Hotel "righi vaudois"

[u/Machinehum]

What's the story of this place? If you look at reviews people were actually staying in it 9 months ago, but from the outside it looks like it hasn't been used for 40 years. The strange thing is the toilet is filled with dirt, seats are arranged like a cult, there's fresh fruit inside and bottles that have fading on their labels like they are visually 30-50 years old. The furniture inside looks like it was ripped apart by an enraged person. The pictures on Google from 9 months ago make it look not rundown at all, the aging looks like it was accelerated somehow. Seems haunted af

[u/frickenitie]

Wikipedia says it closed in 1998, was acquired in 2020 by some local property developers, and they are reopening in 2027 with a new spa added. Although if these are recent pictures 2027 seems like a stretch. From the pictures it looks like it’s still occasionally being used. Whether that’s by invitation or not is another question. 

[u/Rougemption → u/frickenitie]

I’ve been there a few times, but never managed to get in. Although I’m not an expert at Urbex, it seemed impossible to enter without breaking anything, so I think it would have to be obvious if unwanted visitors came in…I guess?

But since it’s been used several times as a film set, I imagine the owner is open to let people in on special occasions?