A day and a half in Geneva

Last week I had about a day and a half of free time around a business meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The city offers free bikes (for 4 hours — 2 francs an hour after that) so I borrowed one and rode over the French border to a cable car that took me up Mont Salève, the “Balcony of Geneva”.

There were trails all over, so I followed the signs that looked the most interesting: Mont Blanc Panorama, Observatory, and then Alps Panorama.

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I spent some time in a Tibetan Temple, listening to a monk chant.

I passed what looked like strips of miniature golf turf and realized it was a series of hang glider jump-offs.

An hour or so later I ended up in the middle of a cow pasture, surrounded by ringing cow bells, with breathtaking views of the Alps in the distance. In the words of Ralphie’s dad on A Christmas Story, it was indescribably beautiful.

On the way back I passed a group of elderly hikers and briefly envied their lifestyle.

If you only have a day in Geneva, here’s what I recommend:

Borrow a bike from Geneveroule. They’re free for four hours and cheap beyond that. They have several locations and you can drop them off at any of them when you’re done.
Ride the Mont-Salève Cable Car and just wander around up there. I planned on 30 minutes and spent a couple of hours. You can ride your bike down Route de Florissant from Geneva to Veyrier, France, and follow signs to the Téléphérique du Salève. Or you can take the #8 bus to Veyrier-Douane from the Cornavin train station in Geneva. Pray for clear skies. I went on an overcast day, but I could see Mont Blanc and the Alps.
Buy a passport for 7 private museums. I had time for the following, in descending order of how interesting I found them:
- International Museum of the Reformation – near St. Pierre’s Cathedral
- Bodmer Foundation – private collection of very old books, including Egyptian Book of the Dead scrolls, a 1623 Complete Works of Shakespeare, handwritten Gospels, copies of the Koran, and a perfectly preserve Gutenberg Bible.
- Red Cross
- Patek Philippe (watchmaker)
Walk or ride along Lake Geneva. Lots of great people-watching, public art, the Jet d’Eau, the working clock made out of flowers, and plenty of nearby shops if that’s your thing.

Explore the Old Town (Vieille Ville) – St. Pierre’s Cathedral, The Wall of the Reformers at Parcs des Bastions, and lots of interesting streets and shops.