Geneva Switzerland
Clean, orderly and beautiful!
This chic, cosmopolitan city sits proudly astride the Rhone River, with Lac Léman (commonly referred to as Lake Geneva) at its feet. With a foreign population of around 45%, the city is a real mix of languages and nationalities and although French is the official language you can get by very easily without it. Clean, orderly and safe, some might say it’s boring, we say it’s beautiful! There are world class restaurants, plenty of museums and lots of well known boutiques to keep the shopping enthusiasts happy. The city itself is small and the best way to get around is probably on foot, although there is plenty of parking and Swiss drivers are usually quite orderly so the driving experience here is nothing like Paris or Rome!
Geneva has plenty in the way of shopping; the Rue du Rhône is peppered with designer boutiques, all within easy reach of one another. The old town has a more eclectic mix of small, exclusive boutiques and interiors shops interspersed with cafes and restaurants on the meandering cobbled streets. Of course no visit here would be complete without a visit to one of the many jewellery stores to be found throughout the city. You have a plethora of choice of Swiss watch houses and it is worth popping in to some of the smaller, lesser known jewellers as well.
From Geneva there are lots of day trip possibilities, either up into the Alps or into the surrounding French countryside and cities such as Annecy. In the summer months the lake is very popular amongst the sailing fraternity: in the early Spring the Bol d’Or regatta draws yachts from all over and the sight of boats racing across the lake against the backdrop of Geneva’s famous “jet d’eau” is quite spectacular. There are several water sports clubs where you can try your hand at water skiing, wake boarding or one of the latest crazes, surf skiing.
The best times to visit Geneva from a weather perspective are the spring and summer months as the weather is generally good; however it can become crowded during July and August, especially during the “Fete de Genève” in the first two weeks of August. Being just one to two hours drive from many of the most popular ski resorts, such as Megève, Verbier and Gstaad, it is also a great place for a weekend stopover on your way to the Alps.
This chic, cosmopolitan city sits proudly astride the Rhone River, with Lac Léman (commonly referred to as Lake Geneva) at its feet. With a foreign population of around 45%, the city is a real mix of languages and nationalities and although French is the official language you can get by very easily without it. Clean, orderly and safe, some might say it’s boring, we say it’s beautiful! There are world class restaurants, plenty of museums and lots of well known boutiques to keep the shopping enthusiasts happy. The city itself is small and the best way to get around is probably on foot, although there is plenty of parking and Swiss drivers are usually quite orderly so the driving experience here is nothing like Paris or Rome!
Geneva has plenty in the way of shopping; the Rue du Rhône is peppered with designer boutiques, all within easy reach of one another. The old town has a more eclectic mix of small, exclusive boutiques and interiors shops interspersed with cafes and restaurants on the meandering cobbled streets. Of course no visit here would be complete without a visit to one of the many jewellery stores to be found throughout the city. You have a plethora of choice of Swiss watch houses and it is worth popping in to some of the smaller, lesser known jewellers as well.
From Geneva there are lots of day trip possibilities, either up into the Alps or into the surrounding French countryside and cities such as Annecy. In the summer months the lake is very popular amongst the sailing fraternity: in the early Spring the Bol d’Or regatta draws yachts from all over and the sight of boats racing across the lake against the backdrop of Geneva’s famous “jet d’eau” is quite spectacular. There are several water sports clubs where you can try your hand at water skiing, wake boarding or one of the latest crazes, surf skiing.
The best times to visit Geneva from a weather perspective are the spring and summer months as the weather is generally good; however it can become crowded during July and August, especially during the “Fete de Genève” in the first two weeks of August. Being just one to two hours drive from many of the most popular ski resorts, such as Megève, Verbier and Gstaad, it is also a great place for a weekend stopover on your way to the Alps.
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