150 years for the Hôtel Taillard in Goumois, “Saint-Trop du coin” in the Roaring Twenties

“It wasn’t always a hotel,” Jeanne-Marie Taillard immediately explains, looking at the establishment behind her, which has remained in the family for four generations.

From her balcony, which offers a breathtaking view of the Doubs valley and the Franco-Swiss village, the former mayor of Goumois-France continues: “It was a farm until my great-grandparents, forced to leave the bistro they ran opposite the French customs, set up their brand there.”

Success of the Roaring Twenties

In the kitchen, the great-grandmother cooked well and the establishment gained fame, becoming the meeting place for industrialists from the Franches-Montagnes and…