
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!


Bhutan in the Himalayas, a perfect 9-day itinerary
A west Bhutan trip through the 4 valleys of Paro, Thimphu, Punakha & Phobjikha:
Buthan, the mystic kingdom in the Himalayas, is something very special. You will not find another like it! After sharing a travel guide with you in my last…

Travel guide to Bhutan, the mystic kingdom in the Himalayas
Everything to know about traveling to the Land of The Thunder Dragon:
At last, my husband and I could do our Buthan journey! We had been waiting three years for this moment - due to the pandemic. Yet what took a long time was finally good.…

(Casual) fine dining (Michelin) restaurants in the Basel area/Switzerland
5 of the best foodie spots in Basel, the city where Germany, France & Switzerland meet:
Basel, Switzerland's third largest city, is a good place for dining out in style. While its culinary scene has not been as dynamic as the one in Zurich…

Dining at the 2-star Michelin Skin’s – the Restaurant in Lenzburg/Switzerland
Kevin Romes' Skin's - the Restaurant has proved to be a resounding success - 2 Michelin stars 4 months after opening:
When Skin's - the Restaurant was opened end of May 2022, there was hope for a Michelin star in the near future. Four months…

What has happened to me in the last two years travel wise? And what is in store for 2023?
Another Corona year in 2021 before a turn to the better in 2022 - travel as usual in 2023?
While the year of 2021 was still heavily marked by the Corona pandemic, 2022 was the year of change for travel. Whereas there were still some obstacles,…
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