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Getting The Wind In Our Hair On Lake Geneva

The first thing you need to know about sailing in Geneva is this word: Alinghi. You’ll see it on bags, on t-shirts, on hats, on bumper stickers, in the newspaper and on television, and, if you’re very lucky, on a sleek grey boat zipping across the lake.

As the defending America’s Cup champion, the Alinghi is beloved by the denizens of this nautically minded city, and its home base, the Société Nautique de Genève, is located right next door to Geneve-Plage. They host a number of large regattas, including the Bol d’Or Mirabaud, Europe’s largest lake sailing race, which goes from one end of the lake to the other, and takes place over a very long day in mid-June.

On weekend mornings, it’s easy to score a prime place by the shore to watch sailboats racing just offshore, but why not join in yourself before the big guys take to the lake later this month?

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A Guide to The Watersports on Lake Geneva

In continuing our European Vacation series, (we've already gone to Rome, France, Berlin and Turkey), our newest correspondent, Kate Winick, is fresh off a trip to Geneva where she spent some time lakeside. Here's her guide to Lake Geneva.

A bright, shiny morning dawns, the radio chirps that it’s 26 degrees and going to be a beautiful day, and after a moment of puzzlement and then the requisite conversion to Fahrenheit (double it and add 27—accurate above 10 degrees for determining outdoor temperatures unless you’re much more perceptive than most) and it’s straight into bathing suits we go, to scooter down to explore the various sporting options.

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Life is Good: Wine-Tasting in The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces

In continuing our European Vacation series, (we've already gone to Rome, France, Berlin and Turkey), our newest correspondent, Kate Winick, is fresh off a trip to Geneva where she spent some time lakeside. Here's her guide to Lake Geneva.

Thirty kilometers of UNESCO World Heritage site stretch along the northern shore of Lake Geneva, from Montreux to Lausanne, and from the lake to the lower slopes of the mountains, comprised of snaking miles of stone walls, tightly nestled villages, and most importantly—vineyards. Called The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces, the neat rows of vines upon vines have been growing from grapes into wine here since the 11th century.

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Exploring the Other Lakeside Towns of Lake Geneva

In continuing our European Vacation series, (we've already gone to Rome, France, Berlin and Turkey), our newest correspondent, Kate Winick, is fresh off a trip to Geneva where she spent some time lakeside. Here's her guide to Lake Geneva.

Geneva has a unique, pleasingly bipolar feeling of a major international center with a small-town feel, but all the lakeside towns here have a lot of character, and are definitely worth exploring. There are plenty of trains, buses, and boats that will get you to other points of interest around the lake, but we took a car for maximum mobility—besides, nothing says vacation like a red convertible.

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Leave It To Geneva; Summer Is Cooler By the Lake

In continuing our European Vacation series, (we've already gone to Rome, France, Berlin and Turkey), our newest correspondent, Kate Winick, is fresh off a trip to Geneva where she spent some time lakeside. Here's her guide to Lake Geneva.

Stumbling off a red-eye to Geneva is as disorienting as any other—you went to sleep in New York, and suddenly woke up where everything is green and friendly people are offering you tiny coffees in four languages. This crossroads at the center of Europe is used to people just passing through, but we decided to stay a little while, and see what’s been drawing people here since the B.C. years.

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