Ritz-Carlton Hôtel de la Paix: an 1865 palace on the harbour
On the Quai du Mont-Blanc, the Hôtel de la Paix has welcomed harbour travellers since 1865. Now a Ritz-Carlton, it scores 4.6 from nearly a thousand Google reviews.
The verdict
The Hôtel de la Paix is the other great historic palace on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, opened the same year as the Beau-Rivage, in 1865. It is now part of the Ritz-Carlton collection.
Its Google rating of 4.6 from nearly a thousand reviews puts it level with its neighbours, with a more contemporary style inside.
Location
It sits at the heart of the quay: the Pont du Mont-Blanc a few steps away, the Jardin Anglais and the Old Town on the other side, the station under ten minutes on foot.
Lake-view rooms look at the Jet d'eau; those on the street side are quieter.
Our advice
We could not identify its Booking page with certainty: the button below opens a search under its name. For the fair's public weekend, it showed no rooms on Google Hotels when we checked.
Check rooms at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel de la Paix, Geneva: the link opens the hotel on Booking.com for an upcoming weekend, change the dates to suit your stay. Prices vary a lot from one week to the next: book with free cancellation.
See availability on Booking.com →Partner link: booking through it supports the site at no extra cost to you.Read on: Where to stay in Geneva and Hotels in Geneva.
Sources: the establishment's website, Geneva Tourism, Google Maps (address, rating and reviews checked on 23 October 2026), Google Hotels (double room for two adults, prices checked on 23 October 2026). Distances are walking estimates.
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Sandrine Maret
Sandrine spent six years on the front desk of a hotel near Cornavin station, answering the same questions every day about the tram, fare zones and the border. She writes the pages she would have liked to hand to her guests. She checks every price with the operator, never in a guidebook.
