Parc de l'Ariana - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Hotels near Parc de l'Ariana

Hotel Eden

★★★

83 Reviews

8.7

0.57 km away from here

$287.17 per nightSelect

Hotel Mon-Repos

★★★

71 Reviews

8.7

0.62 km away from here

$270.27 per nightSelect

InterContinental Geneva

★★★★★

83 Reviews

8.6

0.83 km away from here

$539.13 per nightSelect

Jade Manotel Hotel

★★★

91 Reviews

8.8

1.16 km away from here

$241.92 per nightSelect

Top Activities Near Parc de l'Ariana

Attractions Near Parc de l'Ariana

The Celestial Sphere

0.11 km away from here

The “Celestial Sphere” is the large, metal sculpture located at the Palais des Nations on the Cour d’honneur easily viewed both from the UN Cafeteria and upstairs in the Assembly Hall from the Salle des pas perdus. The Celestial Sphere was installed in 1939 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the League of Nations and to honor the leadership of American President Woodrow Wilson.

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Palais des Nations

0.27 km away from here

Built between 1929 and 1936 and located at the heart of the Parc de l'Ariana, the Palais des Nations houses the European headquarters of the United Nations and is the largest UN centre after New York. More than 25,000 delegates pass through the center each year, and many works of art are on display there. Furthermore, the Palais opens its doors daily and provides fascinating guided tours. It is one of the unique attractions in this area.

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United Nations Office at Geneva

0.29 km away from here

The United Nations Office at Geneva is housed at the historic Palais des Nations, originally built for the League of Nations in the 1930s. A beautiful art deco building overlooking Lake Geneva, the Palais is the largest center for conference diplomacy in the world. Besides United Nations administration, it also hosts the offices for a number of programmes and funds such as the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affai

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Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève

0.33 km away from here

The Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques is a Museum of the City of Geneva. As the name suggests, it has a Garden and a Conservatory with an Herbarium and a Library. Conserve, explore, search, share and pass are the 5 main tasks of the institution. The Garden with its 29 ha houses big collections of living plants, about 8400 plant species of all over the world. They are spread amongst groups by themes: the tropical and temperate greenhouses, the rock gardens with mountain plants, the terraces of m

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Musée Ariana

0.38 km away from here

The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée Suisse de la céramique et du Verre, is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork and contains around 20,000 objects from the last 1,200 years, representing the historic, geographic, artistic and technological breadth of glass and ceramic manufacture during this time. The collection is the only one of its kind in Switzerland.

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Place des Nations

0.46 km away from here

Place des Nations is a big square situated in the heart of Geneva's international district, in front of the United Nations headquaters, famous for housing Broken Chair. It is specally proposed as a place to freely express any opinion - political, religious, personal or other. It is thus often full of people demonstrating or filing petitions.

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Geneva

The canton of Geneva is located in the southwestern corner of Switzerland and is considered one of the most cosmopolitan areas of the country. The city of Geneva dominates the economy of the canton. It is a center of commerce, trade, and finance.

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Location of Parc de l'Ariana

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