My name is Ariel Peter Haemmerlé and I’m a certified Geneva tourist guide. Peter is to remind my Christian ancestors.
A very diversified professional life has made me discover the great history and vast number of aspects of our city.
My last official job was to take care of the archives of the Geneva State Heritage Office. Only when I got retired some years ago, I passed the certification of local tourist guide and really started to have time to do this job. Very quickly, I was so successful that I did over 200 guided tours a year. Since, Geneva Tourism and many other agencies continue to call for my tours all the time.
I also specialized on thematic tours like the foundation of the International Red Cross; Calvin and the protestant reformation; Jean-Jacques Rousseau the Genevan philosopher; Tales & legends of Geneva; Geneva world capital of luxury watchmaking; writers in Geneva; and last but not least the history of the city of Carouge next to Geneva, catholic city built by the King of Piedmont-Sardinia to compete the flourishing protestant Geneva, which was a thorn in his eye.