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Flea market

Flea market on saturday with lots of weird stuff

Where Frankenstein has been written

Villa Diodati: Byron stayed here during the summer of 1816, writing and touring the lake region with Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The idea for the novel Frankenstein came to Mary Shelley in a dream at the villa, after an evening of violent storms on the lake.

Walk (cycle or skate) by the lake

Just walk round the lake on a sunny day. See the Jet d'eau, watch the ships, people playing hockey or having a drink, go through the various gardens, and have a bath or a sauna (depending on the time of the year) by the Quai de Paquis

"The smurfs"

very curious building assemblage called "Les Schtroumpfs" (The smurfs) in the "Les Grottes" area. Some sort of Gaudy-like architecture built in 1982-1984.

As they say "you will feel as though you have walked into a Smurfs cartoon strip and will be surrounded by the little blue men"

Familiar stranger / Local stars

Be sure to spot the local freaks/weirdos: the flashy white and fluo granny with her dogs, the tarzan-like roller-blader, the old guy dressed in a Southern army outfit, the roman biker, the dreadlocked newspaper-collector hobbo in les Eaux Vives or the super-enthusiast jogger-parkour guy on the Quai du Mont Blanc.

Restaurant: Lemon Cafe

Wonderful cuisine, extraordinary wines, personal attention by Mme. Monserrat Gindret and her husband.

Superb restaurant if you're not on a budget

My wife and I ate last night at Vertigo (only open Monday-Friday) in the Hotel de la Paix on the lake in Geneva. The food and atmosphere is trendy and superb. It's expensive but food/wine is creative and wonderful. Great chef. Sit at one of the higher tables for fun...

A Must see for anyone in geneva - bring your swimming costume - in the summer - lovely place for a dip in the water!

They also have AMAZING cheese fondue in winter!

This place can be really crowded during the summer.