Private tour in Geneva Livia D

Pricing Details
Base cost of tour
  • $ 314 USD

Geneva financial center

Tour #753020
Pricing Details
Base cost of tour

up to 10 people

2 hours 30 minutes

Walking

Party Size:

1

Overview of your Geneva tour:

Geneva financial history starts in the middle Ages with the trade fairs, famous in Western Europe especially for the trade of precious goods. The first bank, founded by the Florence Medici family, leaves the city in the 1460's and is replaced more than three centuries later by the protestant bank, whose vestiges can be still identified in the local private banks. In the meantime the city has become an important business center owing to the influx of protestant refugees who have brought new professions, namely the one of watchmaker, or developed the existing ones, like the one of banker. Despite the catastrophic impact of the French Revolution Geneva has been able to recover after entering the Swiss confederation in 1815. Presently it is the second financial center in Switzerland and the sixth in the world. This visit will cover the different stages of the bank development allowing you to become acquainted with the historical area and the different architectural styles of the local banks.

Your Geneva tour itinerary

10:00 Meeting in Place de Neuve 10:15 Reformation Monument 10:45 Oil trade 11:00 Bank district 11:45 The Fairs in the Middle Ages 12:00 The residences of protestant bankers 12:30 Mario Botta bank

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Transportation Details
Type: Walking

On foot. A tramway can be taken between the two last stops

What's included
  • Other
  • Private Guide
What's extra
  • Other: Transportation is optional
  • Public Transportation
Meeting location

Airport: ,Cruise: ,ByGuide: Place de Neuve in front of the entrance of Parc des Bastions

  • You can request a different meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout process.
Other details
Tour categories

Architecture

History

Languages
Fluent

Russian

Fluent

Italian

Fluent

French

Fluent

English

Activity level
Light
Accessibility

wheelchair Accessible

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Size:

up to 10 people

Duration:

2 hours 30 minutes

Transportation:

Walking

Party Size:

1

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$ 314 USD

Book with a 20% deposit!

Size:

up to 10 people

Duration:

2 hours 30 minutes

Transportation:

Walking

Party Size:

1

Select tour date
Select tour start time

View our Cancellation policy

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