Airline Tickets to Geneva

Geneva is not very popular with tourists, because it has the reputation of a boring, unattractive and too traditional city, but in reality the things are absolutely different. Geneva can boast of a splendid location on the bank of Lake Geneva, narrow streets near Bourg-de-Four Square, where you can spend hours walking, historical buildings (among them the Museum of Modern Art), a large number of wonderful parks, good restaurants, bars and night clubs.

Saint Pierre's Cathedral. Saint Pierre's Cathedral is situated at a height of 404m above the sea level (it's the highest place in the ancient part of the city), where by one of the versions the Roman temple used to be located. Starting with the 4th – 6th centuries small Christian basilisk started to appear there. During one of the greatest archeological dig under the cathedral they found the remains of the previous temples, the baptismal chapel of the 4th century and the mosaics of the 5th century. Saint Pierre's Cathedral was built in 1150-1232 in the Roman style with gothic elements. Its capitals were made in the style of late Romanism and early Gothic.

From the 13th century the outlook of the cathedral has been changed a lot. Its two unfinished towers date the 13th century. In 1749-1756 the former front was changed for the portico with six Corinthian columns. In 1895 the pointed metal tower replaced the bell tower of the 15th century. Inside the cathedral id decorated in an austere Calvinistic style, that's why it's extremely unpretentious. In the north aisle there is a three-cornered chair, which belonged to theologian, founder of Calvinism John Calvin (1509-1565). In Rohan chapel in 1889 they placed the monument for Anri de Rohan (1579-1638), the leader of French protestants in the times of Louis XIII.

The Maison Tavel. In the ancient part of the city you should necessarily visit the Maison Tavel, the oldest house in Geneva (it was mentioned in 1303 and restored in 1334). In this building with gothic front take place The Museum of Ancient Geneva, where you can look at the relief that tells how Geneva look like in 1850 before the city wall was demolished. The relief was created in 1880-1896 by A. Manen on a 1:250 scale. Besides that, in the museum you can look at the exposition about the life of the Geneva citizen of those times.

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Airport Address: Geneva International Airport, PO Box 100, CH-1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland
Distance and Location: The airport is located 5km (3 miles) north of Geneva
Airport Website: www.gva.ch/en
Airport E-mail: info@gva.ch
Airport Telephone: (0)22 717 7111
Country Code: 41
Time Zone: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October)
Total Number of Terminals: 1 (with Swiss and French sectors)