Best of Geneva City Tour with optional boat cruise

Explore the greenest city in Europe, Geneva, and discover its famous attractions, including the iconic Flower Clock and the impressive Jet d’Eau fountain. Learn about the city’s diplomatic and financial significance on this sightseeing tour.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Keytours SA - Meet your guide & Board the coach
  • Palais des Nations - See the European headquarters of the United nations on the Nations Square, you will see the flag of all the countries members!
  • Broken Chair Sculpture - One of the symbol of Geneva: the broken chair that represent landmines
  • International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum - Snap a picture of the first organisation of Geneva: the red cross
  • Jet d’Eau - Discover the majestic fountain of geneva, 140 meters high
  • The Flower Clock - The biggest flower clock of the world representing importance of watches and botanic
  • L’ancien arsenal - Discover the old grain storage which is now an arsenal keeping the canons, the square is decorated with 3 mosaics that represent 3 important moment in the history of Geneva
  • Mon-Repos Park - 20 % of Geneva is gree areas, discover one of our beautiful park of the city!
  • St Pierre Cathedral - Discover the old town walking in winter time and by mini train in summer
What's Included
  • Admire the beauty of Geneva lake and its famous fountain
  • Orientation tour of the city of Geneva
  • Relax with a cruise on Lake Geneva
  • Mini train or walking tour in the Old town (depends on weather)
  • Photo stop at the broken chair and United Nations
  • Transport by coach in International district
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Geneva, home to the United Nations’ European head-office, is Switzerland’s second most visited city and amongst the most eco-friendly cities in Europe. Explore Geneva via a bus tour, a mini-train ride, or by wandering the Old Town’s quaint cobblestone lanes.

Experience a journey through history with landmarks like Saint Peter’s Cathedral, Place Bourg-de-four, the original marketplace, the Arsenal, and the City Hall, enchanting you with the grandiosity and charm of this culturally-rich, influential municipality.

This sightseeing expedition provides the chance to marvel at Geneva’s well-known landmarks, such as the distinctive Flower Clock, representing the city’s horological tradition and appreciation for nature, and the majestic Jet d’Eau fountain. Don’t miss the chance to capture the spectacular spray of the fountain.

Your guide will enlighten you about the significance of Geneva as a hub for diplomacy and finance, giving you a glimpse of the district surrounding the United Nations’ building.

  • Tour runs all year round, however please note that the visit by mini-train is possible only if the weather allow it
  • please note the cruise depends on the boat company, sometimes there is one hour waiting between the city tour and the cruise
Location
Geneva Bus Station
Place Dorcière
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Carol_t
Jul 22, 2024
Nice City and boat tour - Our guide in the bus tour was very informative and helpful. We pretty much saw all of Geneva's highlights. The boat tour was relaxing.
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Sarmila_b
Jul 16, 2024
A total Geneva Experience - Great overview of the key spots of the city The toy train ride through Old town The narrative provided was very good The cruise in the little launch and the wine/cheese etc was wonderful
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Eugene_s
Jul 9, 2024
Exploring Geneva in One Day - Great way to see the old city and the more modern parts too. The cruise on Lake Geneva is a highlight!
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Michael_s
Jul 6, 2024
Memorable tour throughout Geneva - Certainly, this is better than the hop on hop off tours. The tour is given personally and also by plug in headphones. The bus makes 5 min stops whereby you can take photos or purchase souvenirs. Finally, the your switches to an open city tractor train that takes you thru paks and the old city. Buses and cars do not have that kind of unique access. It was definitely worth the extra few dollars
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Melane_n
Jun 30, 2024
Great overview of Geneva sites - Bus, walk, train and boat - this tour gets you around Geneva. The most enjoyable leg is the last on a small boat trip around the lake for a close up view of Jet d'Eau. The boat captain was very friendly and provided an excellent snack of Swiss cheeses, crackers and beverage. Fun time!
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Rob_f
Jul 22, 2024
Sadly Disappointed Part Tour - We had booked the bus tour around the city and the train tour through the old section. Sadly we could not do the old section due to some sort of breakdown failure of the train vehicle. This was most disappointing with the time restraints. A refund was offered for that part of the tour. It seems it was not a well communicated situation as the tour guide could have made some accommodation if he had some notice.
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Marybethh
Jul 18, 2024
Not up to par in Geneva - The wine and snack in the boat ride was an unexpected and nice surprise. It would have been nice if the captain spoke English and could have given some information and answered questions. It was just a ride on the water really.
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Michael_r
Jun 27, 2024
Very fast talking tour guide speaking in 2 languages - The tour left much to be desired. The tour guide was speaking in 2 languages (Spanish and English). this was not clearly pointing out to me prior to the tour. The guide was speaking so fast and not clearly pointing out what he was talking about. I frequently had no idea what to look at or what he was talking about. This was the first hour of the tour. The subsequent parts of the tour improved. I would do a different tour next time.
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Priya_r
Jul 7, 2024
Do not recommend. - Do not recommend this tour. The bus goes around town with head phone guided explanations, which is not audible, the headphones do not work and the boat cruise is also useless, with no guide.
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Michael_u
Jul 6, 2024
See above. - This was a terrible waste of money. The bus was 30 minutes picking us up at the assigned location. The head phones didn’t work well, the tour didn’t include the stops promised and there was no discussion about the boat cruise at the end! Very disappointing considering this amazing city.
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