Fontvieille Shopping Centre: Monaco's everyday mall

What it is

The Centre Commercial de Fontvieille is the Principality's one ordinary shopping mall: the place residents go for a supermarket run, a pharmacy, a haircut, a pair of trainers or a birthday present, rather than for the luxury boutiques of the Carré d'Or. It sits on the reclaimed land of Fontvieille between the Stade Louis-II and the Fontvieille harbour, at the foot of the Rock, and it is anchored by Monaco's only hypermarket.

The centre's own figures: 36 shops plus the Carrefour hypermarket, a covered car park of 580 spaces, toilets on levels 0 and -1, a cash machine on level 0 opposite the toilets, and a parcel-relay point at the entrance to the hypermarket.

Opening hours

These are the hours published by the centre itself. The hypermarket is the only part of the mall with a full Sunday opening, which makes it the Principality's main Sunday grocery option — see Supermarkets in Monaco: which store for which shop.

The Carrefour hypermarket

Carrefour Monaco is a real hypermarket, not a "Market" format: every fresh department on the ground floor (produce, bakery, butcher, fishmonger, deli), groceries, drinks and household goods, with electronics, appliances and textiles upstairs. It is the largest food store in Monaco by a wide margin and the one place to do a full weekly shop without leaving the Principality. Practical details — trolley to car, delivery alternatives, how it compares with the neighbourhood supermarkets — are in the complete supermarket list.

The shops, by category

The tenant list published by the centre in 2026:

• Health: Pharmacie de Fontvieille (directory entry) — one of the longest-opening pharmacies in Monaco
• Shoes and leather goods: Aldo, Bury, Courir
• Jewellery and watches: Briant Bijouterie, Histoire d'Or
• Women's fashion: Bury, Caroll, Gallery, Kiwi Saint-Tropez, Texas
• Men's fashion: Jules, Kiwi Saint-Tropez, Texas
• Children: Kid 016
• Lingerie and beachwear: Kiwi Saint-Tropez
• Home and gifts: Best Flowers, Lau Concept, You & Eye
• Beauty: Alan Telfer, Le Nail Bar by Flo, Parfumerie Edith Harlay, The Barber Club
• Services: Le Tarot (newsagent-tobacconist), Optique Design, Pressing de Fontvieille (dry cleaning, laundry and alterations, Mon–Sat 8:30–20:00), Services Clés Cordonnerie (keys and shoe repair)
• Food and restaurants: Boulangerie Mullot Dubernet, Jeff de Bruges, Le Giudi's, Le Kiosque, McDonald's & McCafé

Tenants change; the centre keeps its list current on its own website. There is no bank branch and no cinema in the centre, whatever older guides say.

Getting there

• On foot: under ten minutes from the Monaco-Monte-Carlo railway station via the footbridge; about fifteen minutes from Port Hercule around or through the Rock.
• By bus: CAM lines 3, 4 and 6 stop at the centre. Single fare 1.50 EUR with a card or the Monapass app, 2 EUR on board.
• By car: the 580-space covered car park beneath the centre is run by Monaco Parkings; the usual public-car-park rule applies — the first hour is free, then the published hourly tariff.

Around the centre

The mall is the practical heart of the Fontvieille district. The Stade Louis-II is next door — restaurants fill on match nights — and the Fontvieille Park and rose garden, the Museum of Stamps and Coins, the Jardin d'Acclimatation and the Espace Léo Ferré concert hall are all a few minutes away on foot. For the harbour side, see Port de Fontvieille.