DESTINATION GUIDE: What fans can eat, see and do when they visit Monaco for the Grand Prix

Racing cars first took to the narrow winding streets of Monaco back in 1929, and ever since the first Formula 1 World Championship season of 1950, the race has become one of the most famous – and it’s not hard to see why...

Tiny in size (second only to Vatican City as the world’s smallest sovereign state) but big on glamour and glitz, this gem of a principality lies just 17 miles from the Italian border on the sparkling Cote d’Azur, and is arguably at its dazzling best in late May during Grand Prix week.