Already known on the XIX century as the “Frech pearl”Menton is a fascinating small town just on the french-italian border.Thanks to its mild subtropical weather Menton is well known for an extension of more than 46 hectares of exotic gardens and for the lemmons and cytrus fruit cultivation.One special mention to the folkloristic “lemmon parade”that is organized every winter during the carnival days from the mentonian people,for about 10 days all those cart,dressed by lemmons and oranges,some of them even 80 meters high,are taken for a parade on the sea promenade.The meaning of this fest is because the legend sais that when Eve and Adam were send away from heaven,she stole a gold fruit and decided to plant it where she choosed to live that reminded Eden to her and the place is now Menton.