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 - guided visits (approx. 1hr) Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, w.-end 2pm-5pm. Closed on Jan 1, Good Friday and Dec 25-26.
Remarks The State Apartments were built in the second half of the 18C and notably include several ceremonial rooms and the Picture Gallery, all luxuriously decorated. Much older is the Powder Tower Undercroft which rises from the remains of the Norman castle, the extensive excavations of which have unearthed part of the defences: a 13C arch and a relieving arch in the city wall, which enabled boatmen to enter the moats to deliver supplies to the postern gate. The Church of the Most Holy Trinity (1814) and Castle Hall, an attractive 18C building, cannot be visited.