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Port Hercule at night seen from above, lit quays and moored yachts beneath the warm windows of Monte-Carlo and its Belle Epoque hotels. — Port Hercule and Monte-Carlo at night Christopher Henry, CC BY 2.0

A private club in Monaco

Monacano Monaco, among residents.

A small club without a clubhouse. Good company at a table of six, and the Monaco that only the people who live here know.

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Dinners for six, quiet introductions between neighbours, and walks to places that are hard to see on your own.

Open to residents of every nationality, including Monégasques

The Casino de Monte-Carlo at night, its domed towers, clocks and iron canopy lit warm against a black sky and strung with fine winter lights. — The Casino de Monte-Carlo on a December night Zil, CC BY-SA 3.0

The square on the Rocher at blue hour, the long palace façade lit warm gold beneath umbrella pines and a deep blue sky. — The Place du Palais on the Rocher at blue hour Pierre Blaché, CC0

At the table

What the club is for

Small dinners
A table of six or so, in a restaurant or a member's home, about once a month.
Walks and visits
Seasonal walks and private visits to places that are hard to see on your own.
Introductions
One person at a time, and only when both of you have said yes.
The notebook
Local knowledge, written and signed by members.

Moving here sorts out the paperwork. It does not tell you who to have dinner with on a Tuesday in November.

Small by choice, curated by its hosts rather than by price

Looking straight up into a stained glass dome, its iron ribs radiating from a gilded centre. — The glass dome of the Hôtel Hermitage Herry Lawford, CC BY 2.0

A painted and gilded ceiling hung with crystal chandeliers, glowing above a row of red arches. — A painted ceiling at the Hôtel Hermitage Herry Lawford, CC BY 2.0

A Belle Epoque mosaic panel of a lyre and a theatrical mask beside a carved stucco cartouche and a column capital. — Mosaic and stucco detail, Monte-Carlo Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0

Three arches on a Belle Epoque façade, Monte-Carlo Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0

Membership

By application only

Five short questions, read by a person and always answered. No payment, and no documents.

Begin your application How it works

Membership fees: To be announced
Size of the club: Small, to be announced
Opening: Not yet announced
Payment at this stage: None of any kind

Monacano is not an official body, a business network or a place to be seen. It is being set up now, and nothing is paid until it opens.