My daughter and I are trekking the Tour du Mont Blanc in the first week of September. Because of her limited vacation we will be on the trail for the entire length of her stay so will not have an opportunity to explore the Chamonix area. I, however, can arrive in advance of her and could spend 2 1/2 days exploring.
The options that I was considering are as follows:
Fly into Paris and spend the 2.5 days there. I have been to Paris once before but that hardly accounts for anything in a city like Paris.
Fly into Geneva and day trip to Lake Lausanne and other locations, possible even Annecy.
Fly into Geneva but head to Chamonix to actually explore the area, gondolas, Courmayuer.
I am leaning a slight bit to options #2 and #3, but it is also hard to pass up a return visit to Paris. It is more likely that future travel could take me back to Paris, but unlikely I would find myself in Geneva/Chamonix again.
Thanks for any thoughts.
P.S. I may cross post in the France forum.