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Since 1950 Relais & Châteaux offers their “Route du Bonheur” concept, a suggestion to travel along their exceptional restaurants (relais) and hotels (châteaux). First they stretched along France’s Autoroute du Soleil from Paris to the Côte d’Azur, the French riviera. Today they span a global network of luxurious hotels and restaurants.

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

By Walter Schaerer 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…

Gourmet experience in the Mammertsberg by Relais & Châteaux

By Walter Schaerer on June 18, 2016 Switzerland

Recently, Relais & Châteaux extended invitations to one of their legendary gourmet adventures of the special kind. Happening this time: 17 Gault-Millau points, 1 Michelin star, 1 sommelière, 1 world champion chef in a manor house on the shore of Lake Constance. We naturally couldn’t wait to take it in with all our senses…

A jewel in wood: the IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau in the Engadine

By Katja Birrer on January 3, 2015 Switzerland

Converted from an over 450-year old house in Brail, the “IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau” is a jewel of a hotel that is also the life’s work for many generations of a family whose talents have complemented each other in ideal fashion.

Relais & Châteaux Gourmet Festival at the IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau

By Walter Schaerer on August 3, 2014 Switzerland

A 60th birthday deserves to be celebrated! The exclusive hotel association Relais & Châteaux shares the sentiment and launches its first Gourmet Festival in Switzerland. We went to the IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau to partake of the diamond jubilee menu. Watch this…

Relaxing at the Lenkerhof Gourmet Spa Resort

By Katja Birrer on May 22, 2014 Switzerland

The Lenkerhof Gourmet Spa Resort is a modern *****Superior luxury hotel offering anything you need to relax, recover, fill up your batteries and get inspired. This first class hotel captivates its guests with its elegant furnishings, a gourmet restaurant and its wide range of feel-good treatments to choose from.

Our presentation at the Zurich World Travelers Meetup

By Walter Schaerer on April 3, 2014 Argentina, Chile

Recently we got invited to present the adventure of our last year’s trip to South America and how we hunted for a story in SWISS Airline’s board magazine. The short presentation “5 weeks in South America & the perks of being a travel blogger” gave the Zurich World Travellers Meetup an overview of the highlights we encountered.

4 hotels, 60 Gault Millau Points, 500 Kilometers – Relais & Châteaux on a Harley-Davidson

By Walter Schaerer on May 12, 2013 Switzerland

On the invitation of Richard Guyon of Relais & Chateaux Hotels, we rumbled for three days through Romandy on three Harley Davidson choppers to savor the gourmet menus of four of his luxury hotels.

Dining and staying in the atmospheric Grand Hotel du Lac in Vevey

By Walter Schaerer on May 12, 2013 Switzerland

From its prominent site on the shore of Lake Geneva in Vevey, the Relais & Chateau Grand Hotel du Lac looks out upon a magnificent panorama of lake and Alps.

Calm and Cuisine at the Hotel Le Vieux Manoir on Picturesque Lake Murten

By Walter Schaerer on May 12, 2013 Switzerland

Built in elegant country house style, the Hotel Le Vieux Manoir by Relais & Châteaux is located in a large park in the Bernese Seeland directly on the shores of picturesque Lake Murten. If you are looking for genuine calm and gastronomic flights of fancy, take a closer look at this gem…

Suite in the Beau Rivage Hotel

Living large in the Beau Rivage Hotel in Neuchâtel

By Walter Schaerer on May 12, 2013 Switzerland

The Relais & Châteaux Hotel Beau Rivage Neuchâtel stands in the heart of Swiss watch country. Located on the popular lake promenade Esplanade du Mont-Blanc, it features spacious rooms and a superb gourmet restaurant…

Hotel Les Sources des Alpes – Hot Springs and Cuisine in the Wallis Alps

By Walter Schaerer on May 11, 2013 Switzerland

The Relais & Châteaux Hotel Les Sources des Alpes sits slightly elevated above the center of Leukerbad and has a sublime vista of the valley in store for its guests. It is the region’s only luxury hotel and its two pools with hot thermal spring water are worth the faster pulse …

Algodon Mansion:Living like Roger Federer in Buenos Aires

By Walter Schaerer on April 5, 2013 Argentina

The boutique hotel Algodon Mansion is located in the heart of Buenos Aires’ most elegant residential neighborhood, Recoleta, where you will also find exclusive designer boutiques, nice restaurants, and art galleries.

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