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Geneva: Old Town Self-Guided Audio Tour
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Geneva: Old Town Self-Guided Audio Tour

By VoiceMap
Free cancellation available
Price is £8 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h
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  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Discover how a small city left a surprisingly large footprint in mulitple fields
  • Hear from the producer, Ariel Peter Haemmerlé, a local tour guide
  • Do it all in an hour or linger at stops along the way
  • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
  • Use the virtual tour option at home

Activity location

    • Geneva
    • Geneva, Genève, Switzerland

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Bourg-de-Four, Genève, Switzerland | The tour starts at place Bourg-de-Four in the heart of the old town. To go there, you can climb up to the old town from anywhere. If it is too steep, except on Sundays, you can take the little bus nr 36 from anywhere in the lower streets where tramline 12 and 17 and several buses pass. This small bus line runs in a circle, so from anywhere you take it, it passes at place Bourg-de-Four. You can also get off at “Museum d’Art & Histoire” and walk a few steps to the pace. The map on your phone will guide you. Note: if you stay in a hotel, you will have received the "Geneva Transport Card" for free. It allows you to take all the public transportations as much as you want during your stay. This is offered by the State of Geneva.
    • Genève, Genève, Switzerland

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Valid for 1 Hour, Geneva: Old Town Self-Guided Audio Tour in English
  • Activity duration is 1 hour1h1h
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
£7.91 x 1 Adult£7.91
Total
Price is £7.91

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedLifetime access to this tour in English
  • What's includedWhat's included VoiceMap app for Android and iOS
  • What's includedWhat's included Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedSmartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Transport
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Food and drink
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded Entry into museums and attractions mentioned along the way

Know before you book

  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Embark on a journey to bygone Geneva and discover how a small city left a surprisingly large footprint in the fields of ethics, politics, history and science. On this walking tour, we’ll take a stroll through the cobbled streets to hear stories that begin over 2,000 years ago, and others that take us to the present day. I’ll answer questions about who founded the city, what role the Celts and the Romans had in its formation, and who the Burgundians were.

Along the way you’ll learn about the Protestant Reformation, the Swiss Confederation, and the founding of the Red Cross and the Geneva Conventions. You'll also hear about:

• The old marketplace
• The Holy Roman Empire
• The cathedral and its Chapel of the Maccabees
• Geneva’s oldest house, now a museum, and its oldest street
• Ancient stories behind the Arsenal’s mosaics
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the celebrated philosopher
• The invention of the US dollar
• How Switzerland came to be a neutral state

Come along and explore Geneva's beautiful, storied corners as you retrace its journey in becoming one of the world's smallest cities with global significance.

Location

Activity location

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    • Geneva
    • Geneva, Genève, Switzerland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Bourg-de-Four, Genève, Switzerland | The tour starts at place Bourg-de-Four in the heart of the old town. To go there, you can climb up to the old town from anywhere. If it is too steep, except on Sundays, you can take the little bus nr 36 from anywhere in the lower streets where tramline 12 and 17 and several buses pass. This small bus line runs in a circle, so from anywhere you take it, it passes at place Bourg-de-Four. You can also get off at “Museum d’Art & Histoire” and walk a few steps to the pace. The map on your phone will guide you. Note: if you stay in a hotel, you will have received the "Geneva Transport Card" for free. It allows you to take all the public transportations as much as you want during your stay. This is offered by the State of Geneva.
    • Genève, Genève, Switzerland