Altho' it is expensive (around £100/night for the room) the hotel is actually pretty cheap for Geneva. This is because it is in a dodgy area (the Paquis), but only by Swiss standards - it felt remarkably safe to me by day or by night. Rooms are spacious, there is a fitness room (basic weights and CV) and it's down a quiet side street so you can sleep peacefully but it is literally a minute or two to the tram or to the lake. Plus reception are super friendly and helpful (and don't laugh at your French!). All hotels in Geneva give you a free travelcard and a good map so you are free to wander around on the airconditioned trams marvelling at a country where everything works!
Hotel Epsom
18, rue Richemont
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel.+41 22/ 544 66 66
www.manotel.com/epsom/
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The free transport card also allows you free travel on the Mouette boats so you can criss-cross the Lake. You can get to the Perle de Lac using this and walk around the Botanical Gardens - really pretty.