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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.

Old town of Olten & surroundings
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Corona take away food from restaurants in the Olten region, Switzerland, v.2.0

10 of my favorite local restaurants that offer take away food at the moment: Restaurants in Switzerland are allowed to reopen their businesses as from May 11. This after the country was able to curb the spread of the Coronavirus for the moment…
12. May 2020
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Travel Miscellany

How will dining at restaurants look like in Corona times?

New - safer - way of pandemic dining: It seems that the Coronavirus has come to stay. Therefore, restaurateurs have to study how to get back to hosting diners during the pandemic. They cannot turn back time. Dining at restaurants at this stage…
4. May 2020
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Travel Miscellany

What will travel look like in times of Corona?

Key findings as to Corona and travel implications: Travel in Corona times - especially by plane - will be different, and difficult. As it appears, there will be no quick recovery in the near future. The Coronavirus does not seem to disappear…
29. April 2020
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Olten & surroundings
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Corona take away food from restaurants in the Olten region, Switzerland

3 of my favorite local restaurants that offer take away food at the moment: Dining at restaurants is "out" for now, so foodies who do not want to cook for themselves are at a loss, at least until recently. While the existing opportunities for…
14. April 2020
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Travel Miscellany

Back with my revamped travel and food blog after a short break

Blogging break due to moving my blog to WordPress & blogging in times of Corona: I took a stop from blogging to realize a long-planned project: moving my blog from Blogger to WordPress. And of course, I wanted to make my travel and food…
31. March 2020
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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…
9. February 2020
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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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