The 94rd edition of the rally will return to the Hautes-Alpes department, more precisely to Gap, which hosted the event from 2014 to 2025 and has been chosen again since 2025.

The route of the 2026 Monte Carlo Rally will be very selective, perhaps even more so than in previous years, according to the wishes of the Organising Committee of the Automobile Club of Monaco.

The opening race of the FIA ​​World Rally Championship presents many difficulties that the drivers will have to overcome on the narrow and winding roads of the hinterland departments (Alpes-Maritimes, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes and Drôme).