Looking for luxury hotels in Europe? Here you find reports/reviews on high-end accommodations visited when traveling the world. For Switzerland, go to the separate category!

Boutique Hotel Stresa Piedmont/Italy - best luxury hotel Stresa
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Boutique Hotel Stresa, a high-end hotel in Stresa on Lake Maggiore/Piedmont, Italy

How it is staying in style at probably the best luxury hotel in Stresa in the northern Piedmont: You may have never heard of Stresa, but it is one the older tourist resorts in Europe. This small, elegant town, embracing Lake Maggiore's western…
Casa di Langa Piedmont/Italy - best luxury hotel Langhe
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Casa di Langa near Alba, a luxury hotel in the Langhe/Piedmont, Italy

How it is staying in style at one of the best hotels in the Piedmont's Langhe wine region: For a second visit in the Piedmont's Langhe wine region within three years, my husband and I again opted for a hotel near Alba. While we had chosen a…
Langhe south of Alba & Stresa, Lago Maggiore/Piedmont, Italy - Piedmont itinerary
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11 days on the road in the Piedmont & west Switzerland in luxury

An itinerary through Italy's Piedmont with luxury hotels & (Michelin) fine dining restaurants plus a side trip to the Swiss west: One more trip lead my husband and me to northern Italy, this time to the Piedmont. Regarding the last two…
Grand Hotel Fasano Gardone Riviera Lake Garda/Italy
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5-star Grand Hotel Fasano in Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda in north Italy

THE place to stay in style on Lake Garda's shore: Lake Garda in the Italian Lakes region in north Italy has been on my bucket list for a long time. And as it makes a good combination with the South Tyrol, where my husband and I had planned…
view of the Dolomites & open kitchen at Hotel Terra The Magic Place Sarentino valley South Tyrol, Italy
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Staying & dining in style at Hotel Terra The Magic Place in the Sarentino valley in South Tyrol, Italy

Premium hotel above South Tyrol's capital of Bolzano with Michelin 2-star restaurant: Yet again my husband and I made a find on our never-ending journey of chasing down Michelin stars. And this in a place we would have never dreamed of being…
Hotel Castel Tirolo South Tyrol, Italy
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Staying & dining in style at Hotel Castel in Tirolo in South Tyrol/Italy

Luxury hotel above the town of Merano with Michelin 2-star restaurant: If you are heading to the Merano area in South Tyrol and looking for high-end lodging and dining, do not look further. Hotel Castel Tirolo South Tyrol with its two-star…
Merano, Sarentino valley, Restaurant Lido 84 Lake Garda, Restaurant Décotterd Lake Geneva - north Italy & west Switzerland
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North Italy & west Switzerland in style, a 14-day road trip itinerary

Luxury hotels & Michelin (starred) dining along the route: Yet another road trip in north Italy and west Switzerland was on my husband's and my agenda this late summer. And this after already doing one to Italy's north (and France's south)…
Hotel The Omnia Zermatt, Switzerland
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5-star Hotel The Omnia in Zermatt, Switzerland

Exceptionally overseen luxury hotel in the famous Swiss mountain resort - with an eventful past: Hotel The Omnia Zermatt has a noteworthy backstory, but first of all it is a stunning luxury hotel offering a hospitality that is second to none.…
Hotel Traube Tonbach & 3-starred Michelin Restaurant Schwarzwaldstube Black Forrest, Germany
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5-star Hotel Traube Tonbach in the northern Black Forest, Germany

Excellently managed luxury hotel with Germany's best restaurant, the 3-star Michelin Schwarzwaldstube: This is for sure one of Germany's top hotels, the 5-star Hotel Traube Tonbach in the rural surroundings of the Black Forest, in the country's…