Free Geneva Scavenger Hunt: For Tourists and Locals
Geneva has so many sights to see, and this free scavenger hunt will lead you to all the best places, local haunts, and have you keeping an eye out for what makes Geneva unique! Below, is our free scavenger hunt, where you can click or tap each item to mark it as complete. And for the planners out there, you can drag and drop rows to change the order in case you want to map out everything in advance.
Read further for more information on how to play as well as additional scavenger hunt options we offer.
Scavenger Hunt Checklist for Geneva
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Jet d’Eau | 4 |
| Lake Geneva | 3 |
| United Nations Office at Geneva | 4 |
| Old Town (Vieille Ville) | 3 |
| Parc des Bastions | 5 |
| St. Pierre Cathedral | 4 |
| Palais des Nations | 2 |
| Museum of Art and History | 4 |
| Jardin Anglais | 3 |
| Patek Philippe Museum | 4 |
| International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | 3 |
| Brunswick Monument | 4 |
| Ariana Museum | 3 |
| Geneva Botanical Garden | 4 |
| Natural History Museum of Geneva | 3 |
| Bains des Pâquis | 4 |
| Place du Bourg-de-Four | 5 |
| Grand Théâtre de Genève | 2 |
| Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO) | 3 |
| Plainpalais Market | 5 |
| Ariana Park | 4 |
| St. Pierre Cathedral | 3 |
| Pâquis District | 2 |
| Museum of Ethnography Geneva | 3 |
| Jardin Botanique Alpin “La Thomasia” | 2 |
| Victoria Hall | 4 |
| Carouge | 3 |
| International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent | 2 |
| Geneva University Botanical Garden | 4 |
| Les Bains de Pâquis | 1 |
How to Play
For this Geneva scavenger hunt, we’ve come up with a list of things to see in the city. Some of them are popular tourist attractions while others are more local secrets. For each item, you (or your team) will need to take a picture that shows both you and the listed item. For each photo you take, you’ll get the corresponding amount of points listed to the side of that item.
At the end of the allotted time for the scavenger hunt, you can see what level of rank you’ve earned and whichever team has the most points wins! You’ll be allowed to go to City Hall and ask for a key to the city. (We haven’t actually made any arrangements, but it doesn’t hurt to ask, right?)
Additional considerations for how you play:
- We recommend three hours for the scavenger hunt just to have a limit on the time you’re focused on this activity, but that’s up to you.
- If you’re traveling as part of a group and don’t want to split up, we’d recommend treating this as a game of I-Spy and awarding points to whoever in the group spots the item first or takes the first photo.
- It’s up to you how tough you want to make it with respect to awarding points just for seeing something, or if you have to go inside, or taking it further and requiring even more depending on the location.
Score and Rankings
0-10: Did you even leave your hotel?
11-20: Business trip traveler
21-30: Frequent business trip traveler
31-40: Tourist
41-50: Lives in the next city over
51-60: Over-caffeinated tourist
61-70: Recent transplant
71-80: Local
81-90: Actually grew up here and has always lived here
91-100: Mayor
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