Monaco Yacht Show 2026: The Four Days When the Yachting World Meets in the Principality

The Principality of Monaco holds two weeks of the year that define the international luxury calendar. The Grand Prix takes the first. The Monaco Yacht Show takes the second — quieter than the race weekend, more focused, and, for those who work in and around superyachts, considerably more significant.

The 34th edition runs from Wednesday 23 September to Saturday 26 September 2026 in Port Hercule. Around 120 superyachts moor at the Quai Rainier III and Quai Antoine 1er for four days, alongside the world’s leading shipyards, brokerage houses, designers and marine specialists. It is the only show of its kind — no other harbour in the world docks this concentration of superyachts, and no other event brings the industry’s decision-makers together on this scale.

For the private client, the Monaco Yacht Show is less a trade fair than a curated week in the Principality. Arrival, accommodation, dining and yacht-side access all require the kind of orchestration Monaco does not naturally provide. LLC Global handles the full arc.

The arrival

Monaco has no international airport. Every arrival routes through Nice Côte d’Azur — 30 kilometres along the Basse Corniche, or, for smaller aircraft, through Cannes Mandelieu. Show week compounds an already congested corridor. Traffic on the coastal road between Nice and Monte-Carlo can stretch two hours from the terminal to the Place du Casino when the Principality is at capacity.

LLC Global’s private aviation team arranges direct flights into Nice Côte d'Azur or Cannes Mandelieu from London Farnborough, London Luton and any other departure the client requires. For arrivals at Nice, our helicopter transfer service delivers the guest to Monaco Heliport in seven minutes, bypassing the coastal road entirely. From the heliport, an LLC chauffeur completes the final transfer to the client's suite. For clients who prefer to arrive by road, our chauffeur service collects from the terminal and manages the corridor through Villefranche-sur-Mer and Beausoleil, arriving at the hotel entrance without the client having to consider the route.

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Where to stay during show week

Monaco holds fewer than 3,000 hotel rooms across all classifications. During show week, five-star inventory sells out months ahead. LLC Global’s concierge team maintains standing relationships with the properties that matter to the client base — the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, the Hôtel Métropole Monte-Carlo, the Hôtel Hermitage Monte-Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort.

For clients who prefer proximity to the port with slightly more space, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel, sits fifteen minutes west along the coast — reached by helicopter or chauffeur in the morning, with the hotel's private funicular and Club Dauphin pool club providing a considered retreat from the show floor. The Maybourne Riviera, perched above Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the Italian side of the border, offers panoramic views back across Monaco and is one of the rare properties that combines architectural ambition with genuine seclusion.

Suites at each property are bookable through our concierge team, including combinations of adjacent suites for family groups and multi-room configurations for clients travelling with staff.

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The restaurants that matter

The dining calendar in Monaco during show week runs at a different pace than the rest of the year. Reservations at the Principality’s most sought-after tables — Le Louis XV, Alain Ducasse at the Hôtel de Paris, the Yoshi restaurant at the Hôtel Métropole, Le Grill at the Hôtel de Paris, need to be secured well ahead of the show. LLC Global's concierge team holds inventory across each of them.

For lunch, our regulars gather at Loulou à Ramatuelle on days when the schedule permits a drive along the coast, accessible by helicopter from Monaco Heliport to Grimaud, then a short chauffeur transfer through Ramatuelle to the beach. For dinner in the Principality itself, Cipriani Monte Carlo remains the terrace of choice for the international crowd. La Marée and Le Beefbar Monte Carlo round out the calendar for clients who prefer the quieter tables.

For clients whose hospitality obligations centre on the port itself, we arrange private catering onboard the superyachts our clients are visiting, working directly with the yacht's chef or brokerage house to ensure seamless service.

Yacht-side hospitality

The show floor operates on invitation. Access to individual superyachts, private brokerage receptions and evening events on the water is not commercially available — it is a network. LLC Global's team works with the brokerage houses, shipyards and family offices whose clients we serve throughout the year to ensure our guests move through show week with the invitations they need.

Where the client’s interest is a specific yacht or shipyard — Feadship, Lürssen, Benetti, Sanlorenzo, Amels, Heesen, we arrange direct meetings with the relevant broker or designer. For clients considering a charter for the following season, we coordinate the discussions across brokerage, captain and management company. For those attending purely as observers, we manage the day’s schedule so the yachts they want to see are the ones they see.

The full week, handled

Monaco Yacht Show 2026 runs from Wednesday 23 to Saturday 26 September. LLC Global's concierge team curates the arrival, the accommodation, the dining, the transfers and the hospitality access as one arc — one team, one number, four days.

For clients travelling to the Principality for the show, enquiries can be directed through our website. We recommend confirming arrival details and hotel preferences by the end of July to secure the strongest inventory across the week.