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.

Africa & Middle East, Africa & Middle East Activities, Morocco

My travelogue of Morocco 2009

North African adventures - medinas, High Atlas mountains, Sahara desert: Our trip to southern Morocco in autumn brought us (I usually travel with my husband and our teenage son) first to Marrakech (one night), then to the south (three nights)…

Africa & Middle East, Americas, Canada, Google My Maps, Morocco

My Google Maps of eastern Canada and Morocco 2009

Where to stay & dine in style in eastern Canada & Morocco: As I mentioned in my introductory blog I'm also doing my own Google Maps of our trips i.e. so far of Canada and Morocco. For those who aren't familiar with this, in Google Maps…

Americas, Americas Hotels, Canada

Review of Auberge Ripplecove & Spa, Ayer’s Cliff, Canada

Fantastic location, but no total satisfaction: This really perfectly situated hotel (by the lake, due to a bay you have access to the water on two sides) is very nice to look at (probably an ancient manor) and has all the infrastructure to…

Americas, Americas Hotels, Canada

Review of B&B Frontenac Club Inn, Kingston, Canada

Good location, up to hotel standard: It’s the first time for our family staying at a B&B, normally we prefer to go to hotels but as there wasn’t a hotel in Kingston that suited us we went for the Frontenac Club. Considering the stay…

Americas, Americas Hotels, Canada

Review of Bartlett Lodge, Algonquin Park, Canada

True Canadian feelings in cabin by the water: Bartlett Lodge is situated in Algonquin Park and there you can only reach it by boat (only a few minutes from the parking lot). For the first time during our trip through Eastern Canada we had the…

Americas, Americas Hotels, Canada

Review of Hotel Quintessence, Mont Tremblant, Canada

Chic hotel in the mountains with fine food: Hotel Quintessence is located at the outskirts of the village of Mont Tremblant right by the lake. There are only suites in this hotel, and they are quite a find: very spacious, well appointed, all…