Geneva Travel Guide
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Today the world's largest center for multilateral diplomacy and a hotbed of luxury shopping, Geneva was a postcard-perfect city known for enlightened tolerance long before Henry Dunant founded the International Red Cross here (1864), the League of Nations moved in (1919), the World Health Organization (WHO) set up shop after World War II, or the World Wide Web was invented here at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research. Once a place of refuge for the religious reformers Jean Calvin and John Knox, it has sheltered Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Lord Byron, and Mary Shelley, offered safe haven to Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, and expelled its native son Jean-Jacques Rousseau for being liberal way before his time.
Geneva Hotels
Despite a few new hotels at all levels—including some creative takes on essentially traditional concepts (thankfully, no pods yet)—the palace...read more
Geneva Restaurants
Relatively few restaurants focus on a see-and-be-seen angle for targeted age groups; what unites diners at the best ones, whether simple cafés or...read more
Things To Do in Geneva
The République et Canton de Genève (Republic...read more
Travel Deals in Geneva
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Geneva Experiences
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Falling water: The feathery Jet d'Eau, Geneva's iconic harbor fountain and the ultimate public shower, is visible for tens of miles in every direction... Read more
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Geneva's Greenwich Village, Carouge (from quadruvium) began life in the Roman era as a crossroads next to a bridge over the river Arve. It remained... Read more
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Concierges can be the Great Finesser of your trip: finding hard-to-get reservations or tickets, helping with business matters, and generally... Read more
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News
A solar-powered plane is taking its first transcontinental flight, Plymouth City Airport is auctioning... Read more
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News, Hotels
From Heathrow's less-than-secure new measures in customs to one Swiss village's genius social media campaign,... Read more
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Practical Travel Tips
In Lucerne, Switzerland, outdoor concerts are a thrice-weekly event.... Read more
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