Switzerland Guide
Geneva
Les Pâquis
The cosmopolitan, rough-edged district of Les Pâquis is centred on the long Rue de Berne – not a pretty place but crammed with restaurants and cafés devoted to every conceivable cuisine from Senegalese to Filipino. Equally visible are the numerous sex shops and street prostitutes of Geneva's flourishing red-light trade. The further north you go, the quieter it gets; conversely, you could head out to the lakeside Quai du Mont-Blanc for a tree-shaded stroll north, past the Bains des Pâquis artificial beach, the marina and ranks of luxury hotels on Quai Wilson, to the beautiful Parc Mon-Repos, first of several adjoining lakefront parks on the edge of the international area.