Cap-d'Ail (; oc, Caup d'Alh; it, Capodaglio or ''Capo d'Aglio'') is a seaside
commune
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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region
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in Southeastern
France
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Principality of Monaco
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Contemporary Cap-d'Ail is a modern seaside resort with a lively shopping district on the Basse Corniche and quiet, fashionable residential areas. Many people who work in Monaco live there. Plage Mala is prized by many day trippers from Monaco and Nice.
Cap-d'Ail is served by a 1881 station on the
Marseille–Ventimiglia railway
The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: ''Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille''; Italian: ''Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia'') is a French- Monégasque- Italian railway line. It opened in several stages between 1858 and 1872.
It ...
, the last before the Monégasque border.
File:Cap d'Ail and its blue waters - panoramio.jpg, Coastline in Cap-d'Ail
File:Cap-d'Ail.jpg, Cap-d'Ail from the sea
File:Le Château des Terrasses, Ville de Cap d'Ail (2).jpg, Château des Terrasses
File:Pissarelles.jpg, Sea cliffs
File:Littoral path between Plage de la Mala and Plage Marquet in Cap-d'Ail 07.jpg, Littoral path between Cap d'Ail and Monaco