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 La Réserve Geneva & Restaurant Tse Fung

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Summer weekend at the prestigious Geneva luxury Hotel La Réserve

Stay & dine in style in Switzerland's most cosmopolitan city: Quite some time ago, my husband and I headed quite often to Geneva. In recent years, we never managed to get there again. So, when friends asked us to join them two days at the…

stay & dine in style at In Lain Hotel Cadonau Brail Lower Engadine Switzerland

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Short vacation in the Lower Engadine at Switzerland’s smallest five star hotel

Stay & dine in style at the In Lain Hotel Cadonau in Brail: After several stays in the Upper Engadine in Switzerland's eastern Alps it called my husband and me to the Lower Engadine. While it is often just seen as an extension of the much…

Foodie destination Gasthaus zur Fernsicht Heiden Switzerland to dine in style

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Foodie getaway at a 2-star Michelin restaurant in the Lake Constance area, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business end of February 2024 Tobias Funke's Incantare Restaurant in Heiden in quaint Appenzellerland: The first reason to come here to one of the furthest corners in Switzerland was its reputation as foodie destination. I wanted…

spa town of Bad Ragaz from Ruin of Wartenstein

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Walking & hiking in the Swiss pre-Alps of Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

3 walks & hikes in the foothills of the Alps in eastern Switzerland: Bad Ragaz, one hour from Zurich by car, is not only good for staying and dining in style, but also for walking and hiking. It is part of the so-called Heidiland and offers…

Chefs at work at Sven Wassmer's Memories Bad Ragaz dine in style

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Review of Restaurant Memories at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

UPDATE: Michelin three stars as from fall 2022 Sven Wassmer, one of Switzerland's hottest chefs, at two Michelin-starred restaurant: A stay at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in the eastern Swiss pre-Alps is not complete without dining at one of its…

Hotel & town from above

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Fine dining in the pre-Alps Switzerland: where to go in Bad Ragaz

Gourmet spots in Grand Resort Bad Ragaz and town: When staying at the fabulous Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in the eastern pre-Alps of Switzerland - here my review - , my husband and I checked out the fine dining opportunities at our hotel and in…