Parc des Eaux Vives

The Parc des Eaux Vives is a park situated at the Quai Gustave-Ador in Geneva with a surface area of 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft).

It is a sloping hillside park topped by a historic mansion dating back to the 18th century, that now serves as a hotel and restaurant.

The Parc des Eaux Vives sits on a large estate, founded in the 16th century by the Plonjon family and then purchased in 1714 by the banker Joseph Bouer, who added the manor house in 1750.

In 1907, the park was further developed by landscape gardener Jules Allemand on behalf of the Société des Hôtels de Genève.

These included Afrique mystérieuse ("Mysterious Africa"), a recreation of an "African village" consisting of some one hundred men, women, and children; a water slide; a skating rink; and a "Venetian lake" with gondolas.