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.

3-star Michelin Restaurant Hôtel de Ville Crissier Switzerland

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Dining at the 3-star Michelin Restaurant Hôtel de Ville in Crissier/Switzerland

Chef Franck Giovannini at the helm of THE country's gastronomic institution: If there is an iconic temple of gastronomy outside of France, it must be the three-starred Michelin Restaurant Hôtel de Ville in Crissier in Switzerland's west! The…

Switzerland travel & dine in style 2023

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My Switzerland travel & dine in style directories 2023

Guides about my home country - itinerary, premium destinations, luxury hotels & fine dining 2023: I just wanted to let you know that I have updated my Switzerland directories for traveling and dining in style for 2023! There are the four…

4 Michelin starred restaurants Paris 2022

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Where to go in Paris for great Michelin starred restaurants in 2022

4 excellent Michelin one-star restaurants in/near the Marais neighborhood Now it is up to where to go for dining in style in Paris. More precisely, it is about Michelin starred restaurants here. This after giving details to a fabulous luxury…

Hotel Cour des Vosges/Place des Vosges (view from hotel room) Paris

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Checking in to Hotel Cour des Vosges, a luxury boutique hotel in Paris

Where to go for staying in style - with best views - in the French capital in 2022: Paris is my favorite city in the world, and it certainly is the one I have visited most so far. My husband and I even used to live here for a longer period…

Restaurant Zollhaus Verena Olten

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New management for Restaurant Zollhaus aka Verena, Olten/Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business end of January 2026 Dave Waelti is now in charge of one of Olten's best restaurants: NOTE: This post is in German as it concerns a local dining spot in my home town of Olten in Switzerland's northwest. Only the following…

Waterhole Canyon Page Arizona USA - American southwest in style

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From place to place on a journey through the American southwest in style

Details to each stop of a trip from California towards east & back: In my last blogpost I gave an overview of a journey through the American southwest that my husband and I took lately, our 9th (!) in the area. Whenever we travel,…