Monument to Empress Elisabeth of Austria

"...You loved to come in the evening and breathe in the scent of the mastic and sit among the rocks near here..." These few words engraved at the base of this monument evoke Empress Sissi. For me, they are a marvellous time machine. Suddenly, my nostrils are alert and my mind can make out in the foliage the graceful silhouette of an empress who was both elegant and a little wild. This presence alone sums up the history of Cap Martin. A vast, wild peninsula used as a hunting reserve by the...