Geneva Old Town and Jet d'Eau

The Jet D'Eau, A 140 M Fountain On Lake Geneva That Is The City'S Emblem, And The Old Town (Vieille Ville) With St Pierre Cathedral And Its Tower, The Reformation Wall, The Place Du Bourg De Four And The UN Palais Des Nations Nearby. A Global City Of Diplomacy And The Red Cross And The Base For Lake Cruises. · Geneva, Geneva

Geneva sits at the south-western tip of Lake Geneva, French-speaking and international, home to the UN in Europe and the Red Cross. Its emblem is the Jet d'Eau, a fountain that shoots about 140 m into the air from the end of a pier, pumping around 500 litres a second at roughly 200 km an hour. It is free to see and runs most of the year, except in high wind or frost. Behind the lake rises the Old Town, Vieille Ville, where the Reformation took hold under Calvin. You can climb the tower of St Pierre Cathedral, walk the Place du Bourg-de-Four, and see the Reformation Wall in Parc des Bastions. The honest picture is a small, clean, quiet and very expensive city. The Jet d'Eau is a photo stop, restaurants and watch shops are priced steeply, and two days is plenty. Winter brings the cold bise wind and lake fog, while summer is warm and good for swimming. Plan around the weather, and book the UN tour well ahead if you want to go inside the Palais des Nations at all, since the tour needs ID , a passport and a booking.

Lakeside old town of Geneva on Lake Geneva, with the 140 m Jet d'Eau fountain at the end of the pier, St Pierre Cathedral on the hill and the Reformation Wall in Parc des Bastions, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

The Old Town streets and the lakefront are open day and night and are FREE. The Jet d'Eau runs daily from about morning to late evening in summer, with shorter hours in winter, and it is switched off in strong wind, frost or ice. The cathedral tower and the museums keep set daily hours, many CLOSED on Mondays, and the UN visit runs only by booked guided tour. Confirm times locally.

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