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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.

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Review of El Tovar Hotel, Grand Canyon National Park, USA

Historic hotel in fantastic location: This hotel is all about history and location. It looks back on more than 100 years and its setting right at the south rim of the Grand Canyon is not to beat. When you first set foot in the impressive…
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Review of Inn Sunflower Hill, Moab, USA

A good choice in a place where such finds are rare: As Moab is not exactly a place where you can find an abundance of first class accommodations, Sunflower Hill stands out from the vast number of mediocre lodging facilities. My husband, my…
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Review of The Rochester Hotel, Durango, USA

Historic hotel in good location: My husband, my teenage son and I chose this hotel for our one night stay in Durango and weren’t disappointed. The Rochester is a place with quite a long history and this can still be seen although it’s…
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Review of Inn on the Alameda, Santa Fe, USA

Quaint place, convenient location, fabulous breakfast: We (my husband and my teenage son) spent two nights in this lovely hotel and that in a One Bedroom King Suite which is quietly located with no view whatsoever. But as there are probably…
28. February 2012
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Review of Hotel L’Ermitage, Montreux-Clarens, Switzerland

Small hotel in a beautiful mansion with fine gourmet restaurant: Under new management My husband, my teenage son and I spent two nights in this lovely ancient mansion on Lake Geneva. Nowadays, it houses a gourmet restaurant and a small…
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Review of Hotel Waldhaus, Sils Maria, Switzerland

Family owned grand hotel - luxurious enough, yet unpretentious and full of history: My family (I travel with my husband and my teenage son) has stayed at this wonderful grand hotel in the Engadine in the Swiss Alps quite a few times. And…
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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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