Geneva is my hometown airport. I have used dozens of airports over the years, but I have used GVA far more than any other. (It was even one of my playgrounds as a kid - I had a pass that let me go airside whenever I wanted!)
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NH GENEVA AIRPORT, GENEVA
Located 2 km from the Geneva International Airport, it's railway station and from the
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Palexpo congress hall. 189 rooms (including 18 junior-suites), direct-dial telephone, cable TV, pay per view films, wireless internet access, internet access, independent modem telephone line, mini bar, air-conditioning, toiletries kit, hairdryer, safe, radio, choice of pillows (firm, soft, duvet,...), buffet breakfast, early riser breakfast, room service. Restaurant, cocktail bar, 4 function rooms (from 2 to 80 people), facilities for the disabled, laundry service, shoeshine service, cloakroom service, car park, outdoor summer bar-café, shuttle service, babysitting service, safe, bicycle and car rental.
NH Geneva Airport, Geneva
Located 2 km from the Geneva Airport, Cointrin, from the railway station and from the
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Palexpo congress hall. Shuttle service to airport, Palexpo, business district of Meyrin. The bar, next to the restaurant, is an ideal place to relax with friends or colleagues for a moment before taking off again for another trip or going back to one of our conference rooms with capacities for up to 80 persons, parking.
NH Geneva Airport, Geneva
Offering a free shuttle service to the nearby airport and Palexpo conference centre, this
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4-star hotel boasts fresh, contemporary decor and modern business facilities. Containing comfortably furnished, fully-equipped rooms; 4 multi-functional conference spaces and an on-site business centre with complimentary internet access; this is an ideal base for a business trip, right in the heart of Geneva?s new business district. Alternatively, the city's excellent transport system makes it possible for leisure travellers to retreat here and relax after a day?s exploring in the hectic city centre.
international airport of Geneva and the main exhibition centres. This newly built property offers its guests modern and comfortable facilities, mostly appreciated by business travellers. Among the facilities, you will find a fully-equipped business centre ready to welcome any event you may require. A very efficient reception desk offers international and local newspapers and magazines, safety box, shoe shine machine, laundry and cleaning service and more.
Airport and boasts a convenient location both for corporate travellers or holidaymakers.Amenities at the Holiday Inn Thoiry Hotel include meeting facilities, wireless Internet access throughout and parking area.A restaurant, serving tasty traditional specialities, is also available for hotel guests.
Advantages: Close to town, not too big, easy transport links, Easyjet hub Disadvantages: Few airport facilities, expensive (but so is all of Switzerland)
Geneva is my hometown airport. I have used dozens of airports over the years, but I have used GVA far more than any other. (It was even one of my playgrounds as a kid - I had a pass that let me go airside whenever I wanted!)
Assuming that your first experience will be arriving, I will deal with that first. GVA has one runway, nestled up against the Jura mountains. Whichever approach you make, it is spectacular, either over the foothills of the Alps, ... ...week (the only place in Geneva to open on a Sunday). All trains from there go to Geneva's main station. My tip though is to take the number 10 trolley bus. Go upstairs to where the check in desks are and outside. The bus stop is at the far end of the airport, next to the station. The fare for one zone valid for an hour is 2.20 francs (about £1). One zone should be all you need if you are going to most hotels. You pay at a machine, so you will need ...
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Advantages: Very easy rail access to the city and other parts of Switzerland. Disadvantages: Departure lounge cafe closes early evening. Have to pay to use ladies loo on railway platform.
After a train ride to Geneva Airport to catch an evening flight the first thing I headed for when I got off was the ladies' loo. Imagine my frustration to find that I needed a 50 Swiss cents coin to use the toilet. As I was returning home I had got rid of most of my small change. Signposting to check-in was not clear, from the train I followed the sign to Departures and ended up a couple of floors above the check-in desks. The restaurants were difficult ... ...were not clearly labelled. There was no cafeteria or fast food of the kind children like. Only a bar and restaurant open. Other cafes which might have provided a cheaper, more substantial alternative were closed. This was in the July tourist season.
In the departure lounge the shops, including Duty Free were closed and so was the cafteria. The bar had only very bland rolls, plain cheese and plain ham and a very few unappetising prepacked salads. ...
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Advantages: Quickest way in to Geneva; very good, as should be expected of a Swiss airport Disadvantages: None that I can think of
...Swiss transport infrastructure public buildings, Geneva Airport is very good, if not excellent, at what you want it to be - clean, efficiently laid-out, and pleasingly designed. Although small (when compared to Heathrow or Denver, for example), it is perfectly suited for serving the city, with good rail and bus links into Geneva.
Check-in can be just a little slow - you might even have to queue for more than five minutes (!) - but this is not really ... ...small airport, it is certainly good enough. The best thing about Geneva Airport is the view on landing - richly forrested rocky hillsides sweep below the plane as it comes into land, seemingly just below the wing-tips.
All in all, Geneva is my favourite European airport, outside of Heathrow. ...
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A flight from Gatwick - the only option for our recent holiday to Bermuda - meant we needed one night's accommodation near to the airport itself, to ensure we had no hold ups on the morning. As we would also need 12 nights parking I scoured the internet more
Some writers have commended the Holiday Inn for its excellent service at very reasonable prices. A look behind the scenes of the brand policy, products and pricing shows however a very different picture. Holiday Inn is in fact often more expensive than... more
