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The very name Monaco carries about it the whiff of tuxedos, fast boats and ruinous expense — and all three will be in evidence at the Monaco Yacht Show, monacoyachtshow.org, to be held in the principality from Sept. 20-23. If you command the kind of disposable income that puts you in the market for a Lürssen or a Sunseeker — the Maybach and the Rolls-Royce, respectively, of pleasure yachts — then any of the 520 exhibitors representing 77 shipyards, 29 yacht brokers and 54 naval architects would be delighted to see you.

If your means are more constrained, no matter: you can still gawp at the stunning craft on display. More than 90 of the most luxurious yachts in the world — some as long as 90 m — will be moored in a "floating exhibition" at Port Hercule. But be warned: speechless envy of how the other half lives is the typical gut response to seeing these waterborne palaces for the first time. Get used to it, or pray for a windfall at the casino.

• Liam Fitzpatrick
• A floating exhibition of the world's most luxurious yachts in—where else?—Monaco