switzerland · Year round
The quiet capital of the Lake — palaces on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, the Old Town above, the Jura beyond. Where Camille's family-office clients and Swiss private bankers cross paths over a private dinner. Discreet, year-round, the city that does not advertise itself.
Hotels
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Palace · 5★Family-owned since 1865, still the address on the Quai du Mont-Blanc and still the one the old Geneva houses choose.
Palace · 5★The riverside house on the Quai Turrettini, the most polished room on the Rhône side of town.
Palace · 5★The oldest grand hotel in the city, on the Rhône since 1834, now run by Four Seasons with the lake at the doorstep.
5★The smaller, more personal address on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, with the bar that holds the local crowd at six.
Festive · clubs, line-ups, long lunches
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Cocktail bar · Geneva
Bar · Carouge
Restaurant club · PâquisAuthentic · the quiet rooms
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Lake village · HermanceThe lakeside village inn fifteen minutes from Geneva — the long terrace on the harbour, the seasonal kitchen, the Sunday lunch the bankers keep to themselves.
2★ MichelinMichel Roth's room on the lake at Hôtel President Wilson, two stars, the most considered French kitchen in the city.
2★ Michelin · ColognyTwo stars on the Cologny shore, the terrace that faces the Old Town across the water — the Sunday lunch the bankers keep to themselves.
1★ MichelinThe Beau-Rivage's signature dining room, classical French held to the standard the house has kept for fifty years.
Italian · Vieille VilleThe Old Town Italian institution — the long pasta menu, the discreet wine cellar, the local that the Geneva regulars protect from the lists.
Japanese-Peruvian · BerguesThe Four Seasons rooftop Japanese-Peruvian room — the lake view, the omakase counter, the Geneva dinner the bank towers walk to.
Sport · tennis, padel, polo, golf
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Members · ColognyThe private club on the Cologny hill — tennis, golf, the lake below, the membership the city does not advertise.
Golf · 18 holes · MembersEighteen holes on the Cologny hill, the lake below — the championship round that the city's quiet money plays on a Saturday.
Polo · MembersThe polo stables on the right bank above the lake — the only proper polo club in the canton, summer chukkers and a quiet calendar.
Private aviation · jets
Charter a jet · point to point — handled personally.
Geneva jet centreGeneva is the European hub — direct to the Alps, the Med, London or New York. VistaJet, NetJets, TAG Aviation on call.
Spas & wellness
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Medical wellness · ClarensAn hour from Geneva on the Lake, the gold standard of medical wellness — a clinic that runs as a hotel and a hotel that runs as a clinic.