Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Geneva, Switzerland

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 121 m
Descend 112 m

Explore Geneva in Switzerland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in Geneva

Sight 1: St. Pierre Cathedral

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Saint Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland is a former Roman Catholic cathedral that was later converted into a Reformed Protestant Church of Geneva church during the Reformation.

Wikipedia: St. Pierre Cathedral (EN)

558 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Reformer's wall

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Reformer's wall Roland Zumbühl - www.picswiss.ch. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The International Monument to the Reformation, usually known as the Reformation Wall, was inaugurated in 1909 in Geneva, Switzerland. It honours many of the main individuals, events, and documents of the Protestant Reformation by depicting them in statues and bas-reliefs.

Wikipedia: Reformation Wall (EN)

728 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Plaine de Plainpalais

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The Plaine de Plainpalais is a large esplanade of 78,135 square meters located in the heart of the city of Geneva in Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Plaine de Plainpalais (FR)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: MAMCO

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MAMCO Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

The MAMCO is the contemporary art museum of Geneva, which opened in 1994. The building is a former factory building, with 3000 m2 of exhibition space, it is the largest contemporary art museum of Switzerland.

Wikipedia: MAMCO (EN), Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram

262 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Musée d'ethnographie

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The Musée d'ethnographie de Genève is one of the most important ethnographic museums in Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (EN), Website

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Park Baud-Bovy

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Parc Baud-Bovy is a public garden in the city of Geneva.

Wikipedia: Parc Baud-Bovy (FR)

1748 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 7: Parc Chuit

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Parc Chuit is a public garden in the Swiss city of Lancy, in the Surville district of Petit-Lancy.

Wikipedia: Parc Chuit (FR)

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