Hotel Arbez
About Hotel Arbez
The Hotel Arbez, also called the Hôtel Arbez Franco-Suisse or L'Arbézie, is a hotel that straddles the international border between France and Switzerland in the tiny village of La Cure, which is itself divided by the boundary. Built by a private landowner and businessman specially to take advantage of an impending border adjustment between the two countries, the structure was originally used as a grocery store and a pub. Today, the entire building houses a hotel, whose dining room, kitchen and several rooms are bisected by the boundary.
On the show
There's a hotel in Europe which is half in France and half in Switzerland. It's called the Hotel Arbez and France and Switzerland were trying to swap a bit of land because the French wanted a particular bit, so they had to concede a bit. They just conceded a bit of land in 1862 and yeah, the border shifted, but the building stayed where it was.
from 69: No Such Thing As The Pamplona Guinea Pig Run, 2015-07-10 at 00:13:47 · read transcript
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