Enjoy the experience of a private tour with one of our tour guides

For a unique and personalized experience with us at the Palais des Nations, book online and if you have any other questions, contact our office for more information on tel. +41 22 917 48 96 or email: visit-gva@un.org

Duration

60 minutes minimum or longer upon request.

Discover the Palais des Nations, home of the United Nations in Geneva, and learn about the UN in a unique working environment.

Private tours can be booked in advance.

-Contact us if you don't see an available private tour for the date you wish -No ticket sales on site.

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Steps to visit the Palais des Nations

1. Select the desired date and pay for the guided tour.

2. Register your personal data to receive your digital access badge. The link to register is in the confirmation email for the guided tour.

3. Prior to your guided tour, please check that you have received your digital badge by email.

4. Arrive 30 minutes before your tour at the meeting point indicated in your confirmation email with your digital badge (in digital form or printed) and your ID documents

5. The meeting point is the Pregny Gate on 14 avenue de la Paix in Geneva, opposite the ICRC (Red Cross) and next to the Geneva Hotel School.

The Palais des Nations is currently being refurbished in certain areas. Many attractions are still accessible.

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About

Our tour guides will inform you about the activities of the United Nations and about how the UN impacts your life, among the people who make it happen. You will also discover the Palais des Nations, a unique building, formerly the headquarters of the League of Nations.

What you will see, depending on our daily schedule of meetings:

• The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room, decorated by famous artist Miquel Barceló.
• some of the newly renovated conference and commission rooms in the historic part of the Palais des Nations.
• Part of the Ariana Park and the monument commemorating the conquest of outer space.
• Gifts presented by various countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
• The plaza and entrance of our new state-of the-art and sustainable Building H.
• You will discover the Sustainable Development Goals.
• You will learn how a conference works at the United Nations.

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Important Notices:

• Please arrive exactly 30 minutes before your scheduled tour time to leave enough time for security screening.
• All visitors must carry a valid passport (UN Member or Observer State) or an ID card from the Schengen Zone and present the digital access badge received by mail
• Visitors may not enter the Palais des Nations with luggage or large bags.
• Our tour route and schedule may be affected by the current UNOGs’ meetings.
• The Visitors' Service may also need to close at short notice, depending on the events taking place at the Palais des Nations. The Visitors' Service and the UN Security Service will refuse entry to any visitor who is not in possession of his or her digital access badge and passport. Late arrivals cannot be accommodated.

The United Nations Office at Geneva is a workplace: Delegates hold their meetings in the conference rooms where visitors enter on tour during the guided tours. Visitors are reminded to please keep noise levels down and to dress in a way that respects the professional working environment of the United Nations.

• Within United Nations premises, all persons are required to comply with safety and security rules given by the tour guides at the beginning of every guided tour. Any act that disrupts the guided tour and/or the normal functioning of the organization’s programmatic activities, such as public displays of any form, including, but not limited to, clothing, banners, placards or other written or visual means, as well as vocal/audio sounds, gatherings, or demonstrations of any kind, including passive, is not allowed.