Geneva and Ferney-Voltaire - two countries, "one" airport?

What an airport! Or two... or two sides maybe. I flew to Genève but wanted to rent a car from the cheaper French side of the airport, so had to change sides. Exit was easy, coming back was quite an adventure. You have to drive to Ferney and take the only road -- a road fenced off from both sides -- to enter the airport to return the car back on the French side.

And no surprise, the French side is pretty basic, the Swiss side .. there's chocolate. And watches. And jewelry. 

I liked the French side though, gets the job done! Have to wonder though that even flights to Franee (except for Lyon and Paris) leave from the Swiss side!

I also visited the Swissport Horizon lounge on the Swiss side, the one that Finnair uses. That one was pretty basic, small and quite packed. But again, got the job done, there was power and Internet and some food and drinks.

More information from the Swiss side airport here and from the French side here.

French side. Yes, ALL of it:

Swiss side, one of the thousand shops:

Entry to the airport's French sector:

Flights from the French side:

Lounge entry:

Flight out:

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