Hôtel d'Angleterre: the small 5-star on the Quai du Mont-Blanc
Among the big palaces on the quay, the Hôtel d'Angleterre plays the intimate card: a 19th-century façade facing the lake, few rooms and a Google rating of 4.7.
The verdict
The Hôtel d'Angleterre is the 5-star you choose to avoid the ocean-liner feel of the big palaces. A 19th-century façade on the Quai du Mont-Blanc, few rooms, and staff who know their guests by name.
Its Google rating of 4.7 from nearly 600 reviews makes it one of the best-rated addresses on the harbour.
Location
It shares the view and the logistics of the neighbouring palaces: the Jet d'eau opposite, the Mouettes crossing the harbour at the foot of the hotel, the Old Town across the bridge. Cornavin station is ten minutes on foot.
The quay stays noisy at rush hour, as everywhere on the harbour.
Our advice
For a stay for two, it is the intimate alternative to the Beau-Rivage, at similar prices. For the fair's public weekend, no rooms were offered on Google Hotels when we checked.
Check rooms at d'Angleterre Genève: 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.
