Ariane de Rothschild, alone at the helm

ATriane de Rothschild lives alone, all alone, in an area where the number of square meters is too large to be precisely assessed. Located at the top of Pregny hill, this castle – in which Empress Sissi took her last meal the day before her assassination – enjoys a magnificent view of the left bank of Lake Geneva. This historic residence, recognizable by its facade adorned with balustraded balconies and its seven bull’s-eye skylights, has no equal in the canton of Geneva. Dozens of adjoining rooms, walls lined with paintings by Goya, Rembrandt and Boucher, an immense park planted with 1,500 trees, which houses pavilions and caves, stables and a former riding school for horses. Move daily in this unusual setting, out of time …

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