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Julia’s Big guided tours

In 1990, Julia discovered Switzerland for the very first time during a skiing trip to Ovronnaz. It was love at first sight. So for every season of every year to follow, she would return to our country and being a teenager, she made herself a promise: to come and live here no matter what. At the time, her mum owned a travel and tourism agency and Switzerland was part of the Big destination. While waiting to keep her own promise, Julia studied French and became a French teacher in her home country. In the meantime, she also started working at the agency with her Mum and learned how to satisfy her clients. In 2007, her dream came true; she moved permanently to Geneva and graduated from Geneva’s University in Heritage & Tourism. She learned all the secrets of our city (though she knew a bunch of them way before she moved in) and she’s now a committee member of the Association of Geneva’s Tourist Guides. Her area of expertise is as follows: Geneva and roughly 100km around the city. She took a training course in order to specialise in the vineyard culture and now she works closely with the Association of the Suisse Romande Vineyards.
When Julia takes you on a tour, she speaks with her heart: in our mountains, in our restaurants, in our chocolate factories, next to our historical buildings, in our vineyards, she knows it all and shares it all with passion and attention to detail. Just admire her Instagram account for a Big preview. But to really experience it, you have to do one thing and one thing only: book a tour with her even if you are a local because we’re ready to bet that Julia will reveal to you some secrets that you’ve never heard of. Last but not least, Julia is our partner in crime, she’s now offering some tours within our funky guided tour section.

PS: special tribute to Le Petit Chou who one day organised a blogger’s meeting during which we met with Julia.

Photography © Otchenasheva
Standard price: 180.- (2h), 240.- (3h), 300.- (4h half a day), 400.- (8h, all day)
Geneva By Night 180.- (1h30)
Guided tour of our region (Lausanne, Vevey, Montreux, Château de Chillon) 200.- (2h), 260.- (3h)
Annecy, Chamonix guided tours or/and a walk in our mountains with a picnic from 300.- (including transportation, max 6 people)
Vineyards guided tour (Geneva, La Côte, Lavaux) from 300.- (4h min.)

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