The city of Genève is followed by surprisingly lovely countryside on the way to the Swiss border. The Compesières fortress, seat of an Order of the Knights of St John until the French Revolution in 1798, is now a museum on the Maltese Order.
This short stage from the centre of Geneva to the French border offers plenty of architectural and cultural highlights. After St Peter's Cathedral, the Mediterranean city of Carouge beckons. Its trendy artists' district gives way to a charming nature reserve.
