Highly recommend! Charming, beautiful and well located apartment with an enormous bedroom, in an early 20th century building in Les Grottes quartier of Geneva about 4 blocks behind the main train station. I could walk to the Rive Gauche over the many little bridges that cross the Rhone where it has egress from Lake Geneva and divides the Rive Droite & Gauche. I stayed for a week with the very lovely Martine. She & I spoke French but she was at boarding school in England when a young woman and speaks English well. She offered a very simple and classic French style breakfast of toast, butter, jam, and cafe au lait. The bed was so comfortable, the place Swiss style clean.

Although she does not normally do this, she made me a delicious lunch the first day, as I arrived during "le diner" at 12:30PM. I asked her to show me around the area & how to get to a church in the Old City, La Vieille Ville, so she insisted on taking me there by foot and bus to make sure when I went that night in the dark I wouldn't get lost!!! She is really a class act.

Martine was born & raised in Geneva & can give excellent information about the city and region. She is cultivated, elegant, but kind and really makes an effort to make one's stay as comfortable as possible. For me at the end, it was almost like I was family and we really want to stay in touch as friends.

Be careful of pickpockets and street people around the Cornavin Train Station, however. Just keep your wits about you in Geneva, it is quite safe then. I walked alone at night (I'm middle aged and not very tall & kind of bourgeois) & I was careful and I felt safer and safer as I became familiar with the area.

Martine has a step-son who is a bit handicapped & he comes at noon or in the evening to watch the TV with her and he is very kind, sweet and very polite to guests. She doesn't want him to be lonely so she watches out for him. Just expect that he will be there sometimes. He will likely carry your bags up the stairs to be helpful. :>)