Every year and it for more than 70 years, thousand guests converge on French Riviera and more exactly in Menton city.
From 2010 February 12th till March 3rd, Menton city is in holiday and the lemon is in light! This fruit is symbolic of Menton city, indeed in the thirties the city is the first producer of lemon of Europe. A citrus fruit full of quality, a fruit of the sun which has since 1934 its festival, which remains quite unique.
The subject of this 77-th edition is the cinema, Menton celebrates so this year 7-th Art and lemons! This year still nothing misses in the holiday, brass bands and orchestras, luxurious suits, dancers and dancers. All this small invaded world the streets of the city to sow cheerfulness on its passage. And there are naturally floats made with lemons and with oranges which parade for the biggest pleasure of the kids and the adults...
One can not miss in the holiday of lemons. Discover the parade of golden fruits, the exhibitions of huge motives in citrus fruits which can achieve 10 metres in height, the festival of orchids and the Show of the craft. And when arrive the evening, holiday starts again of more beautiful because the hour of the night-parade arrived! To conclude a magic day, it stays in you only in take advantage of the spectacular fireworks set off on the sea...simply magical!
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The 4 Musketeers -
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Cow-boys in Menton -
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Les indiens d'Amérique pour le thème du cinéma -
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A Cowboy boot in lemon and orange -
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The dragon to embellish with images the science-fiction movies -
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Driver of float in costume -
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Obélix is at the holiday -
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The brass band roams between the floats -
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Young girls with provençal clothes on a float -
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A Brazilian parades in the streets of Nice -
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A moon costume -
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Sails in backlit -
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The cartoon float -
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The big heads -
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To the rythm of South America percussions -
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The big heads make the public participate -
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Outlandish character on a float -
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A young cow-boy -
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TheORTF representative -
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Adorned with gold -
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Charming smile from Brazil -
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Couple of dancers -
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The caterpillar -
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The usherette on her float -
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A costume of precious stones -
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Marylin... on her float -
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Character of the parade in Menton -
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Smile ! -
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Night parade in the Holiday of lemon Menton city -
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Holiday of lemon float -
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A dragon made with lemon and orange -
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Group of Mexican dance and music -
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Mexican dancer -
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A warrior come from the space in his rocket made with lemon -
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Float decorated with citrus fruits -
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Dancer from Amazonia -
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Magnificent finery of the Indian from Amazonia -
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Brazilian dancer -
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Parade with percussions rythm -
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Person on stilts -
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Great atmosphere for the night-parade -
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A float dedicated to the nature -
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The Menton city brass band marches past on the Sun Walk -
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The dragon made with lemon smokes -
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Brazilian finery -
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Fireworks for the night-Parade -
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Fireworks st off from the sea -
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A float about the cinema -
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Night on the Sun Walk -
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The night-Parade on the Sun Walk of Menton city -
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A important crowd for the night-parade -
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A 2 CV made with citrus fruit
