We are a family with two kids in primary school, and we spent a wonderful week in apartment 44 -- it was perfect for us. As other reviewers have mentioned, the apartment is associated with Hotel Central, which means there is daily maid service and light breakfast in the morning. The front desk staff is happy to answer questions, provide advice and solve problems.

On several evenings, we purchased groceries and cooked dinner in the apartment. This is a great way to reduce the cost of staying in Geneva because eating out can be expensive. We found that the kitchen had most of the things we needed to cook dinner. One thing we did need was a cork puller, and the front desk fortunately had one they could loan us. We wished there had been a small sharp knife for paring vegetables, but we used the large knife that was there instead. Remember to buy paper towels and napkins for your visit.

Like all hotels in Geneva, you get a transit card to use during your stay that works on the busses, trains, trams and water taxis. We made good use of the transit card during our stay. The apartment is located right in the heart of the city. It is on the south side of the river (Rive Gauche) just at the bottom of the hill for the Old Town (Vielle Ville). It was only a couple minutes walk from the #10 bus stop Bel-Aire Cite to the hotel, and there is an elevator to get to the hotel reception on the 6th floor. There are many excellent stores and restaurants nearby and it is an easy walk to many of the top sites in central Geneva -- for example, the St Pierre Cathedral, Maison Tavel, Armory, Jet D'Eau, English Garden, Flower Clock and Mont Blanc bridge.

Like many boutique hotels in Europe, each room has its own character. Ours was on the top floor (one set of stairs to go up after the elevator), and the original roof beams and vaulted ceilings are visible.

There is a clothes washer/dryer in the apartment, and it works just like all the other ones I have seen in Europe -- which is to say that the dryer gets most of the water out of the clothes, but you will still need to hang clothes overnight on a rack to finish drying.

The beds seemed a little hard to us -- we're used to a softer mattress at home so it took a while to get used to it, and we wished they provided more pillows on the beds (they provide one pillow per person - we requested and received additional pillows). We also wished there was a coffee maker -- there is a teakettle, but nothing for coffee. So we purchased an inexpensive french press for our own use and left it behind.

All in all, a great place in a phenomenal location that we would highly recommend.