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  Geneva is the most international city of Switzerland, which is beautified by the nearby Alpine peaks. Geneva is the French speaking city, which lies in the bay where Rhone leaves the Lake Geneva, and near the hilly surface of the Jura. The city is also known as the “capital of peace”, due to its humanitarian traditions, is the European seat of the ONU, including the headquarters of the Red Cross. At the end of the Lake Geneva is a magnificent fountain that surprises the tourists for its majestic height, which is about 140 metres, rising up with a spectacular jet, charming the tourists. On the right hand shore of the lake are located the most beautiful and large hotels and lovely restaurants. On the left hand shore of the lake is charming through its business and shopping areas, making the old town, in the very heart of Geneva. The dominating figure in the old town is the St.Peter Cathedral, which is famous for the period when John Calvin offered his inspiring sermons, during the middle of the 16th century. This impossant Romanesque Ghotic church designed with a neoclassical façade, highlights the beauty of the center of the international Swiss city. The two square towers on the east end of the church mark the best style of the cathedral. The interior is more interesting, with the nave that is austere but still warm, designed in a mix of Romanesque and Ghotic architecture. The north tower of the cathedral offer an unforgettable panoramic view over Geneva. The tower can be reached climbing 157 narrow steps, but still offer a must see landscape. The lake side promenades, the countless parks, the side streets of the old town, the amazing shops and beautiful boutiques take the tourists to rambling. 

 

 

  In this region the most elegant and best maintained street is Grand-Rue, where the famous Jean –Jacques Rousseau was born. The visitors are invited to admire the Lake Geneva, by a cruise using the Mouettes, a water taxi, that opens stunning view while traveling on the lake’s waters. These tour leave impressionant moments, delighting your soul and body with majestic landscapes over the city. Geneva is the international city of Switzerland, where the European seat of ONU, making the city  very significant one, with a very important role in the humanitarian campaigns, because the Red Cross is directing its activities from here. International artists show their performancies in the Grand Theatre and in the Opera House. Geneva provides the visitors with splendid museums, for example the International Museum of Red Cross-which is the birthplace for the Red Cross houses, the only museum which relate the history and the work of this important organization. The Musee International de L’Horlogerie represents a watch museum that show an astonished collection of jewellery watches and musical books, which attracts for its unique variety of works. Geneva is the ideal destination for a perfect vacation, full of pitoresque places, very mysterios landscapes, with great panoramic view of the Lake Geneva and the Alps peaks. You will leave here an unrepeatable experience, in a majestic city, including unique scenery of medieval castle, or majestic residences set against extraordinary landscapes and mountain panoramas, with stunning sights.

 

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