We - my  16-year old and I - love our home. It is beautiful, relaxing and right in the heart of Geneva, just a 3 minute walk to public transport that will take you to the lake, the parks. the gorgeous old town, restaurants and shops within ten minutes and the UN only a 25 minute bus & tram ride away. The train station is an 18 minute busride away and from there, the whole of the Swiss Alps are only an 1h20 train ride away. Should you have a car, the French alps are even closer, starting at a 45 min drive from my place. Should you come by car, parking can likely be arranged.

The Space

Our apartment is bright and welcoming, with big east-facing windows that let in the morning sun most of the year. It’s on the ground floor and opens onto a small south-facing garden — a quiet green spot in a very leafy neighborhood. The building has a friendly feel, with shared spaces on each floor that people actually use.

The apartment has two separate bedrooms, a spacious living room, and an open kitchen, altogether about 68 m². The bathroom has both a bathtub — perfect after a chilly day out — and a raindrop shower with great water pressure. There’s a separate toilet as well.

The open-plan kitchen makes it easy to cook and chat at the same time. The dining table seats seven comfortably, and there’s a piano and a guitar if you’d like to play music.

The garden is one of our favorite parts of the home. In spring and again in summer, the wisteria covers the terrace in blue-purple flowers, and the small bench outside has a roof cover which makes it ideal for morning coffee or an evening drink, even when it rains. We have a table and garden chairs that comfortanbly seat four people. We also grow a few herbs and vegetables, which guests are welcome to use.

Everything is on one level — no stairs — and the apartment, as well as the building, is wheelchair accessible, though using the shower requires a bath transfer bench so that you can get in the bath, and a bath board.

Guest Access

Our appartment is on the groundfloor. No need to take stairs. The appartment building and our appartment are wheelchair accessible, however use of the shower in the bath requires a transfer and a bath board.

Notes

If you are curious to try aerial yoga, a hammock is there for you to play. Just dont do inversions without having been taught how to do them!

Features

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Fridge

WiFi

Bed sheets

Oven

Towels

Washer

TV

Heating

Hair dryer

Microwave

Iron

Dishwasher

Workspace

Clothes dryer

High Speed Internet

Garden / yard

Bathtub

Covered porch / verandah

Bikes

Wheelchair accessible

Camping gear

Travel Styles

Long term

Weekend

Adventure

Family

Romantic

Sport and leisure

Foodie

Relaxing

Eco

City

Mountains

Water

Skiing

Culture

Hiking

Cycling

Last minute

Good public transport

Cross-country skiing

Accessibility

Step free access

Easy entrance

Single level

Wide hallways

Accessible switches

Accessible tap hardware

Accessible windows

Accessible bedroom

House Rules

Suitable for infants under 2

Suitable for children ages 2-12

Pets not allowed

No smoking

Allergens

Cat free

Dog free

Smoke free

Dates of Availability

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Neighbourhood

Our appartment is in an eco-neighborhood, car-free and with lots of green, a park for kids to play, a good restaurant and a therapeutic centre titled ArKade Therapie & Training (www.arkade-geneva.com) offering many different types of therapy. It is in their collective space that I teach my donation-based yoga classes: www.yogafreegeneve.ch

Nearest airport

Geneva's International Airport is 13 km, a 23 minute-drive away. Bus #5, which you can catch at the stop Florence and which is only a 3 minute walk, will take you there in 40 min, while catching the #25 to the train station and cacthing the train to the airport will see you arrive within 30 minutes.

Getting Around

Nearest grocery store is a 3 minute bike ride or 8 minute walk away. The old town of Geneva is a 12 minute bus ride and the lake is a ten minute bike ride. you may borrow our bikes, we have good mountain bikes and a very solid electric bike.

Map of Approximate Location

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Elke

Hi, my name is Elke and I live in Geneva, together with my 17-year old son. This city has been my home for nearly 19 years, after having first moved from the Netherlands to the UK, Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong, Jamaica and Cambodia. I have worked in humanitarian action for the past 25 years, first in humanitarian mine action, and now to advance inclusion of marginalized groups, and my side kick is teaching yoga, using my physiotherapy skills, through donation-based classes that in part support a family living a challenged life in Uganda, as well as other persons-in-need I come across on my trails. So glad to have joined PLU and to become part of what seems to be an amazing community.