Hotel reviews from Switzerland

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Most our travel bloggers are based out of Zurich, Switzerland. Hence Swiss locations are the easiest for us to cover. We like design and boutique hotels, restaurants, golf courses, scenic railways and a hike every now and then.

My house is your house – feeling right at home in the HUUS Hotel Gstaad

By Katja Birrer on August 20, 2017 Switzerland

“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 Lo & Leduc (they rap in the Swiss German dialect) has absolutely no connection to the Hotel HUUS in Gstaad, I couldn’t get the catchy tune out of my mind during the drive there. Maybe it was that Latino groove?

Triple-shocked in Gstaad – too soon, too strong, too handsome?

By Walter on August 16, 2017 Switzerland

In what was a first for us, we took in an ATP world tour tennis final in beautiful Saanenland. Thin air at this altitude supposedly lets balls fly farther and bounce higher. That can make for stunners now and then…

Amuse-bouches, IGNIV-Style

IGNIV: a nest feathered by star chef Andreas Caminada?

By Katja Birrer on July 17, 2017 Switzerland

“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 brand that he developed and then opened in Bad Ragaz, putting his long-time sous-chef Silvio Germann in to run the kitchen for what would be the test of a new dining experience: serving gourmet cuisine, but in many small portions that are meant to be shared. By creating this “feathered nest” for the youngster, Caminada also put his reputation on the line. How would it all turn out?

Castle fit for a princess: Château d’Ouchy in Lausanne

By Katja Birrer on June 10, 2017 Switzerland

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 history that dates to the 12th century. So, what did I find out when I finally made it there? The Château also once did duty as a prison!

The Living Circle – an exceptional Swiss hospitality brand

By Walter on June 2, 2017 Switzerland

Take two luxury hotels, add two unique restaurants and mix in two modern farms, combine the six establishments into one and, voilà, a new Swiss hospitality brand is born: “The Living Circle.” Different though the six may be, together they share the same purpose: to create an experience that sophisticated visitors won’t soon forget…

Sapori Ticino – Three ambassadors of fine Ticino cuisine come to Berne

By Walter on May 11, 2017 Switzerland

S. Pellegrino Sapori Ticino is a gourmet festival with star allure: 36 Michelin stars in total distinguish 21 chefs, each representing one of 21 deluxe hotels that themselves bear the five-star seal of approval.

Locanda Barbarossa – farm to table in Switzerland’s Castello del Sole restaurant

By Walter on May 7, 2017 Switzerland

A gourmet restaurant belongs in a luxury hotel. So far, so good. But what if the highly-decorated head chef retires and is replaced by a “young wild one”? The new man clued me in personally…

NENI restaurant in 25hours Langstrasse – Zurich’s newest in-eatery!

By Walter on May 2, 2017 Switzerland

Zurich has a new NENI restaurant. It comes with a hotel: The 25hours Langstrasse, which sparkles not just because of its special location between the red-light district and Europaallee (Europa Avenue), its colorful design rooms and Kamasutra-themed bar, but also because of this restaurant serving Mediterranean fare with a Middle Eastern flair.

Rustico Castello del Sole – Lunching between Heaven and Earth

By Katja Birrer on May 1, 2017 Switzerland

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 helicopter ride to “Rustico del Sole,” a restaurant located a scant 5 km as the crow flies from the dam, is no less spectacular!

Caminada gourmet style tacos

The ghost of Schauenstein Castle — outclassed by star chef Andreas Caminada

By Walter on March 4, 2017 Switzerland

Schauenstein Castle (“Schloss” in German) in the village of Fürstenau (Swiss Graubünden canton) provides the backdrop for star chef Andreas Caminada and his out-of-this-world culinary arts. A lesser known bit of local lore has it that a specter haunts the castle, consumed by wanting to wield the cooking spoon in Caminada’s gourmet restaurant. I had to get the full story…

Cervo Sunday Brunch – the Mountain Boutique Resort way!

By Walter on February 14, 2017 Switzerland

My preferred way of launching into Sundays is with a long, leisurely brunch. To heighten the “brunch” experience even more for us, Zermatt Tourism came up with an interesting experiment: the night before they packed us into a real igloo at minus 20 degrees! We make it to brunch the next morning anyway!

Chalets and Matterhorn in Zermatt

Findeln chalet village near Zermatt and a mountain gourmet trifecta

By Katja Birrer on February 12, 2017 Switzerland

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 down to earth”? Or make it something on the refined haute cuisine side? In our case, we tasted our way through a total of 41 Gault Millau points in the chalet village of Findeln…

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