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.

Americas, Americas Hotels, Americas Restaurants, Google My Maps, USA East Coast

My Google Map of New York City 2016

Where to stay & where to dine in style in south of Midtown: Here you may view my Google Map of New York City 2016 with my recommendations for 1 top hotel and 8 gourmet restaurants in south of Midtown for luxury travelers: New York…

Travel Miscellany

My definition of luxury travel

Sense of uniqueness: Luxury travel is no easy thing to describe. I think it is some kind of mindset. You look for some form of exclusivity that not everybody has access to. Of course money is an issue in this context, but sufficient financial…

Americas, Americas Activities, Americas Hotels, Americas Restaurants, USA East Coast

On a luxury stay in NYC, NOLA & Florida

Overview: 2 days in NYC, 3 days in NOLA, then a drive by car to Florida’s Panhandle (Port Saint Joe), further to USA’s oldest city, Saint Augustine, and finally to Miami Beach for 2 days, that sums up my latest trip to the USA together…

Europe, Europe Activities, Europe Hotels, Europe Restaurants, Portugal

3 days on a luxury stay in Lisbon

3 days in Lisbon as a first-timer: Back from my (third) short trip to Lisbon, Portugal's hilly, coastal capital, here are my tips what to do and where to stay & eat there. As a discerning traveler and foodie I am always on the lookout for…

Asia & Pacific, Asia & Pacific Activities, Asia & Pacific Hotels, Bali, Indonesia

3 luxury hotels in 3 different parts of the dream island of Bali

Why go to Bali: Everyone was talking about going to Bali on honeymoon when I married some twenty years ago. My husband and I decided against it at the time and we went to India instead. In 2014, we finally managed to come to Bali, and we were…

Europe, Europe Restaurants, Olten Restaurants, Switzerland, Switzerland Restaurants

Review of Restaurant Terminus, Olten, Switzerland

UPDATE: out of business beginning of 2025 (under the lead of Nicolas Ambrosch & Simon Adam) My favorite eatery in my home town: In my last post reviewing best restaurants in Olten and surroundings I mentioned that Terminus is at the…