Tree Walks in Geneva
Geneva has 4 walks that string its ancient trees together on foot, from 1.58 km to 2.4 km, past 20 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.
The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.
Eaux-Vives
6 trees · about 2.4 km · 33 min on foot
Begins at The Naville Cedar (Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus libani)) and ends at The Great Cedar of Port-Noir.
Bastions
5 trees · about 1.58 km · 20 min on foot
Begins at The Holm Oak of Cimetière des Rois (Holm Oak (Quercus ilex)) and ends at The Official Chestnut Tree.
Sécheron
5 trees · about 1.73 km · 24 min on foot
Begins at The Sécheron Plane (London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia)) and ends at The Venerable Oak of the Botanical Garden.
Chambésy
4 trees · about 2.16 km · 33 min on foot
Begins at The Botanical Garden Plane Trees (London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia)) and ends at The Service Tree of Chambésy.
All of these stand in Geneva, where we map 21 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Amsterdam · Arnhem · Assen