Croatia’s Falkensteiner Iadera Hotel – architecture, two gulls, and the sea
Falkensteiner Iadera is a lavish design hotel with pools and just steps to the sea, with a sublime spa/hamam, and a breakfast buffet to die for. All as it should…
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My house is your house – feeling right at home in the HUUS Hotel Gstaad
“Mis huus, dis huus – mis Herz isch es Hotel” (“My house, your house – my heart is a hotel.” ) Even though the song by Switzerland’s award-winnning rap duo…
IGNIV: a nest feathered by star chef Andreas Caminada?
“Igniv” means “nest” in the Rheto-Romanic language spoken in parts of Switzerland. It is the name (in all caps) that Grisons star chef Andreas Caminada gave his second new restaurant…
Castle fit for a princess: Château d’Ouchy in Lausanne
Having heard quite a bit about hotel Château d’Ouchy over the years, I’d always wanted to spend a night as a princess in that castle by Lake Geneva with a…
Rustico Castello del Sole – Lunching between Heaven and Earth
Bond’s bungee jump from the 220-meter high Verzasca Dam – who doesn’t remember it? However, we would just as soon not book this ultimate adrenaline rush by Lago di Vogorno — because a…
Findeln chalet village near Zermatt and a mountain gourmet trifecta
Zermatt is known far and wide as a gourmet destination. Visitors really face the agony of choice with over 100 restaurants and counting. Should you go for something “simple and…
Miss Zermatt has a black nose — at Tradition Julen
Zermatt even has its own beauty contest! Mind you, here the contestants tend not to be tall and lissome, but short and rather plump. But, for this contest, too, they…
An overnighter in Zermatt’s Igloo Village – at 20 below!
Having stayed in Sweden’s ice hotel, Walter is a clever rabbit when it comes to spending the night in ice. Also an Alpine hare, as it turns out. I, being…
Dining with the stars (or with the gods) on Gornergrat
“Dining with the Stars” is one of the special experiences in Zermatt. But if at this point you imagine an exclusive dinner with celebs and starlets — sorry to disappoint, that’s…
Arabian Nights (complete with camels) – in Austria’s Bregenz Forest
Yep, you read that right! Every Thursday, the Cuddle Hotel Gams celebrates an evening right out of “A Thousand and One Nights” in Austria’s Bregenz Forest of all places, wafting its guests away on…
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Time for two – in Austria’s Cuddle Hotel Gams
Not long ago we were abducted into “A Thousand and One Nights” by Austria’s Cuddle Hotel Gams as it does for its guests every Thursday. But, it is also possible on any other…
Seerose Resort & Spa – cocooning by Lake Hallwil
On a cold, drizzly autumn day, is there anything better than retreating into a warm, cozy cocoon? This is exactly the autumn delight that the Seerose Resort & Spa on Hallwilersee (Lake…