Guidebook for Genève

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Guidebook for Genève

Food Scene

Best libanese kebab in town.
39 locals recommend
Parfums de Beyrouth
18 Rue de Berne
39 locals recommend
Best libanese kebab in town.
Cool bar within Pâquis.
17 locals recommend
Olé-Olé
11 Rue de Fribourg
17 locals recommend
Cool bar within Pâquis.
Very decent chinese food. Tip : fish and black beans !
Hungky
3 Rue Chaponnière
Very decent chinese food. Tip : fish and black beans !
Excellent korean barbecue
Bap
25 Rue de Coutance
Excellent korean barbecue
Very good and animated West-African restaurant.
Restaurant Le Dogon
18 Rue du Môle
Very good and animated West-African restaurant.
Very good alternative to Starbucks.
6 locals recommend
Boréal Coffee - To Go (Mt-Blanc)
17 Rue du Mont-Blanc
6 locals recommend
Very good alternative to Starbucks.
Very nice place in the shore of the lake, old fashion establishment.
37 locals recommend
Restaurant la Perle du Lac
126 Rue de Lausanne
37 locals recommend
Very nice place in the shore of the lake, old fashion establishment.
Gorgeous view on Geneva, and nearby the buddhist monastery. Excellent for an excursion.
23 locals recommend
L'Observatoire
8200 Rte des 3 Lacs
23 locals recommend
Gorgeous view on Geneva, and nearby the buddhist monastery. Excellent for an excursion.
Typically swiss meals.
12 locals recommend
Cave Valaisanne - Chalet Suisse
23 Bd Georges-Favon
12 locals recommend
Typically swiss meals.

Drinks & Nightlife

Friends bar, with underground electronic room. Extremely friendly.
Central Station (Bar & Vinyl Shop)
2 Rue de la Faucille
Friends bar, with underground electronic room. Extremely friendly.
A super alternative night-club.
11 locals recommend
Motel Campo
13 Rte des Jeunes
11 locals recommend
A super alternative night-club.
The core center of the alternative scene in Geneva since the 80's...
50 locals recommend
L'Usine
4 Pl. des Volontaires
50 locals recommend
The core center of the alternative scene in Geneva since the 80's...
One of the highlight of Geneva in terms of bars and young life.
53 locals recommend
Rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine
Rue de l'Ecole-de-Médecine
53 locals recommend
One of the highlight of Geneva in terms of bars and young life.
Another super place for bars, more afterwork-cray style.
11 locals recommend
Rue Henri-Blanvalet
Rue Henri-Blanvalet
11 locals recommend
Another super place for bars, more afterwork-cray style.
Concept-store and bar with possible high density in hipsters.
6 locals recommend
Foound - Concept Store / Centre Culturel
7 Rue Jean-Dassier
6 locals recommend
Concept-store and bar with possible high density in hipsters.
Alternative place of concert, very nice.
cave12
4 Rue de la Prairie
Alternative place of concert, very nice.
Actually a former CGN boat transformed into a concert hall.
Association for the Geneva Boat
5-7 Rue du Simplon
Actually a former CGN boat transformed into a concert hall.

Shopping

Very good general store, bit fancy.
140 locals recommend
Manor Genève
6 Rue de Cornavin
140 locals recommend
Very good general store, bit fancy.
Open till 22h, located inside the train station.
139 locals recommend
Migros
3-7 Pl. de Cornavin
139 locals recommend
Open till 22h, located inside the train station.

Parks & Nature

Fantastic public bath, hammam in winter and the lowest prices in town. Very decent prices on food and "fondue" in winter made with Crémant... Actually badly located by GoogleMap, its 300m upper.
365 locals recommend
Bains des Paquis
30 Quai du Mont-Blanc
365 locals recommend
Fantastic public bath, hammam in winter and the lowest prices in town. Very decent prices on food and "fondue" in winter made with Crémant... Actually badly located by GoogleMap, its 300m upper.
La Barje is a summer place to chill and drink nearby water.
Promenade des Lavandières
Promenade des Lavandières
La Barje is a summer place to chill and drink nearby water.
Amazing place where bath is possible in the very fresh Rhône river. We call it "la Pointe" (the peak).
6 locals recommend
Sentier des Saules
Sentier des Saules
6 locals recommend
Amazing place where bath is possible in the very fresh Rhône river. We call it "la Pointe" (the peak).
Very nice park, some restaurants inside and a cool grass to sit on.
182 locals recommend
Parc Des Bastions
1 Prom. des Bastions
182 locals recommend
Very nice park, some restaurants inside and a cool grass to sit on.
Very nice promenade along the lake.
65 locals recommend
Pearl of the Lake Park
120B Rue de Lausanne
65 locals recommend
Very nice promenade along the lake.
The remains of the walls of Geneva.
14 locals recommend
Banc de la Treille
Rampe de la Treille
14 locals recommend
The remains of the walls of Geneva.

Arts & Culture

Far but very qualitative underground night-club.
Weetamix
37 Ch. Jacques-Philibert-de-Sauvage
Far but very qualitative underground night-club.
Very good ethnic collections.
110 locals recommend
Meg
67 Bd Carl-Vogt
110 locals recommend
Very good ethnic collections.
All you could wish in terms of Swiss and Genevan history.
148 locals recommend
Musee D'Art Et D'Histoire
2 Rue Charles-Galland
148 locals recommend
All you could wish in terms of Swiss and Genevan history.
Very complete exhibition of Genevan religious history.
Site archéologique de la Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Genève
6 Cr de Saint-Pierre
Very complete exhibition of Genevan religious history.
Another good museum about Geneva, with a nice city model.
51 locals recommend
Tavel House
6 Rue du Puits-Saint-Pierre
51 locals recommend
Another good museum about Geneva, with a nice city model.
The mausoleum of the Duke Charles II of Brunswick.
11 locals recommend
Brunswick Monument
Quai du Mont-Blanc
11 locals recommend
The mausoleum of the Duke Charles II of Brunswick.
The public library of the University.
Bibliothèque de Genève
8 Prom. des Bastions
The public library of the University.
Exceptional private collections.
Martin Bodmer Foundation
19 Route Martin-Bodmer
Exceptional private collections.
Actually a tibetan buddhist monastery (Shedrub Choekhor Ling) but baddly referenced on Google Maps.
Saleve Immobilier
Actually a tibetan buddhist monastery (Shedrub Choekhor Ling) but baddly referenced on Google Maps.