Geneva benefits from a natural setting which lends itself to all kinds of escapades and water sports, and the city is also lots of fun!
DESTINATIONS
» Eger and Hollókő (Hungary): you absolutely have to discover Eger, which, after Budapest, is perhaps Hungary’s most beautiful town and also the village of Hollókö which is classed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
» Mama Shelter (Paris): a cross between boutique hotel and upmarket youth hostel, Mama Shelter is located in a peripheral Parisian neighbourhood, not far from the Boulevard Périphérique.
WEEKEND IDEAS
» Medina Mayrit (Madrid, Spain): as the only Turkish bath house of its kind in Madrid, the Medina Mayrit urban spa offers the perfect retreat to relax and escape from it all.
Accessible to people of restricted mobility - visiting: 9.30am-6pm (last admittance 5pm). Closed Dec 24 to 26. Audio guide (8 languages) - cafeteria. Access: via bus 3, 11, 12, 24, 53, 77A, 88, 109, 159, 184, 211; BR: Charing Cross; via Underground: Westminster or St James's Park.
Remarks This shelter, designed to protect Churchill, his war cabinet and the general staff, was the Prime Minister's headquarters during the Second World War. The nineteen rooms still have their furniture and bureaucratic arsenal.