
Hotel Arbez Franco-Suisse: This unique hotel sits right on the border between France and Switzerland.

International treaty: It's a consequence of the 1862 Treaty of Dappes, by which France and Switzerland agreed on a small territorial swap, in order to allow full French control of a nearby strategic road.

Family-run: Alexandre Peyron is the current manager of the hotel, which has been in his family for generations.

Geopolitics: The hotel -- also known as L'Arbézie -- has more than once become entangled in high stakes international geopolitics.

Algerian independence talks: The hotel was the venue for secret negotiations to bring about Algeria's independence from France in 1962.

Binational boudoir: One of the binational rooms where sleeping guests' heads are in Switzerland but their feet are on French soil.

Legal complexities: When Switzerland joined the Schengen free movement area in 2008, it made daily operations a little simpler.