The Town on the Lake
Évian-les-Bains sits on the southern shore of Lake Geneva, its Belle Époque grand hotels facing north across the water towards Switzerland. On a clear June morning, you can stand on the French side and see the Swiss canton of Vaud perhaps four kilometres away, the mountains rising beyond. For most of its history, this has been a border that barely existed — a formality, a line on a map that people crossed for lunch. But from 10 to 19 June 2026, it became something else entirely.