I traveled to Geneva with 2 kids and their grandfather in June 2025. After much indecision, we went with Geneva for a few reasons: it’s a simple city break with lots of flights from Amsterdam, there are some nice hotels, and it’s very easy to transfer from the airport. Geneva was also one of the last hotel crawl trips I planned with my friend when I was pregnant in 2024, which was never to be (we ended up doing Miami instead). So it was on my radar.
There are lots of nice hotels in Geneva. Perhaps one of the most well known luxury hotels is the Four Seasons. We didn’t stay there; out of budget. I also was not that impressed with the last European Four Seasons I stayed at (the Cap Ferrat in Nice). Small rooms in an older building, stuffy atmosphere, they weren’t that interested in us, etc. So after a bit of research (this was really a whirlwind choice — we booked the tickets and hotels two days before), I went with La Reserve and the Mandarin Oriental.