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Climate of Salzbourg

The climate of Geneva is temperate. Ice storms near the Lac Léman are quite normal in the winter. In the summer many people enjoy swimming in the lake, and frequently patronize public beaches such as Genève Plage and Bains des Pâquis.

 

Tourism Office of Geneva

Genève Tourisme
& Bureau des congrès
Rue du Mont-Blanc 18
Case postale 1602
CH - 1211 Genève 1
Tél. +41 (0)22 909 70 00

 

GET IN GENEVA

By plane
Geneva airport is served by almost all European carriers as well as a few daily trans-Atlantic flights. These include Washington's Dulles (IAD) on United (UA), New York's Kennedy (JFK) on Swiss (LX), and from Newark International on Continental (CO). Otherwise, when flying from the U.S. you will have to change planes at your airline's hub airport.

Within the last few years, Geneva itself has become a hub for the low-cost carrier Easy Jet serving a number of destinations in Europe including Great Britain.

The airport itself has an UBS bank with ATMs and exchange machines in the arrival area. There is an American Express office just beyond passport control in the departure lounge. There are several cafes and duty free shopping as well, open 8AM-11PM.

The number 10 bus leaves every 15 minutes from 6AM-11PM. Get off at the 22-Cantons stop for train station. All trains leaving Geneva airport train station stop at the main train/bus station. 

 

By train
The Swiss Federal Railway (Called "CFF" in Geneva) serves Geneva's Gare de Cornavin (also called Gare Cornavin or simply Cornavin) with trains to Zürich, St. Gallen, Basel and Bern every hour. Regional trains heading to Coppet, Nyon and Lausanne leave every half-hour.

International trains leaving from Cornavin are the SNCF (French National Railway) high-speed TGV service — there is a direct service from Geneva to Paris, journey time of three hours and a direct service to Nice, journey time of six hours. Geneva is also the starting point for the night train service to Barcelona, a journey time of nine and a half hours. Many Italian cities are connected to Geneva, notably the "Cisalpino" service, connecting Geneva to Milan and Venice. There is also a night train service to Florence and Rome Termini Station.

All trains arriving in the Gare de Cornavin will usually have the Geneva Airport as their final destination (if they come from elsewhere in Switzerland), which means you don't have to use the TPG tram or bus to get there.

While not anything special in architectural terms, Gare Cornavin is, nevertheless, exceptionally well designed, and a key part of Geneva's public transport network. City tram and bus routes converge at a terminal located directly outside the front doors of the station, making transition from train to public transit extremely easy. The station also features a basement-level shopping concourse, along with an underground passage which connects to the south side of the busy main street, permitting new arrivals to avoid crossing busy roads. The passage also connects to a lovely, open-air pedestrianized shopping street, leading down to the lake.

 

By car
The motorway network brings you right into Geneva, only 40km from Annecy and 80km from Chamonix with customs at Bardonnex - Saint-Julien. Purchase of the motorway tax sticker at one of the customs is obligatory in order to drive on Swiss motorways.

 

By bus
Geneva is served by a number of regular international bus routes. Additionally, the TPG (Geneva Public Transport) provide regular services from the neighboring French towns of Saint-Julien, Archamps, Thoiry, Ferney-Voltaire, Moillesulaz.