Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Right Bank
Cross the water either aboard a seagull (
Click here
)
, via Geneva's only road-traffic
bridge Pont du Mont-Blanc (notorious for traffic jams) or on foot across pedestrian foot-
bridge Pont de la Machine.
QUAI DU MONT-BLANC
Flowers, statues, outdoor art exhibitions and views of Mont Blanc (on clear days only)
abound on this picturesque northern lakeshore promenade which leads past the
Bains des
Pâquis
(
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)
, where Genevans have frolicked in the sun since 1872, to
Parc de la
Perle du Lac
, a large park where Romans built ornate thermal baths. Further north, the
peacock-studded lawns of
Parc de l'Ariana
ensnare the UN and the pretty
Jardin Bota-
nique
(Botanical Garden; admission free;
| Waterfront
8am-7.30pm).
PALAIS DES NATIONS
(
www.unog.ch
;
Ave de la Paix 14; adult/child Sfr12/7; 10am-noon & 2-4pm Mon-Fri Sep-Mar, 10am-
noon & 2-4pm daily Apr-Jun, 10am-5pm daily Jul & Aug)
Home to the UN since 1966, the Palais
des Nations was built between 1929 and 1936 to house the now-defunct League of Na-
tions. Admission (bring ID card or passport) includes an hour-long tour of the building
and entry to the surrounding park where a grey monument sprouts, coated with heat-res-
istant titanium donated by the USSR to commemorate the conquest of space.
| Historic Building
MUSÉE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX-ROUGE
ET DUCROISSANT-ROUGE
(
www.micr.org
;
Ave de la Paix 17; temporary exhibition free, permanent exhibition adult/child Sfr10/free;
10am-5pm Wed-Mon)
Compelling multimedia exhibits at Geneva's fascinating Interna-
tional Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum trawl through atrocities perpetuated by human-
ity. The long litany of war and nastiness, documented in films, photos, sculptures and
soundtracks, are set against the noble aims of the organisation created by Geneva busi-
nessmen and philanthropists Henri Dunant and Henri Dufour in 1864. Take bus 8 from
Gare de Cornavin to the 'Appia' stop.
| Museum
CERN
( 022 767 76 76;
http://outreach.web.cern.ch
;
admission free; guided tours in English 10.30am
Mon-Sat year-round, 3.30pm Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri mid-Jun-mid-Sep)
Founded in 1954, the European
Organisation for Nuclear Research, 8km west of Geneva near Meyrin, is a laboratory for
research into particle physics. It accelerates electrons and positrons down a 27km circular
| Science Laboratory
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