
Welcome to Swiss Traveler – a luxury & gourmet travel blog
Do you fancy best luxury hotels and (Michelin) restaurants whenever you travel? Are you looking for fine accommodations and hot dining-spots that are priced competitively? Then this is the place for you! Here you find detailed information about high-end lodging and fine dining worth the expense.
Every now and then, there are also suggestions for activities, especially how to explore an area by walking. As Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Only where you were walking, you have really been”.
Keep traveling – do it in style!


My Google ITINERARY Map of a Japanese journey in style
Criss-crossing Japan in 3 weeks: “2nd Golden Triangle” & 3 rural additions:
When planning our 3-week Japanese journey (together with my husband), I aimed at a mix of popular places (Tokyo and Kyoto) and some quieter, more rural ones…

Where to eat in style on the slopes in Zermatt, Switzerland, v.2.0
3 more mountain restaurants for discerning epicure:
After returning from my third stay in Zermatt, I want to keep you updated when it comes to eating in style on the slopes in one of the world’s best and biggest ski resorts, located in the…

Review of Restaurant Zur Gedult, Burgdorf near Bern, Switzerland
Refined fine dining in a historic restaurant in the Emmental region:
Yet again my husband and I went on tour to explore the best fine dining spots in my home region, the triangle of Basel, Bern and Zurich in Switzerland. This time, we ended…

Restaurant Stadtbad, Olten, Switzerland, with tapas pop-up
Chef Ranchal Expósito in action until summer 2020:
Since this May the culinary scene in my home town of Olten in the Swiss Mittelland between Zurich, Basel and Bern has grown by a refined tapas pop-up restaurant called Expósito’s House.…

(Super) short trip to Milan, Italy, & staying at Park Hyatt
The most perfectly located 5 star hotel in Italy’s second largest city:
After my recent visit to Turin (see here my posts), I got the chance to get to know another city in north Italy, Milan, one of the fashion capitals of the world. I was…
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