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Geneva

French-speaking Geneva (Genève) is Switzerland's second city, which lies on the shores of Lake Geneva at the point where the River Rhône exits the lake. The city is one of Europe's largest and most important financial centres and is home to a wealth of global organisations, including the International Red Cross.

Known as the 'peace capital of the world', Geneva enjoys a beautiful setting at the very edge of Lake Geneva's turquoise waters, with the snow-capped Alpine peaks of the nearby mountains providing a picturesque background. The city has a compact financial and commercial centre, but also boasts a pretty Old Town area, delightful lakeside promenades and a number of pleasant parks. The symbol of the city is the 'Jet d'Eau' - a 459-feet (140-metre) high water jet at the edge of Lake Geneva that is visible for miles around.

Sightseeing in a global city

Geneva's top attractions include the poignant International Museum of the Red Cross, which is set at the place where the organisation was born and showcases the history of the Red Cross and the work it has done all over the world.

The headquarters of the European branch of the United Nations are also located in Geneva. The Palace of the United Nations opens to visitors and is a grand, stately marble building surrounded by green parks. By walking through the Palace gates, you leave Switzerland and enter international territory - although you could be considered to be on "neutral territory" on either side of the gates.

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Grand Alpine Explorer & Delights of the Danube

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val horsfall

“A very interesting scenic holiday with lots to see and explore ,enjoying good food and wine ,and entertainment .

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The GoldenPass Express

27/Jun

Mark Warrick

“This was a fantastic holiday, with a brilliant tour manager (and some great fellow travellers!), in spite of the indifferent weather which ranged from hot and sunny to cool and stormy (and that was just on one day!). We have not given five stars because the expected stay in "glitzy" Montreux was changed to a stay in perfectly pleasant Lausanne, resulting in more time spent "commuting" to the outings and less time enjoying the "glitz", partially offset by the lovely hotel in Lausanne (although the commute did mean we never got to use the swimming pool as planned). The day trip to Chamonix on the Mont Blanc Express was great, and interesting from a railway perspective as well as a scenery point of view. The ride on the Golden Pass Express itself was superb, with a very pleasant light meal and sparkling wine while watching the mountains and meadows (and vineyards) go by. We enjoyed the hotel in Interlaken very much, but we did pay extra for a better room and having listened to other guests have decided that in future when an upgrade is offered we shall take it. Our room had a fantastic view over the town to the Jungfrau along the Lutschine valley, and there were plenty of electrical outlets and USB sockets to charge our various devices. The top floor restaurant on this, the tallest building in Interlaken, gave an even more wonderful view of the surrounding scenery, and the hotel was well located for the shops and for Interlaken West station where we arrived and departed with our luggage, while not being too far from Interlaken Ost station for the day trips. We were given free bus passes by the hotel and could use those for local travel if walking was too far. We thoroughly enjoyed the day trip to Thun, and overall thought that there was an excellent balance between arranged tours and free time (plus the ability to opt out of the arranged tours, of course), and between included meals and the opportunity to eat out on our own. A really great holiday. Our only criticism, other than the change of city for the first three days, is that after a late morning start for the journey home we had rather a late arrival in London, too late for a train all the way home. We couldn't help thinking it might not have been difficult to leave two hours earlier so that trains out of London would have been more plentiful when we arrived there. Nothing too serious, we coped with it, but that would have been better.

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