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.

Hotel The Omnia Zermatt, Switzerland

Europe, Europe Hotels, Switzerland Hotels

5-star Hotel The Omnia in Zermatt, Switzerland

Exceptionally overseen luxury hotel in the famous Swiss mountain resort - with an eventful past: Hotel The Omnia Zermatt has a noteworthy backstory, but first of all it is a stunning luxury hotel offering a hospitality that is second to none.…

Hotel Traube Tonbach & 3-starred Michelin Restaurant Schwarzwaldstube Black Forrest, Germany

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5-star Hotel Traube Tonbach in the northern Black Forest, Germany

Excellently managed luxury hotel with Germany's best restaurant, the 3-star Michelin Schwarzwaldstube: This is for sure one of Germany's top hotels, the 5-star Hotel Traube Tonbach in the rural surroundings of the Black Forest, in the country's…

Hua Hin beach & Jaras Restaurant - best restaurants Hua Hin

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Restaurants, Thailand

3 of the best fine dining restaurants in Hua Hin, Thailand

Where to go in the beach resort south of Bangkok as a fine dining lover: Hua Hin, the beach side town south of Bangkok, is known for its night markets. However, if you look for great fine dining restaurants, you are not really spoiled for choice.…

Sathorn District Bangkok & Restaurant Samrub Samrub Thai - best Michelin restaurants Sathorn

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Restaurants, Thailand

Where to go for great Michelin fine dining in Bangkok’s Sathorn District, Thailand

3 of the best upscale Thai restaurants in the central business district of Sathorn: Bangkok is for sure one of the foodie's capitals in the world. And so my husband and I made sure that we could try out some of the best what Thailand's capital…

Bangkok & Hua Hin, Thailand - pre & post Bhutan stay

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Hotels, Bhutan, Thailand

Where to go for a pre- or post-Bhutan stay

A pre-Bhutan trip to Bangkok & a post-Bhutan one to Hua Hin/Thailand: Is Bhutan on your bucket list for your next vacations? Then I have not only lots of travel information about the Land of the Thunder Dragon for you (see next section),…

Hotel COMO Bhutan Paro - Hotel Como Bhutan

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Hotels, Bhutan

Traveling Bhutan with a private guided tour by COMO luxury hotels

How it is touring this Himalayan kingdom on a 9-night trip arranged by COMO: After giving an overview on the three luxury hotel brands with multiple locations in Bhutan, now to one of them. It is about Hotel COMO Bhutan, the choice of my…