Wedding in
Geneva

Lake Geneva stretches so wide it could be a sea, and on the far shore, the Alps rear up like a promise someone is keeping to stay cold for ever. Geneva itself is all watch mechanisms and banking secrets and a lake so clean you could read a document in the depths. The city is orderly in the Swiss way, which means your timeline will not slip by even one minute.

Weddings congregate on the lake shore in May and September, in gardens where the light bounces off water until sunset. Book a venue with western views; the sunset over Mont-Blanc is not a thing you can un-see. The restaurants are formally excellent without being fussy. The airport is ten minutes away. The weather is chilly even in June. Bring a light sweater and a harder heart than you came with—something about Swiss precision makes emotion feel excessive.