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.

Paro Valley Bhutan: Tiger's Nest - Bhutan travel guide

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Activities, Bhutan

Travel guide to Bhutan, the mystic kingdom in the Himalayas

Everything to know about traveling to the Land of The Thunder Dragon: At last, my husband and I could do our Buthan journey! We had been waiting three years for this moment - due to the pandemic. Yet what took a long time was finally good.…

Basel Switzerland - fine dining restaurants Basel

Basel Restaurants, Europe, Europe Restaurants, Switzerland, Switzerland Restaurants

(Casual) fine dining (Michelin) restaurants in the Basel area/Switzerland

5 of the best foodie spots in Basel, the city where Germany, France & Switzerland meet: Basel, Switzerland's third largest city, is a good place for dining out in style. While its culinary scene has not been as dynamic as the one in Zurich…

head chef Kevin Romes at 2-star Michelin Skin's - the Restaurant Lenzburg Switzerland

Aarau Restaurants, Europe, Europe Restaurants, Switzerland, Switzerland Restaurants

Dining at the 2-star Michelin Skin’s – the Restaurant in Lenzburg/Switzerland

UPDATE: goes out of business end of March 2026 Kevin Romes' Skin's - the Restaurant has proved to be a resounding success - 2 Michelin stars 4 months after opening: When Skin's - the Restaurant was opened end of May 2022, there was hope…

rice field walking in Bali - travel update Swiss Traveler

Travel Miscellany

What has happened to me in the last two years travel wise? And what is in store for 2023?

Another Corona year in 2021 before a turn to the better in 2022 - travel as usual in 2023? While the year of 2021 was still heavily marked by the Corona pandemic, 2022 was the year of change for travel. Whereas there were still some obstacles,…

Europe, Europe Activities, Switzerland Activities

2 top winter walks in Sils Maria near Saint Moritz in the Swiss Alps

Where to go for great winter walking in the Upper Engadine, one of Switzerland's most beautiful Alpine areas: The Engadine is without doubt one of the country's most desirable vacation destination in the Alps. You find here - especially in…

Europe, Europe Hotels, Switzerland Hotels

5-star Hotel Waldhaus Sils Maria, a unique grand hotel in the Engadine, Switzerland

A family affair since 1908, this unpretentious luxury hotel with a soul: Hotel Waldhaus in Sils Maria, in the beautiful Engadine in the Swiss Alps, is a truly unique place. There is no other property in Switzerland of this kind. It has been…

I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list (Susan Sontag)

I am a luxury travel and gourmet blogger with a passion for the finer things in life. I seek out exceptional luxury hotels and Michelin-recommended restaurants that merit the experience – and the cost – , and I prefer to explore destinations on foot whenever possible. Occasionally, curiosity takes over, and I find myself diving deeper into the stories behind the places I visit.

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Every post on this blog was entirely written by me personally, no content was generated by AI

A 14-day road trip itinerary through northern Spain in style

6 top fine-dining restaurants in Japan, 5 recognized by Michelin

Where to stay in style on a second trip to lesser-known Japan

A second trip to Japan, a 24-day off-the-beaten-path itinerary

Where to go in Paris for great Michelin (starred) restaurants in 2026

Welcome to Swiss Traveler – a luxury & gourmet travel blog

Travel guide to Bhutan, the mystic kingdom in the Himalayas

(Casual) fine dining (Michelin) restaurants in the Basel area/Switzerland

Dining at the 2-star Michelin Skin’s – the Restaurant in Lenzburg/Switzerland

What has happened to me in the last two years travel wise? And what is in store for 2023?

2 top winter walks in Sils Maria near Saint Moritz in the Swiss Alps

5-star Hotel Waldhaus Sils Maria, a unique grand hotel in the Engadine, Switzerland

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