Geneva Tour: Sins and Virtues of the City

Embark on a self-guided audio tour of Geneva and explore the city’s main sights from a unique perspective. Discover the stories of real people and their sins and virtues, from Empress Elisabeth to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Uncover the hidden history of Geneva’s vices and virtues on this engaging tour.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • La statue de Sissi Geneve - Embark on this captivating journey starting near the statue honoring the empress tragically taken by an anarchist. Uncover the intricate details of this event, delving into the how and, more importantly, the why.
  • Jet d’Eau - Marvel at one of the world’s largest fountains, pondering its contribution to making the…
What's Included
  • Comprehensive overview of Geneva’s main tourist attractions
  • Unique narratives linking major sights to seven deadly sins
  • High-quality audio guide with professional narration
  • Inspirational stories connecting landmarks to virtues like justice and courage
  • Easy-to-follow route with illustrative photos and precise directions
What's Not Included
  • You will need to have your own mobile phone with internet and headset
  • There will be no live guide. Instead, you’ll explore the city using the link provided after booking
Additional Information

Geneva is a tapestry of illustrious pride, fond love, excessive gluttony, balanced moderation, impartial justice, fierce anger, covetous envy and undaunted courage. This tour exposes you to Geneva’s prominent landmarks while offering a unique perspective - through the lens of human moralities and immoralities.
The tribute to Empress Elisabeth ‘Sissi’,…

Location
Monument to Empress Sissi
Quai du Mont-Blanc
At the designated meeting point, there won't be a live guide present. We invite you to commence this self-guided tour using the link provided at the time of booking.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jennifer_w
May 22, 2024
Worthwhile - It was easy to follow the directions and nice commentary on all the locations. Glad we did it as felt more informative than walking around on our own.
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973evgeniyat
May 22, 2023
Simply the best! - Everything was just great! The tour is perfectly organized from technical and content perspectives. We followed the exact instructions throughout the route and found it very interesting! This guide not only lists some key facts about the city, its various locations and monuments but also shares exciting stories and background atmosphere of the past events - all these makes this city tour one of the best in my experience! Highly recommend for everyone who wants to explore and truly enjoy the city!😍✨
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Jason
Apr 8, 2023
Fun and easy to follow! - This was a fun interactive way to see a few sights that we wanted to see and the directions were perfect! If you are like me you can read faster than the narrator or you can just sit a listen while you spend time taking in the sights.
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Jim
May 18, 2023
Pretty good but… - We were going to be in Geneva for a short time and wanted to find a simple, inexpensive city tour. This seemed to fit the bill so we bought 2 tickets. I did not read the ‘Before you go’ instructions as closely as I should have, but a patient Viator rep pointed me to link to start the tour. You will need to use your personal cell phone and ear phones for this tour. The voice quality and directions to the various points of interest were the highlights of the self-guided tour. We didn’t enjoy the story-telling part (Sins & Virtue ) and would have preferred more city facts. We were also disappointed that the audio dropped out frequently and we would have to restart it several times. However, we were able to pause the tour for lunch and side visits without any problem. Again, the tour was inexpensive and very good with directions, but technical glitches diminished our rating.
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Eric_c
May 25, 2024
To much philosophy, not enough history! - May be of interest to other people but I found the lengthy comments being too much about morale, philosophy and religion and not enough about historical information.
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