. But the question is if anyone can measure up to Le Grill. Located on top of Hôtel de Paris, right next to Casino de Monaco, this rooftop restaurant does not only offer stunning panoramic views over the Mediterranean Sea, but also Michelin-starred food and a real classic fine-dining setting. With an entirely retractable roof, sunny lunches or starlit dinners are never a problem.

Rooftop bar Monaco Blue Gin in Monaco
5

Blue Gin

$$$$ | 2nd floor | Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel
  • Highlights
  • Cocktail lounge
  • Mediterranean views
  • Weekend DJ

Blue Gin is a stylish and sea-themed rooftop bar and cocktail lounge, offering a great atmosphere and some fantastic Mediterranean views. Equipped with both a comfy indoor lounge and a year-round heated outdoor terrace, the rooftop menu includes a great selection of creative and crafted cocktails, champagnes, as well as tasty bar bites designed by Chef Marcel Ravin. A great Monaco rooftop bar to enjoy some stylish lounge vibes, cocktails and a Medterranean sunset early evenings, but also a top venue for a more vibrant atmosphere later at night.

Rooftop bar Monaco Nikki Beach Monte Carlo in Monaco
6

Nikki Beach Monte Carlo

$$$$ | 7th floor | Monte-Carlo
  • Highlights
  • Rooftop beach club
  • Mediterranean views
  • Rooftop pool

Nikki Beach Monte Carlo is the first and original luxury beach club from the brand that now can be found all across the globe. And best of all, located on the 7th floor of the stylish Fairmont Monte Carlo, this is not only a beach club, it's a rooftop beach club. Surrounded with breathtaking views of the city and Mediterranean Sea, Nikki Beach offers a lively and luxurious setting to soak up the sun by the rooftop pool, enjoy a delicious lunch, creative cocktails and plenty of entertainment.

Rooftop bar Odyssey at Hotel Metropole in Monaco
7

Odyssey at Hotel Metropole

$$$$$ | 2nd floor | Monte Carlo
  • Highlights
  • Swimming pool
  • Luxorious
  • Restaurant

A cozy and luxurious rooftop bar and restaurant, located at the amazing Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo, right by the large and refreshing swimming pool. Here you can enjoy light and modern Mediterranean dishes and tasty drinks in a very comfortable atmosphere as lunch, and during summer Japanese dinner at the Michelin star restaurant Yoshi. A lush, idyllic and luxurious summer-dream destination.

Hans Ebenman
Hans Ebenman

Hans has visited over 500 rooftop bars, 200 rooftop pools and 300 rooftop restaurants since 2015. This vast experience has made Hans a true rooftop expert, and one of the most knowledgeable in the field. Today, numerous of travel magazines, bloggers and media websites contact Hans to get his expertise on rooftops.

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Rooftop bar Monaco

Rooftop-grade: 6/10

Prime season: April-Oct

Residents: 30 000

Climate: mediterranean

The climate in Monaco is classic Mediterranean with hot summers, a pleasant spring/autumn and a bit more chilly winters.

Monaco is home not only to one of the best beaches on the French Riviera, but also to some outstanding rooftop bars. So, which is the best rooftop bar in Monaco? Regarding rooftop bars in Monaco they go in the same style as the rest of the city. Luxurious and grand rooftop bars with high prices. The views are often quite magical of the Mediterranean and the surroundings in general.

When visiting any of the terrace bars in this lovely city, you should expect to spend a lot of money. Like with any other place here.

About Monaco

Monaco is a microstate located in southern France, close to Italy. Principality of Monaco, as it is often called is located on the French Riviera, and here most of the residents are very wealthy and from several different countries. The country is considered by many as a tax haven. It is also the world's most populous country, the second smallest state in the world after the Vatican City and Monaco also has the world's longest life expectancy. The main income of Monaco is tourism and many people come’s here to take advantage of the beautiful weather, the casino and the unique way of life. Every year there is also the world's most famous Formula 1 Grand Prix here.