Geneva Getting there & around

Getting around

Swiss rail pass holders travel for free on Geneva's trams and buses.

Boat

Yellow shuttle boats, Les Mouettes (the seagulls), crisscross the lake every 10 minutes between 7.30am and 6pm. Public transport tickets dispensed by machines at boat bays are valid.

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Public transport

Tickets for buses, trolley buses and trams run by Transports Public Genevois (TPG; 0900 022 021; www.tpg.ch in French) are sold at dispensers at stops and at the TPG office (7am-7pm Mon-Sat), at the central train station: a one-hour ticket for multiple rides in the city costs Sfr2.80; a ticket valid for three stops in 30 minutes is Sfr2.20; and a city/canton day pass valid 9am to midnight is Sfr7/12. Schedules for Noctambus night buses (0900 022 021; www.noctambus.ch in French) are online.

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Car & motorcycle

Much of the Old Town is off-limits to cars. Street parking (1½-hour maximum stay) costs Sfr1.50 or Sfr2 per hour, and public car parks (www.geneve.ch/parkings in French) are well signposted: those parking in Parking du Mont Blanc (Quai du Général-Guisan; per 25 min Sfr1) or Parking Plaine de Plainpalais (Ave du Mail; per 40 min Sfr1) get one hour of free travel for two people on buses, trams and boats; validate your ticket in an orange TPG machine before leaving the car park.

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Local transport

Taxi

Pick one up from in front of the train station or call 022 331 41 33. Count on paying Sfr6.30 flag fall plus Sfr2.90 per kilometre.

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