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Hotel Drei Konige (Les Trois Rois)
Blumenrain 8, Basel

Fairmont le Montreux Palace
Grand Rue 100, Montreux

Built in 1837 and originally called the Hotel du Cygne, a new hotel was designed and built in 1906 and joined to the original by the Salon du Musique. Today, this five-star destination has 235 rooms and suites, most of which overlook the lake.

On 20th July 1936, the important Dardanelles Treaty, better known as the Montreux Convention, was signed at the hotel. Distinguished former guests include Richard Strauss and Sarah Bernhardt, while author of �Lolita�, Vladimir Nabokov took up residence in the hotel in 1961 until his death in 1977.

This may well be the oldest hotel in Europe. Although most of the building one sees today was constructed in the 18th century, the institution itself was established in 1026 AD. It now boasts a little over 100 rooms, and blends its historic past with up-to-date luxury.

Its museum-piece guestbook contains such illustrious and recognisable names as Voltaire, Queen Victoria, Napoleon and Kaiser Wilhelm II. It is also said that it was on the site that three kings (Conrad II, Henry III and Rudolf III) drew up a treaty incorporating the west of Switzerland into the Holy Roman Empire.

Beau Rivage
13 Quai du Mont Blanc, Geneva

Certainly one of the most distinguished hotels in the world, The Beau Rivage has been run by the Mayer family since 1865. Throughout that time it has maintained its reputation for service and hospitality, with history being made on-site more than just once.

The Beau Rivage can lay claim to having witnessed the birth of a nation: it was here that in 1918 that the treaty creating Czechoslovakia was signed. The hotel was also the site of an assassination: Elizabeth, Empress of Austria, was stabbed to death by Luigi Lucheni while leaving the hotel.

Hotel Interlaken
Hoheweg 74 CH-3800 Interlaken�

Old. Very old.

First mentioned as a hotel in 1323, it was known to be a guest house almost a century earlier. Naturally, much has changed since then � in 1491 it was extensively renovated for the first time, though part of the original wall can still be seen in the lobby of the hotel.

The hotel is rightly proud of its connection to two of the nineteenth centuries most notable creative geniuses: Felix Mendelssohn and Lord Byron, the latter believed to have stayed at the hotel in 1816.

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