March 22-24, 2016
Day 1
- Take train to city centre
- Explore area around train station/hostel (Paquis)
- Take tram to other side of town (Hollande/Bourg de Four)
- Free transit passes for tourists so make sure to pick one up from your hotel/hostel
- University of Geneva and Reformation Wall
- Climb up to old town and the famous church
- Walk around, along the bridge back to Paquis
- Dinner at Buvette des Bains – great place for fondue
- Bread, smoked meat, pickles and pickled onions, and lots of cheese fondue
Day 2
- Red Cross Museum (near UN, Botanical Gardens, in Secheron)
- One of the not free museums in the city but features a great exhibit – very artistic and very informative
- Plainpalais – a huge open space that was set up for a fair/carnival when I was there, with play areas and skate parks
- Burgers under the sun for lunch – got take out and then sat at the Reformation Wall with other university students
- Botanical Gardens (went a bit back and forth that day but even so it didn’t take long)
- Huge, includes lots of animals actually (flamingoes, sheep, peacocks, you name it)
- Walk alongside lake back to Old Town for dinner at Chez Ma Cousine (great little restaurant with three locations in Geneva that sells chicken)
- Very windy and gusty and huge, lapping waves that made the lake feel like an ocean but even so, very beautiful with backdrop of mountains
Day 3
- Manor: department store with great chocolate offerings as well as a very fancy grocery store at bottom floor and many, many food options
- Favarger: chocolate store with incredible handmade selection as well as bar chocolate, not too expensive either
- Both of these are near an incredibly beautiful boardwalk (not a long stretch – it’s more of a pier) with views of another bridge and the lake as well as the city
- Bus to airport