Welcome to Swiss Traveler – a luxury & gourmet travel blog

Do you enjoy staying at luxury hotels and dining at exceptional Michelin-recommended restaurants while traveling? Are you looking for outstanding accommodations and acclaimed dining experiences that offer excellent value for money? Then you have come to the right place.

Here you will find detailed reviews and insights into luxury hotels and fine-dining establishments that are truly worth the expense.

From time to time, you will also discover recommendations for local activities, with a particular focus on exploring destinations on foot. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe famously said, “Only where you have walked have you truly been.”

Keep traveling—and do it in style.

Onomichi Honshu/Setouchi Retreat by Onko Chishin Matsuyama/Enowa Yufuin, Japan - off-the-beaten-path Japan luxury hotels

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Hotels, Google My Maps, Japan

Where to stay in style on a second trip to lesser-known Japan

Luxury hotels on a Japan journey through Kyushu, Shikoku & unknown Honshu: Here is the information on which luxury hotels to choose on a second journey to lesser-known Japan. It is about traveling Kyushu, Shikoku and unknown Honshu. In…

Nagasaki, Kyushu/Matsuyama, Shikoku/Onomichi/Honshu, Japan - off-the-beaten-path Japan itinerar

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Activities, Google My Maps, Japan

A second trip to Japan, a 24-day off-the-beaten-path itinerary

Where to go in Japan as second-timers who are into travel in style: Have you done Japan's (Extended) Golden Triangle/Route already, and are you looking for an off-the-beaten-path itinerary for a second visit? Here I may provide some advice,…

Bastille/Datil/Restaurant "H"- best Marais restaurants

Europe Restaurants, France

Where to go in Paris for great Michelin (starred) restaurants in 2026

3 of the best Michelin (starred) dining spots in the Marais neighborhood: Paris is my favorite city in the world, so it regularly finds its way onto my travel itinerary. My husband and I love staying in the Marais district, a historic yet trendy…

Mutrah/Ba Ban/Takara - best fine-dining restaurants Muscat/Oman

Africa & Middle East, Africa & Middle East Restaurants, Oman

5 of the best fine-dining restaurants in Muscat/Oman

Great upscale dining spots in Muscat's modern city center of Shatti Al Qurum: When staying at the new Hotel Mandarin Oriental Muscat lately - see my post - , my husband and I explored the nearby fine-dining scene. It is about the Shatti Al…

Hotel Mandarin Oriental Muscat/Oman

Africa & Middle East, Africa & Middle East Hotels, Oman

A stay in style at the recently opened Mandarin Oriental Muscat/Oman

How it was staying at Muscat's newest luxury hotel: While Oman is not the place to go right now for obvious reasons, for sure it is at some point in the time to come. For our fifth stay in Muscat - just before the events in question - , my…

Zurich/Ameo/Chifa Izakaya Zurich, Switzerland - Best casual fine-dining restaurants Zurich

Europe, Europe Restaurants, Switzerland, Switzerland Restaurants, Zurich Restaurants

13 of the best casual fine-dining restaurants in Zurich/Switzerland right now

13 high-quality dining spots in Zurich, visited from 2024 to 2026 It is high time to report on my personal best (casual fine-dining) restaurants I have discovered in Zurich in the last one and half years. As of late, it becomes more difficult…