“, sister city of Bangkok, is proud of its privileged relations with the Kingdom of Thailand.” Lysandre C. Seraïdaris, son of King Bhumibol’s private tutor Access

CITY Places where to buy souvenirs TOUR and practical information In the footsteps of His BOOK about King Bhumibol and the royal Available at the Lausanne Tourisme Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej family in Lausanne, by Lysandre C. Seraïdaris Information desk, located at the metro (in Thai, English and French). station “-Olympique” Between Lausanne and the Thai royal family, there exists a story of brotherhood,­ exchanges and respect that we wish to honour with this new walk. Visit the CHOCOLATE “TOM YAM” with a particular Läderach AG, Métropole Lausanne, 10 places that marked King Bhumibol’s life in Lausanne for almost 20 years. touch of exotic tastes appreciated by Asian Rue des Terreaux 15-23, 1003 Lausanne And finish with a flourish at the Denantou Park to admire the traditional Thai visitors. Shop will open this summer 2017. www.laederach.ch pavilion that the King gave the town to express his attachment. May this www.visitelausanne.ch walk enable our friends from Thailand and the whole world to discover an GUIDED CITY TOURS by reservation [email protected] unusual aspect of our town and sustain the privileged relations between Lausanne and Bangkok and the Thai and Swiss peoples.

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© Photos: LT/Laurent Kaczor. LT/www.diapo.ch. Clinique Cecil. Hotel Royal Savoy. Beau-Rivage Palace. Ecole Nouvelle. Clinique de Montchoisi The 10 places

1. Ancienne Académie (Old Academy) 4. Clinique Cecil 8. Hotel Royal Savoy

It’s in the Cité neighbourhood that King Heading back in the town centre by coach The history of the royal family of Thailand Bhumibol perfected his education. At the or using public transport, go to Lausanne is closely linked to Hotel Savoy. Inaugurated M2 metro exit, cross Pont Bessières towar- train station. It’s from here that the young in 1909, this grand hotel decorated with ds . Enveloped by the royal couple of Thailand left in monumental mosaic frescoes, with its area’s student atmosphere, head straight 1951 by train for Genoa, before embarking on imposing belle-époque façade, was parti- for the Ancienne Académie that today an ocean liner for Thailand. From the Place de cularly appreciated by the Princess Mother, houses the Cité college, but where King la Gare, go up Avenue Ruchonnet on foot or who played tennis in the nearby tennis club Bhumibol attended university from 1946 by bus towards Clinique Cecil. King Bhumibol of Montchoisi. Today, the newly renovated until 1951, the year he graduated with a was hospitalised there in 1949 after a car establishment is called the Royal Savoy. degree in law. Within the nearby mediaeval accident during which his brother-in-law Khun walls of Château Saint-Maire, a reception Aram Rattanakul was seriously injured. 9. Beau-Rivage Palace concluded a Swiss sojourn of the King of Thailand and his family in November 1960. 5. Avenue Auguste-Tissot 16

2. Rumine Palace ()

From one grand hotel to another, walk down to the shores of Lake in Ouchy, In the immediate vicinity of Lausanne to the Beau-Rivage Palace. That prestigious station, walk to number 16 of Avenue hotel’s guestbook reveals that the royal When King Bhumibol, then aged 19, en- Auguste-Tissot for a pilgrimage on the site couple lodged there from 10 to 17 January rolled in Lausanne University, he attended of the royal family’s first home in Lausanne. 1961. In 2001, it is also in this exceptional classes not only at the Ancienne Acadé- It is still possible to enter the courtyard of establishment that Princess Chulabhorn mie, but also at Rumine Palace, that today the building that witnessed in 1933 the Mahidol, King Bhumibol’s youngest daughter, houses cantonal museums and a library. arrival of Princess Mahidol, mother of King stayed. The sharp and alert mind of student King Bhumibol, then a young widow aged 29 Bhumibol radiated as much within the accompanied by her three children. 10. The Ouchy quays venerable walls of the Ancienne Académie, and Denantou Park built between 1579 and 1587, as within this 6. Clinique Montchoisi Florentine neo-Renaissance décor.

3. Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande in Chailly

From the Beau-Rivage Palace, do as King From Avenue Auguste-Tissot, walk or Bhumibol, who liked to stroll in the evening take a bus down to the Montchoisi area. along the Ouchy quays with his family, with It’s here, in the Clinique Montchoisi, that and the Alps as a setting. In was born on 5 April 1951 Ubol Ratana, first 1960 King Bhumibol’s children enjoyed the From the Place du Tunnel, a five-minute daughter of King Bhumibol and Sirikit, simple pleasure of pedal-boat outings on walk from Rumine Palace, board the coach daughter of the ambassador of Thailand the lake, such as with those still for rent to go to the Lausanne-Chailly area, north of in France. The couple got married in 1950 today on the Place de la Navigation, in front the town. In this formerly green, village-like after meeting in Paris, where the young mo- of the Château d’Ouchy. The princesses setting, King Bhumibol and his brother narch loved to travel to, particularly to listen and Prince Vajiralongkorn, who became His King Ananda Mahidol attended together to the jazz music that he so enjoyed. Majesty King Rama X, also played in Denantou the Chailly Ecole Nouvelle. This internatio- Park, close to the lakeshores. Thus, it was nally renowned institution welcomed King very natural that in this green setting the Bhumibol and his brother Ananda from 1933 7. Montchoisi ice rink Lausanne Thai pavilion was inaugurated in to 1945. In April 2010, at the Ecole Nouvelle March 2009. A gift to the town of Lausanne de la Suisse Romande, Princess Sirindhorn in 2007, this precious edifice bears witness of Thailand inaugurated a new building to the royal family of Thailand’s gratitude to dedicated to King Bhumibol and his older Lausanne, where it found a warm welcome brother Ananda. There, a memorial plaque in 1933 and until the end of the last century. seals the royal presence on the premises. It is to be noted that visits are only organised Decidedly, the Montchoisi neighbour­ on special request to the Ecole Nouvelle de hood evokes with a fine intensity the life of la Suisse Romande as it is not a museum, King Bhumibol in Lausanne. The Montchoisi but one of the most selected schools in the ice rink, which opened in 1934, witnessed region with actually over 600 students. the Princess Mother and her children, always accompanied by their private tutor, sample the joys of ice skating in a merry and popular atmosphere.