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two-thirds in France.\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"in December 1862, the land occupied by the Hotel Arbez was owned by a French citizen named Ponthus.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2F2_JqRoHjk.jpg.730x547_q85_box-0%2C0%2C1600%2C1200_crop_detail.jpg?alt=media&token=8851d804-c44a-4123-8752-68a42d9533d8"},{"type":"video","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2FHotel%20Arbez.mp4?alt=media&token=dcafeb5f-0c72-4d19-9192-1a751a1e2da4"}]},{"address":"La Cure","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":46.46501000000002,"longitude":6.072489999999986},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"# La Cure\n ### border town between France and Switzerland. \n\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"Postal code(s)\t\n1265\n\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"District\tNyon\n\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"There is a Swiss Railways narrow gauge railway line, the Nyon–St-Cergue–Morez Railway, that runs from Nyon to La Cure.\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2FStC205%2B231.jpg?alt=media&token=60d01817-8215-4aa3-859b-90ec601dcddc"},{"type":"text","content":"Time zone\tUTC+01:00 (Central European Time)\n\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"Ten boundary markers were used to demarcate the boundary dividing the town and at least four buildings in it.\n\n\n"},{"type":"text","content":"La Cure is a village located some 20 kilometers (15 mi) northwest of Lake Geneva, straddling the Franco-Swiss border..\n\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2F2a83fb8da88355719603092fc80513cd.jpg?alt=media&token=81aabb7d-0d81-477a-9930-bb71029bc287"}]},{"address":"Hotel Arbez","location":{"longitudeDelta":0.14321712068773834,"latitudeDelta":0.09219986310369421,"latitude":46.464382666713504,"longitude":6.073085749999998},"media":[{"type":"text","content":"Today, the Franco-Swiss border passes through the kitchen, dining room, hallway and several rooms of the Hotel Arbez:\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fhotel-arbez-franco-suisse%20(1).jpg?alt=media&token=df682869-5e52-424d-a6b9-1592cb00db56"},{"type":"text","content":"The dining room is divided by the boundary.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fhotel-arbez-franco-suisse%20(2).jpg?alt=media&token=926bd266-9488-42dc-bbcd-924a185ec167"},{"type":"text","content":"The bed in the honeymoon suite is bisected by the border, with half in France and half in Switzerland.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fchambre7.jpg?alt=media&token=de31e268-9458-4e3c-80cf-b11bd8c0f0ed"},{"type":"text","content":"Another room has its bathroom in France, while the rest of the room is in Switzerland.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fwe-were-on-the-fr-side.jpg?alt=media&token=6d603c4b-fff8-46bc-9905-1c7cebef4788"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fhotel-arbez-franco-suisse%20(3).jpg?alt=media&token=df7169d1-89a2-43aa-b43b-b934117d1536"},{"type":"text","content":"The annex to the hotel is located entirely in Switzerland.\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fhotel-arbez-franco-suisse%20(4).jpg?alt=media&token=6692bed4-78d9-45af-850e-4ea0bccb0dcc"},{"type":"text","content":"The main hall and stairway are bisected by the border. The lower half of the stairs lie in France, the upper half, beginning on the seventh step is in Switzerland;\n"},{"type":"img","content":"https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/freeguides-prod.appspot.com/o/assets%2Ftours%2F3EyGQ53ms9Dk7yMotcvi%2Fbd084a379e8f8e6d551f7440fd99dae2.jpg?alt=media&token=bee50c38-b9bc-4f7c-828c-20304e114f0e"},{"type":"text","content":"Today, the Hotel Arbez is operated by the French company SARL Arbez Franco Suisse, which pays taxes equaly to both countries.\n"},{"type":"text","content":"for booking\n"},{"type":"link","content":"https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=311984&label=arbez-franco-suisse-K_n6%2ALbmSgoXy3IE7bsYmwS466317767897%3Apl%3Ata%3Ap1%3Ap2%3Aac%3Aap%3Aneg%3Afi%3Atikwd-858991337251%3Alp1011082%3Ali%3Adec%3Adm%3Appccp%3DUmFuZG9tSVYkc2RlIyh9YXwxhKG0pUU-mcMVT-JwQpc&sid=11cf75e2cd7dfc3d71f5e05a741b52f9&city=-1445695&expand_sb=1&highlighted_hotels=1266998&hlrd=no_dates&keep_landing=1&redirected=1&source=hotel&gclid=CjwKCAiAuOieBhAIEiwAgjCvcqSbvTzUTshSYOSe3Yj02fE_g482xK0TqTJFgPnBxbJElLyZ_CR0UhoC1fMQAvD_BwE&room1=A,A,;"}]}]
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