The French Menton Lemon Festival is unique in the world The Lemon Festival is the second largest event on the Côte d'Azur after the Nice Carnival, with 300 professionals and over 100 tons of citrus required for this celebration each year. The Lemon Festival began in 1928 as a private celebration and has been held for more than 80 years.

Mentone is named for its lemon production, and to celebrate To celebrate the harvest of lemons, the people of Menton, who have a sense of humor and imagination, use thousands of fresh lemons and citrus to very skillfully tie a huge and wonderful sculpture, with animals, vessels, castles and churches, a theme every year, with new faces every year. If you travel to the south of France, Menton is likely to be overlooked because of its proximity to such famous places as Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo.