
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!


Review of Thai Restaurant Joy, Rickenbach near Olten, Switzerland
Fairly good food in refined surroundings:
After having tried out Thai Restaurant Chao-Wang in the area, I got another recommendation for a Thai place from a friend, this time in a village near Olten, Thai Restaurant Joy in Rickenbach. Normally,…

Review of Restaurant Aarhof, Olten, Switzerland
Sound performance of cuisine and service in eighties styled decor:
This restaurant on the river of Aare is known in town for a sound performance when it comes to traditional cuisine. I have to admit that I have not visited Aarhoffor some time…

Review of Restaurant Beluga, Aarau, Switzerland
UPDATE: out of business in 2021
Good dining experience in the gourmet part, but some points need improvement:
Restaurant Beluga is housed in a building in Aarau’s old town, which accommodated quite a few fine dining spots in the last decades.…

Review of Imada Restaurant, Aarau, Switzerland
UPDATE: out of business in August 2022
Top quality Japanese food in modernist setting:
For several years now, Restaurant Imada has been offering Japanese cuisine in the old town of Aarau’s old town worth visiting. Our family visits…

Review of Restaurant Fluegelrad, Olten, Switzerland
Unpretentious eatery with simple yet tasty food:
The tavern Fluegelrad, more than 130 years old, had been closed for some time when a few years ago three Olten personalities – two writers and a journalist – bought and rebuilt it. Ever…
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