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.

Austria, Europe, Europe Hotels

Review of Hotel Zuerserhof, Zuers-Lech, Austria

Simple perfection in the Alps: After having stayed at the Zuerserhof for the ninth time I feel obliged to write a review of this superb hotel once again (see also my earlier one posted on 10/21/2009). I cannot emphasize strongly enough how…

Austria, Europe, Europe Hotels

Luxury skiing vacation in the Alps

One of the best mountain hotels in the Austrian and Swiss Alps: The Zuerserhof in the Austrian region of Arlberg is one of the best mountain hotels I am aware of. As I have been skiing for more than 40 years, I am familiar with most high-end…

Americas, Americas Hotels, USA West Coast

Review of Shore Hotel, Santa Monica CA, USA

Modern hotel in top location with friendly staff but without restaurant: For a couple’s stay we chose the Shore Hotel. Actually, we wanted to book a room in one of the upscale, more traditional hotels in Santa Monica but neither their…

Americas, Americas Hotels, USA West Coast

Review of Tower23 Hotel, San Diego

Sleek, modern hotel on the beach in a busy Pacific Beach area: My husband and I booked a room at Tower23 Hotel after an extensive research; we looked at places in La Jolla, on Coronado and in downtown and didn’t succeed to find a congenial…

Americas, Americas Hotels, USA West Coast

Review of Argonaut Hotel, San Francisco

Huge Bay View Suite in central location with friendly staff: Our three-person family actually fancied a five star hotel for our tree days’ stay in San Francisco but we didn’t find one appealing to us so we decided for one of the suites…

Americas, Americas Hotels, USA West Coast

Review of North Block Hotel, Yountville CA, USA

First-rate facilities around nicely arranged grounds for uptown tastes: For our stay in Napa Valley we chose Yountville as this small town is not only charming but offers a lot of high end restaurants. As a hotel we went for the North Block…