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Major attractions of the city

• Museums
  Art and History Museum
  International Red Cross Museum
  Conservatory and Botanical Garden
  United Nations Office (UNO)
  Rath Museum
• Exhibitions/Art galleries
  Bol d’Or - Europe’s biggest lake sailing race, on Lake Geneva
  Music Festival
  “Geneva Festival”
  La Bâtie Festival
  Montreux Jazz Festival
• Cultural activities
  Geneva Photography Centre
  Centre for Contemporary Art
  Art and History Centre
  MAMCO
  Martin Bodmer Foundation
• Historic monuments
  Saint Peters’ Cathedral
  Reformation Wall Monument
  Brunswick Monument
  University
  Tavel House
• Shopping
  Rue du Rhône (Designer shops and luxury jewelleries)
  Rue du Marché (Globus mall, smaller boutiques and restaurants)
  Old Town Geneva (Antiques and small, exclusive boutiques)
  Balexert (shopping mall and cinema)
  La Praille (shopping mall and sport centre)

Day trips

• 1_Discover the French side of lake Geneva
  Discover the picturesque and oldest village at lake Yvoire with its small harbour, shops and good restaurants. Continue the journey to Evian, famous for its healthy spring water, the Casino and the Evian Ladies Golf Masters.
• 2_Montreux Jazz Festival
  The first Festival lasted three days.
• 3_The “French Venice” Annecy
  A cluse city on the edge of a lake on a transverse axis of the great routes between Italy and Geneva. The city is located between two areas: mountainous, Pre-Alpine on the one side, and the plain with the Albanais foreland on the other.
• 4_Castles and Famous Residences Cruise
  You can learn more about the famous castles and residences that flourished around the banks of the lake, from the castle of Bellerive, the Aga Khan’s countryhouse, the Rothschild’s castle to the Wilson Palace and Lenin’s cottage.
• 5_Geneva Countryside
  Come and discover the Geneva countryside.
• 6_Sports
  In 1 or 2 hours, famous Swiss mountain resorts like Gstaad, Crans-Montana, Zermatt, the village of the Matterhorn, or the French towns of Chamonix and Val d’Isère can easily be reached via road or rail.The lake is ideal for sailing, rowing, water-skiing and, of course, swimming.

Group activities

• 1_Chamonix - Mont Blanc
  A 90 minute drive by motor-coach through the picturesque Arve Valley takes you from Geneva to Chamonix, one of the most famous mountain villages at the foot of the remarkable and majestic Mont Blanc, the highest peak of Europe (4,807 metres).
• 2_Gruyère
  From the hilltop, breathe the mountain air and listen to the distant sound of cowbells tickling on the pastures. All while tasting a piece of that cheese, the country’s speciality. Visit the village of Gruyère, one of the oldest in Switzerland with its castle and cheese museums/ factories.
• 3_Lausanne - Montreux - Chillon
  Lausanne, cultural centre of Switzerland, is a beautiful city built on hills. Drive through the canton of Vaud and along the lake passing by the famous towns of Vevey and Montreux, you will reach the Castle of Chillon. On the way back to Geneva, visit Montreux.
• 4_Mermaid’s Cruise and the Small Harbours
  Discover the major attractions of the lake of Geneva: the stones of Niton, the Water Fountain, the Black Harbour, the Diodati house, The UN building, the castle of Bellerive, the Mermaid, and many more interesting sites. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to sightsee one of Europe’s most beautiful lakes.