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Beau-Rivage Palace
Lausanne, Switzerland · Independent · Grand Luxury
The Treaty of Lausanne, the 1923 peace settlement that defined the borders of modern Turkey, with Lord Curzon, Poincaré, and Mussolini among the signatories, was negotiated and signed inside the Beau-Rivage Palace, which has stood on the Ouchy lakefront since 1861 and counts Charlie Chaplin among its long-term residents.
- 168 rooms
- Opened 1861
- Neighborhood: Place du Général Henri-Guisan
- Architect: Achille de la Harpe & Jean-Baptiste Bertolini; Eugène Jost
- Interiors: Pierre-Yves Rochon
About Beau-Rivage Palace
- When it opened in 1861, its 68 rooms had gas-lit suites, a first for a Swiss hotel, designed by architects Achille de la Harpe and Jean-Baptiste Bertolini.
- The Treaty of Lausanne was signed here on July 24, 1923, in the hotel's Salle Sandoz, with statesmen including Curzon, Poincare, and Mussolini present.
- The hotel also hosted the 1912 Italian-Ottoman armistice and Iran nuclear negotiations in 2015, and inspired Albert Cohen's novel Belle du Seigneur.
- Guests over the decades have included Victor Hugo, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel, and Nelson Mandela, and it sits beside the International Olympic Committee's headquarters.
- Hotel director Jacques Tschumi founded the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne, a leading hospitality school, in 1893.
History
Achille de la Harpe and Jean-Baptiste Bertolini raised the first Beau-Rivage wing on the Ouchy shore between 1857 and 1861. It opened in March 1861 with sixty-eight rooms and gas-lit suites, a Swiss first. Hotel director Jacques Tschumi founded the Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne from this desk in 1893. Eugene Jost's neo-baroque Palace wing followed in 1906-1908, and the house took the name Beau-Rivage Palace.
The Italian-Ottoman armistice was signed here in 1912. On 24 July 1923 the Treaty of Lausanne was signed in the Salle Sandoz, Curzon, Poincare, and Mussolini in the room. Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur drank from this lake. Victor Hugo, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel, and Nelson Mandela slept here. The Sandoz Family Foundation owns it. One hundred and sixty-eight keys, a Swiss Cultural Property of National Significance, Anne-Sophie Pic in the dining room.
Pierre-Yves Rochon renewed the Palace wing in 2012-2014 and the Beau-Rivage wing in 2020-2022. In March 2015 the Iran nuclear talks sat in the Salon Elysee. You sleep in the hotel where modern Turkey's borders were written down.
Restaurants and bars
- Pic au Beau-Rivage Palace — Restaurant · French · Chef Anne-Sophie Pic · Two MICHELIN Stars
- Kaigan — Restaurant
- La Terrasse — Restaurant
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Tennis
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Three Keys (2026)
- Robb Report 50 Greatest Hotels on Earth (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2025)
- Gault&Millau Hotel of the Year (Switzerland) (2023)
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