Geneva Airport: brief information

Geneva Airport is located in the west of Switzerland, and to be more precise - almost on the border with France. In connection with this, the institution enjoys immense popularity both among tourists and residents of the state.

Infrastructure

The airport's area is not very impressive, but it has two terminals capable of receiving a large influx and outflow of passengers. The establishment is comfortable, comfortable, and dozens of companies from different spheres render services in its territory. Terminals are divided into two parts (French and Swiss), which allows you to create on each of them its infrastructure.

Geneva Airport is recognized as one of the most comfortable in Europe. Here you can find a travel agency, rent a car, change the currency. There are also parking facilities, beauty salons, companies providing banking services, a room for children, a medical center, luggage storage. Internet is free. Also on the territory there are restaurants, shops, a conference hall.

Geneva Airport is located next to hotels in which the comfort level is at the maximum. The most popular of them is the Crowne Plaza. The minimum price per day is 100 francs (the Swiss currency). The airport operates until midnight. After that, until 4 am, it is closed for preventive maintenance and personnel changes. In this case, passengers can remain in the waiting rooms.

Car rent

Geneva Airport provides a service such as renting a car with or without a driver. And the driver also acts as a guide who can take to the sights and tell their story.

If a passenger rents a vehicle without a driver, then this procedure occurs in three stages: car selection, payment and reception. First you need to choose a car, then agree on the date of the lease, and then transfer the driver's license and bank card to the airport employee. The latter is needed to withdraw the deposit. To check the car it is necessary on a place that on it there were no scratches or dents, differently their presence should be registered in the lease.

How to get there?

The first thing that visitors see in such a beautiful city as Geneva is the airport. "How to get to the village?" - the main question. There are two ways to do this:

• Railway. Near the airport is a network of railways, which greatly facilitates travel to the tourist. At the station you can buy a ticket for one of the listed currencies: dollars, euros, francs. Payment is accepted in cash or by credit card. If you want, you can buy a special travel card, which allows free use of transport from 4 days to 30/31. If this option is not suitable, then there is another kind of card. It allows you to skip no-limit on public transport for not more than an hour and a half. This will be enough to get to Geneva.
• Buses. In front of the railway station there is a bus stop. They pass here every 20 minutes. You can get to Geneva by taking a seat on one of the listed routes: Y, 5, 10, 23, 28 or 57. Some hotels allow you to buy cards that allow you to move around Geneva for free.

Transfer

Some hotels have a shuttle service. Airport Geneva from some hotels is too far away, so free delivery to the place of the tourist and his baggage will be very comfortable.

However, not all hotels, he works around the clock. For example, a free transfer is made by the hotel "Phoenix" only from half of the sixth morning until midnight. In the institution "Geneva Airport Hotel" this service is provided from 5:20 to 23:30 every day with an interval of 20 minutes.

If you want, you can order a taxi. The trip will cost about 50 francs. The cost depends on the length of the journey, the taxi service, the number of passengers and the weight of the luggage.