Olfactory tours
The old town, THE classic visit!
Intended for neophytes, tourists who have little time to understand the DNA of our Protestant Rome, but also for Genevans, a little rusty in their memories learned on the school benches: “Wait! When did Geneva join Switzerland again?” We’ll dive into the city’s history. A remedial course with unusual discoveries. Are you ready? Once upon a time, Allobroges…

Blue stroll
Guided walk along the water’s edge. From Lake Geneva to the Rhône or vice versa. The riverbank is teeming with anecdotes and stories relating to lake and river affairs.

The ghosts of Geneva
From the confessions of a murderer to the ablutions of a laundry witch, from a creature imagined in Cologny to a defender of the Ku Klux Klan, the visit reveals unusual and juicy anecdotes about some of the spirits that still roam Geneva. An opportunity to highlight how these small stories have made the great history of our city.

The Geneva of writers
A blind Argentinian, a poet whore, a bankrupt philanthropist, a bad boy of English literature or a French bisexual. We turn the pages, from one shore to the other.

The Sandwich walks
Did you want some juicy gossip about personalities linked to the history of the City of Calvin? You’ll get it.

International Geneva
Imagine that the League of Nations was not wanted after the First World War! Today, the district of international organizations where the headquarters of NGOs and the United Nations are located employs more than 32’000 people. The walk reveals iconic buildings and the California redwoods saved by Alexandra Barton Peel, nicknamed “the Queen of Geneva” for her diplomatic activities during the inter-war period.

Combination Old Town and International Geneva
If you are passing through or have family visiting you, in three or four hours (on request), the visit allows you to see the highlights: the Palais des Nations district, the lower streets and the old town.
Ah la Belle Escalade !
Yes, we’ll be mocking the Savoyards a little on this tour! It focuses on the emblematic sites of this famous attack by our neighbours on the night of 11-12 December 1602.

From Jean Calvin to Calvin Klein and Calvin & Hobbes
The famous reformer is said to have been austere. The tour takes in the places he frequented, from the cathedral to the Academy in the old town, with the icing on the cake being the Reformers’ Wall in the Parc des Bastions, and looks at how the reform came about.

More detailsIf you want to find out more about banking, philanthropy or Geneva’s democracy, my colleagues offer other themed tours: https://www.visitesguideesef.ch