Hotels in Geneva - Being a city with international recognition and a high standards of living has resulted in high quality hotels in Geneva, irrelevant whether its budget friendly hotel or luxury hotel. Geneva has provided equal market share for both low cost hotels and posh hotels, located throughout the town evenly. These enables visitors to choose Geneva hotels according to budget since most major locations have almost equal number of hotel classes. Budget hotels usually occupy locations with lots of public facilities such as bus and train stations, while luxury hotels prefer exclusive prime location near to attractions in order to provide a hassle free vacation for their guests.

You will find most of hotel in Geneva are well designed and decorated, with cheap Geneva hotels having fewer amenities than their counterpart, the luxury hotels. These amenities are one method to differentiate these two ranks where you'll find the amenities in luxury hotels, such as the restaurants are highly classy, posh and carries certain exclusive traits such as strict dress codes and dine by reservations only. These traits are meant only for those lavish diners while average restaurants such in lower class hotels would levy these restrictions due to the lower income scale of their target market compared to upper class hotel patrons. Nevertheless, you'll be amazed with their service and quality which are almost at par with some luxury hotels of developing nations.

Most of the Geneva budget hotels are located within Gare de Cornavin, Genava's main train station. Cornavin can also be considered as the city centre due to its location and this may be the reason why the concentration is high. The station serves about two hundred and thirty train arrivals and departures of local and international trains from France and other European countries. Budget travellers arriving here would have no problem finding a suitable hotel around the vicinity.

University of Geneva or the Old Town Vicinity and Les Paquis is a favourite among luxury hotels in Geneva due to the prestigious recognition of the university and its old town surrounding. The area began to develop together with the university when it was opened in 1559, with plenty of architectural marvels and statues scattered throughout the area. You'll be amazed with the complexity and the attention to details given to most of the buildings here which were built hundreds of years ago, and well preserved too.

Les Paquis is one of the most elegant and prestigious districts in Geneva with plenty of luxurious tourist attractions such as the Grand Casino and the exclusive Lake Geneva or Lake Leman where yacht racing is held every year. Most of the luxury Geneva hotels and resorts by the lakeside would be fully booked during summer time as most of the upper class European citizens take the advantage to dip into the cold waters of the lake while others participate in yacht races. Another prominent structure by the lakeside here is the Palais Wilson or the Wilson Palace. It the headquarters of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, a prestigious treaty body under United Nations.

Geneva – Geneva is one of the world's most recognised cities, being host to the prestigious organisation, the United Nations until it moved to New York recently. Duly cited as world's major centre for international diplomacy, Geneva retains its image throughout the city in almost all aspect, by having high standards of living, excellent public transport, magnificent tourist attractions and more. Geneva's population is only close to two hundred thousand but it maintains a steady count close to eight hundred thousand people living there, including expatriates and foreign workers. But if you think there's no place like home, then you're in for a surprise in this spectacular city that's admired internationally.

Geneva has nothing short of attractions and historical monuments, being in existence for more than two millenniums. Though so, there are plenty of modern attractions throughout the city, and one of it that created huge fan base is the one of a kind water fountain, Jet d'Eau or the Rade. Jet d'Eau pumps water up to a staggering height of one hundred and forty metres, constantly wetting at least half a kilometre radius of area surrounds it. A spectacular sight from a far, but if you dare, you can try walking the ramp that passes exactly through the fountain.

Palais des Nations or Palace of Nations is the former headquarter of United Nations, now opened for public displaying numerous public arts collections, libraries and its beautifully landscaped grounds. Though opens daily for visitors with a minimal fee, you may want to consider joining the guided tour in English to have better understanding of the functions of the rooms inside the venue. One must visit room is of course the Assembly Hall where all the N meetings and summits are held. Passport are required for entry so make sure to show when buying ticket.