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The French Riviera Starts Spring with a Zest Fest for Lemon Lovers

Where: Menton, France
February 26, 2010 at 1:07 PM | by | Comments (0)

It must smell amazing in Menton, France, right now. The city in the French Riviera is holding its 77th annual Lemon Festival, which pays homage to the lemon, through March 3.

According to the Menton Office of Tourism, the festival attracts more than 250,000 lemon lovers every year. The fest honors Menton's nickname as "the City of Lemons," since citrus was a main crop for the area, something the city is looking to recapture. The Menton lemon is supposed to be rich in acid and essence and has a high essential oil content in the peel. And really, anywhere you go in the French and Italian Rivieras will try to push some local-made products on you, from lemon soap to limoncello liqueur.

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