Menton's annual Lemon Festival
September 28th 2014 Boasting 300 sunny days per year, Menton is a small town of about 30,000 on the French Riviera right at the Italian border. Surrounded by 1200m (3800+ ft) foothills, it is shielded from snow and the frigid winds blowing off the Alps. Consequently, it has a micro-climate making it the warmest town in all France, where lemons and later other citrus fruits have been grown since the 1400s. For more in
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