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.

Gourmet (Michelin) restaurants Japan, here Okas Yakushima Island

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Restaurants, Google My Maps, Japan

My Google RESTAURANT Map of a Japanese journey in style

Gourmet (Michelin) restaurants Japan: "Second Golden Triangle" & 3 rural additions: This is the last part of my mini-series about a three-week trip to Japan (made before Corona). In the following, I will inform you about types of restaurants…

Michelin one-star Gion Sushi Tadayasu Kyoto Japan

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Western gourmet in search of culinary highlights in Japan

How to find & reserve (Michelin) restaurants as foreign traveler: My last two posts about a Japan trip together with my husband - which took place before the coronavirus outbreak - were about a three-week itinerary and hotels to stay in…

Japan in style: Ryokan Madoka no Mori Hakone

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Hotels, Google My Maps, Japan

My Google HOTEL Map of a Japanese journey in style

Luxury accommodation in Japan: "Second Golden Triangle" & rural additions: In my first blogpost - before the coronavirus outbreak - I introduced my Google Map with all the activities, hotels and restaurants of a three-week trip through…

Restaurant Brezza at Eden Roc Hotel Ascona/Switzerland - gourmet restaurant advice Switzerland

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Fine dining directory Switzerland, part two

Gourmet restaurants to choose when traveling Switzerland: With part two of a gourmet restaurant advice Switzerland, I end my series of blogposts about my lovely home country. I started with a guide on how to visit this Alpine nation, and this…

Fine dining directory Switzerland part one: Restaurant Spices at Buergenstock Resort, Buergenstock/Switzerland

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Fine dining directory Switzerland, part one

Which Swiss (Michelin) restaurants to choose as a traveling gourmet: It is high time to advise on fine dining restaurants in Switzerland too after my other guides on my wonderful home country! While the first one was about where to go (precisely…

A guide to luxury hotels in Switzerland part II

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A guide to luxury hotels in Switzerland, part two

Which Swiss accommodation to choose for staying in style: After publishing part one of a guide to luxury hotels in Switzerland, here is now part two. Find here a directory for high-end accommodation when traveling my beautiful home country.…