# Travelmemo — Switzerland

> Articles published on Travelmemo in the Switzerland category.

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. Our travelogues are also available in German on reisememo.ch.

## Articles

- [Pilatus Golden Round Trip – A perfect excursion from Lucerne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/pilatus-golden-round-trip-excursion-from-lucerne.md): Mount Pilatus, Lucerne's local mountain, is one of the most popular destinations in Central Switzerland. From Lucerne, there is a legendary Pilatus Golden Round Trip by boat, funicular, and cable car.
- [Hike to the Morteratsch Glacier – glacier caves as a highlight of the Engadin](https://travelmemo.com/okf/morteratsch-glacier-winter-hike.md): The winter hike from Morteratsch to the glacier tongue and the glacier caves is a unique experience because the glacier caves do not always form. Here are my impressions:
- [Blausee – Trip tip for a mountain lake in Bernese Oberland](https://travelmemo.com/okf/blausee-trip-tip-mountain-lake-bernese-oberland.md): The Blausee (Blue Lake) is ideally suited for a day trip. But even better is to take in the picturesque nature park of the same name with an overnight stay in the Blausee Hotel & Spa.
- [A mountain high on the Jungfraujoch, the Top of Europe](https://travelmemo.com/okf/jungfraujoch-top-of-europe.md): The Jungfraujoch ranks right up there among prime Switzerland high-altitude destinations. The sights on the way up alone are spectacular; on top await multiple attractions, and the mountain scenery wi
- [Winter wonderland “4 Vallées” – snow sports paradise in Valais](https://travelmemo.com/okf/4-vallees-winter-wonderland-in-valais.md): The “4 Vallées» (4 Valleys) tourist destination in the Swiss canton of Valais ranks among Europe’s largest ski areas offering limitless snow sport possibilities. I just had to see it once again.
- [Glacier Boutique Hotel in Grindelwald – Design meets the Eiger North Face](https://travelmemo.com/okf/boutique-hotel-glacier-grindelwald.md): An ex-base jumper and her cross-triathlete husband together open a boutique hotel in Grindelwald. How will that work out?
- [Hiking the Eiger panorama trail from First via Bachalpsee to the Bussalp](https://travelmemo.com/okf/eiger-panorama-trail-bachalpsee-bussalp.md): The Eiger panorama trail is one of many hikes around Grindelwald First. It promises an overwhelming view of the Eiger north face — so long as the weather cooperates…
- [Grindelwald glacier gorge – roaring water and a blue spider’s web!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/grindelwald-glacier-gorge.md): Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland offers an unbelievable number of getaway destinations. One of them is the impressive glacier gorge at the foot of the Eiger north face.
- [Splashing and feasting at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz](https://travelmemo.com/okf/grand-resort-bad-ragaz.md): The name of the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz already hints at what an awesome facility it is. Designed by a superb architect, blessed with a natural thermal bath whose water is naturally heated to an ideal 
- [Hiking on the Rigi – the Queen of Mountains](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-rigi-queen-of-mountains.md): Once, when I was still in elementary school, I went hiking on the Rigi with my class. Back then, I managed to restrain my enthusiasm for hikes – queen of the mountains, oh, puhleeze. But I really look
- [Vitznauerhof Hotel: luxury hotelier and flying Dutchman power duo](https://travelmemo.com/okf/vitznauerhof-hotel-restaurant-sens.md): There’s been a changing of the guard at the Vitznauerhof: Hotelier Raphael Herzog has taken up the baton on the shores of Lake Lucerne. He and his innovative gourmet chef Jeroen Achtien spoil their gu
- [Sapori Ticino Gala Dinner in Zurich’s Hotel Widder](https://travelmemo.com/okf/sapori-ticino-gala-dinner-hotel-widder-zurich.md): Once again this year, the Gourmet Festival S. Pellegrino Sapori Ticino guests three times in Swiss Deluxe Hotels in German-speaking Switzerland. The tour just kicked off in the unique design hotel Wid
- [“10 Manos” – Join five Argentinian star chefs in Zurich](https://travelmemo.com/okf/10-manos-rive-gauche-gustofestival-zurich.md): The “10 Manos” are a cooking quintet of Argentinia’s most trendsetting and creative chefs. They put on their show for the first time in Switzerland in March 2018, where they presented the innovative s
- [Big-name barman from Buenos Aires mixes it up in Zurich](https://travelmemo.com/okf/big-name-barman-tato-giovannoni.md): The name is Tato Giovannoni and he is guest barman at the Gustofestival, most recently held in Zurich. Together with the “10 Manos”, five Argentinian star chefs cooking up a storm for the festival, he
- [Carlo Rampazzi – Ticino’s “wild and crazy” star designer](https://travelmemo.com/okf/carlo-rampazzi-selvaggio-ascona.md): It was in the Hotel Valsana in Arosa that we first became aware of Swiss interior architect Carlo Rampazzi. After our recent stopover at the Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona, which also bears Rampazzi’s signa
- [Marina Ascona Restaurant: Our review with color or spaghetti effect](https://travelmemo.com/okf/marina-restaurant-ascona.md): There are plenty of restaurants to choose from in highly fashionable Ascona and along its lake promenade. But who knows about Restaurant Marina, located just a stone’s throw farther down by the lake? 
- [Hotel Eden Roc Ascona: 5-stars with a wilding by Rampazzi](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-eden-roc-ascona-rampazzi.md): Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona is the best vacation hotel in Switzerland. Maybe it has to do with the sensational location on Lake Maggiore or the impeccable service. But, for us, perhaps the biggest draw o
- [Tragic mix-up: how Hamilton Lodge on Switzerland’s Belalp got its name](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hamilton-lodge-sunny-belalp.md): “Hamilton Lodge” is not really what you would call a usual name for a lodge. Especially one located on a Wallis Alp in the Swiss mountains. But host John Wegink was so taken by the story of glaciologi
- [Hiking Paradise in the Swiss Engadin Valley](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-engadin.md): Why is that woman crying? those lunching at the top of Muottas Muragl wondered. New Zealanders Justine and Chris Tyerman were awe-struck with the scenery in the high Engadin Valley.
- [Bever Lodge – A Swiss Idyll in the Engadin](https://travelmemo.com/okf/bever-lodge-engadin.md): The passengers on the train from Chur to Bever thought New Zealanders Justine and Chris Tyerman were crazy. But the Kiwi couple blended in well among the other outdoor fanatics at the trendy, three-st
- [Hiking in the Swiss mountains of canton Grisons](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-swiss-mountains.md): Little did New Zealanders Justine and Chris Tyerman know what lay ahead of them when they went hiking in the mountains surrounding the little alpine village of Tschiertschen in the Swiss canton of Gra
- [The Alpina Mountain Resort & Spa – Mountain magic in Tschiertschen](https://travelmemo.com/okf/alpina-mountain-resort-tschiertschen.md): Justine Tyerman finds thunderstorms addictive at the Alpina Mountain Resort & Spa in Tschiertschen.
- [Valsana Hotel – a new bijou at the entrance to Arosa](https://travelmemo.com/okf/valsana-hotel-arosa-review.md): Arosa has a new landmark! With the Valsana Hotel & Apartments, a new bijou hotel stands out as you enter this resort village. Here is what to expect:
- [Zurich – Exploring the Swiss city on foot](https://travelmemo.com/okf/exploring-zurich-on-foot.md): On her trip to Switzerland, Justine Tyerman spends two days in Zurich and explores the city with its 2000 years of history on foot.
- [Storchen Hotel Zurich – Savoir-faire with tradition](https://travelmemo.com/okf/storchen-zurich-savoir-faire-with-tradition.md): Why are there storks nesting on the roof of a five-star hotel in Zurich? . . . Justine Tyerman learns the legend of the ‘Haus zum Storchen’. She also discovers how ‘savoir-faire with tradition’ has sa
- [Climbing the Grosser Mythen, 47 hairpin turns and all](https://travelmemo.com/okf/climbing-grosser-mythen-hiking.md): This taller of the two Mythen peaks has my brother in its spell: time and again, he has climbed it and afterwards posted marvelous pictures on Facebook. Now it’s my turn to head up there!
- [We hiked from Filzbach to Lake Talalpsee – but not back!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-filzbach-talalpsee-habergschwaend.md): “Talalpsee” has such a nice ring to it that says “mountain lake.” And, while the way up to it is something…the way down by kick scooter is something else!
- [Instapixie does Arnensee – circle tour with convertible and hairy special effects](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-arnensee-gstaad.md): Recently, we had the chance to join up with Instagram star Nicole Hunziker in Gstaad in the Bernese Highlands. With a celebrity like her in tow, we had to come up with something special… and, thanks t
- [My house is your house – feeling right at home in the HUUS Gstaad Hotel](https://travelmemo.com/okf/huus-design-hotel-gstaad.md): “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 dial
- [Triple-shocked in Gstaad – too soon, too strong, too handsome?](https://travelmemo.com/okf/tennis-swiss-open-gstaad-pc7-team.md): 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
- [IGNIV: a nest feathered by star chef Andreas Caminada?](https://travelmemo.com/okf/igniv-andreas-caminada-bad-ragaz.md): “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 dev
- [Castle fit for a princess: Château d’Ouchy in Lausanne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-chateau-ouchy-lausanne.md): 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, w
- [The Living Circle – an exceptional Swiss hospitality brand](https://travelmemo.com/okf/the-living-circle-swiss-hospitality-brand.md): 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.” Differen
- [Sapori Ticino – Three ambassadors of fine Ticino cuisine come to Berne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/sapori-ticino-fine-ticino-cuisine.md): 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 o
- [Locanda Barbarossa – farm to table in Switzerland’s Castello del Sole restaurant](https://travelmemo.com/okf/locanda-barbarossa-restaurant-castello-del-sole.md): 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!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/neni-restaurant-25hours-hotel-langstrasse-zurich.md): 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)
- [Rustico Castello del Sole – Lunching between Heaven and Earth](https://travelmemo.com/okf/rustico-castello-del-sole-ascona.md): 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 
- [The ghost of Schauenstein Castle — outclassed by star chef Andreas Caminada](https://travelmemo.com/okf/ghost-schauenstein-castle-restaurant-chef-andreas-caminada.md): 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 k
- [Cervo Sunday Brunch – the Mountain Boutique Resort way!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/cervo-zermatt-sunday-brunch.md): 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 bef
- [Findeln chalet village near Zermatt and a mountain gourmet trifecta](https://travelmemo.com/okf/zermatt-gourmet-findeln-chalet-village.md): 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
- [Miss Zermatt has a black nose — at Tradition Julen](https://travelmemo.com/okf/zermatt-blacknose-sheep-tradition-julen.md): 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 need flawless legs — complete with
- [A winter hike to Fluhalp — Matterhorn (almost) always in view](https://travelmemo.com/okf/winter-hike-fluhalp-matterhorn.md): The hike from the stylish Blue Lounge to the Fluhalp is easy peasy. It takes you along a glacial moraine high above Zermatt on an ever so slight gradient through the alpine mountain landscape. But eve
- [For Events: Get stoked at Turbina Zermatt!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/turbina-zermatt-stoked-experience.md): What do you do when you want to buy a chalet in Zermatt and along with it you are offered a mothballed hydroelectric plant? Simple – you restore the turbine building as the “Turbina Zermatt” event loc
- [Gone with the wind — thanks, Air Zermatt!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/heli-skiing-air-zermatt-helicopter.md): Travel blogging is hard work. This is common knowledge. And sometimes it’s even enough to make you “go ballistic.” Like when Switzerland’s Zermatt Tourism wants us to try heli skiing…
- [An overnighter in Zermatt’s Igloo Village – at 20 below!](https://travelmemo.com/okf/igloo-village-zermatt-overnight.md): 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 Italian, like my ice in the form of gelato mel
- [Dining with the stars (or with the gods) on Gornergrat](https://travelmemo.com/okf/zermatt-stargazing-dinner.md): “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 not what this is about
- [Ecco Restaurant – Zurich’s gourmet palace with a view](https://travelmemo.com/okf/ecco-gourmet-restaurant-zurich-atlantis-hotel.md): Ecco Restaurant in the Hotel Atlantis by Giardino. At the foot of Zurich’s very own mountain called Üetliberg. Much buzzed about. Often praised. Does it live up to the promise? Let’s go check it out…
- [Seerose Resort & Spa – cocooning by Lake Hallwil](https://travelmemo.com/okf/seerose-resort-spa-cocooning-by-lake-hallwil.md): 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 Hallwil) celebr
- [A hike in beauty: the trail to Seealpsee](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-trail-seealpsee.md): Recently, we lifted our heads and sniffed fresh mountain air again. Since we are not what you would call “hard core hikers,” we had settled for a simple walking tour in the Alpstein mountain range in 
- [A 2-lake ramble: Mystical Cresta to picturesque Cauma](https://travelmemo.com/okf/cresta-and-cauma-lake.md): We surely have no shortage of mountain lakes in Switzerland. Granted, they’re not always easy to reach — or it may at least take a respectable hike first. Not so in the case of Lake Cresta and Lake Ca
- [Ridge hiking – single file, from Klingenstock to the Fronalpstock](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-fronalpstock-klingenstock.md): They’re here again… those days when people say: grey below, blue above.That was exactly what the weather forecast had in store recently. So, what are we waiting for? Strap on those hiking boots and le
- [From asparagus field to gourmet kitchen – a contemplation](https://travelmemo.com/okf/from-asparagus-field-to-gourmet-kitchen-a-contemplation.md): Things are happening with the Relais & Châteaux hotel and restaurant association! Eager to highlight the uniqueness of the various Relais & Châteaux houses in Switzerland and create a better understan
- [Gourmet experience in the Mammertsberg by Relais & Châteaux](https://travelmemo.com/okf/mammertsberg-by-relais-chateaux-gourmet.md): 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 c
- [George Bar & Grill – feasting with food bloggers](https://travelmemo.com/okf/george-bar-grill-food-bloggers.md): Recently, local.ch extended invitations for a meet-and-eat of food bloggers at George Bar & Grill in Zurich, Switzerland. Since a good meal also falls into the “lifestyle” category, the renowned food 
- [Max Chocolatier – pralines to love](https://travelmemo.com/okf/max-chocolatier-zurich.md): Are you up for once again falling head over heels for some sweet little thing? All it took for us was a visit to Max Chocolatier in Zurich to fall for… those little pralines!
- [The Capra – all prissy or what?](https://travelmemo.com/okf/the-capra-hotel-saas-fee.md): The German word “Ziege” meaning “goat” in that language can shade into negative connotations, as in “dumme Geiss”, which means “silly goat” (or worse). From there it is not much of a leap to “Zicke,” 
- [Chäserrugg – New mountain restaurant on the Churfirsten range](https://travelmemo.com/okf/chaserrugg-restaurant-churfirsten-range.md): On Chäserrugg, the easternmost of the seven peaks that make up the Churfirsten range, since very recently shines the newest structure by Basel star architects Herzog & De Meuron: a mountain restaurant
- [Hiking along the Walensee – courtesy of Mammut](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiking-lake-walensee-courtesy-mammut.md): We tested: New hiking shoes by Mammut. The test took us to, on, and high above the Walensee…
- [Awake from slumber: Hotel Bellevue-Terminus Engelberg](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-bellevue-terminus-engelberg.md): In the center of Engelberg, across from the train station, the Hotel Bellevue-Terminus holds sway — with a renovated interior that might just have been kissed awake like Sleeping Beauty …
- [A host with heart – good vibes in Arosa’s Waldhotel National](https://travelmemo.com/okf/waldhotel-national-arosa.md): With temperatures breaking the 30℃ mark in Zurich and the street parade on top of that we had two good reasons to escape from the city and head for a weekend in the mountains. Arosa is wonderfully sit
- [Panorama trail from Gadastatt to the Zervreila Reservoir](https://travelmemo.com/okf/panorama-trail-gadastatt-zervreila.md): Far back in the Vals Valley, a side valley in Surselva, at an altitude of 1,250 meters lies the idyllic mountain village of Vals. Many people visit this Grisons (Graubünden) village because of the myt
- [Hotel 7132 – where world-class architecture meets nature](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-7132-vals-thermal-bath.md): The mountain village of Vals in the Surselva district of Grisons (Graubünden) is best known for its famous “Vals” mineral water or the legendary Vals Thermal Baths. And if you love masterpieces by Swi
- [Montreux Jazz Café in the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace](https://travelmemo.com/okf/montreux-jazz-cafe-fairmont-montreux-palace.md): The Fairmont Le Montreux Palace Hotel is one of the leading hotels along the Swiss Riviera on Lake Geneva. Here visitors can enjoy a relaxed and jazzy atmosphere outside of the legendary Jazz Festival
- [Colossal Brunch at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace](https://travelmemo.com/okf/brunch-fairmont-le-montreux-palace.md): Every Sunday there is a brunch of colossal proportions in Montreux: If 120 guests are served during a “normal” Sunday brunch, then this could easily increase to a good 450 on Easter Brunch. We decided
- [Multicultural amenities at the Hotel Fairmont Le Montreux Palace](https://travelmemo.com/okf/fairmont-montreux-palace-freddie-mercury-suite.md): As you know, we usually visit smaller boutique hotels. This time, though, we went for a bigger place at the invitation of Montreux-Vevey Tourisme. Lo and behold, we were quickly surprised…
- [Hotel de Rougemont – Chalet-style boutique hotel](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-de-rougemont.md): The Hotel de Rougemont was opened in December 2014. The four-star boutique hotel consists of a mix of tradition and design, making us feel fine right from the very start.
- [GoldenPass Panoramic Train – between the Bernese Oberland and Lake Geneva](https://travelmemo.com/okf/goldenpass-panoramic-train.md): The GoldenPass Line is one of the most beautiful railway panoramic lines in Switzerland. Between Zweisimmen-Montreux passengers enter a divine natural setting that shows up close and personal why tour
- [Design hotel: Kameha Grand Zurich – the hotel opening](https://travelmemo.com/okf/kameha-grand-zurich.md): Zurich has a new grand hotel! The lifestyle Kameha Grand with opulent design by Marcel Wanders opened its doors on March 1st. And this is how it went at the pre-opening…
- [Unique Hotel Post in Zermatt](https://travelmemo.com/okf/unique-hotel-post-zermatt.md): Following a spectacular panorama ride on the Glacier Express that took us through unbelievably beautiful mountain scenery and past picturesque mountain villages, across chasms and through valleys, our
- [Hotel Chesa Stüva Colani – Hospitality Italian-style](https://travelmemo.com/okf/design-hotel-chesa-stuva-colani.md): For our ride on the Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt we were on the lookout for suitable lodgings at the jumping-off point.
- [By Glacier Express from St. Moritz to Zermatt](https://travelmemo.com/okf/glacier-express-stmoritz-zermatt.md): By Railtour’s invitation, we rode the rails in the world’s most famous train… and what a thrill it was!
- [Luxury at its Best – The Chedi Andermatt](https://travelmemo.com/okf/the-chedi-andermatt.md): Having read a great deal about the Chedi Andermatt Hotel and after getting many positive comments on it, we had planned for some time to visit this hotel setting new standards in the luxury Alpine hot
- [A royal sojourn in Chalet Royalp in the Swiss Alps](https://travelmemo.com/okf/chalet-royalp-hotel-spa-villars.md): Justine Tyerman from New Zealand delights in the five-star pampering at a Swiss alpine resort in Villars-sur-Ollon.
- [La Petite Table Gourmet Restaurant in the Swiss Alps](https://travelmemo.com/okf/petite-table-restaurant-gryon.md): After a day’s skiing in the Swiss alps, Justine Tyerman is treated to a gourmet dinner in the village of Gryon.
- [Traditional paper cutting – is a revival happening?](https://travelmemo.com/okf/traditional-paper-cutting-gstaad.md): During our “Gstaad Tour” the other week, we came across “very traditional” looking paper cuttings by Gstaad’s own “paper cutter” Beatrice Straubhaar.
- [Hotel Bernerhof Gstaad – the “Hiking Hotel”](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-bernerhof-gstaad-hiking-hotel.md): In the heart of Gstaad’s pedestrian mall stands the majestic Bernerhof, ready to welcome worn-out hikers to a confidently stylish abode. A number of rooms having been newly renovated, we had a look.
- [Wellness- & Spa-Hotel Ermitage – Panoramic lobby as guest magnet](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-ermitage-schoenried.md): During the Travel Blogger Events arranged by Gstaad Saanenland Tourism, we stopped in the Wellness- & Spa-Hotel Ermitage in Schönried for a coffee and cake break.
- [Switzerland’s Glacier 3000 and Peak Walk by Tissot](https://travelmemo.com/okf/glacier-3000-peak-walk-tissot.md): Late October 2014 saw the opening of the spectacular “Peak Walk by Tissot” at the very summit of “Glacier 3000”: a 107 Meter long suspension bridge connects the mountain station with the Scex Rouge’s 
- [Hotel Spitzhorn – the little yet “stellar” pearl of Saanenland](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-spitzhorn-saanenland.md): Just before we set out on our blogger trip to Gstaad, the “Sonntags Zeitung” (a Swiss sunday paper) in its list of best winter hotels ranked the Spitzhorn as tops in the three-star category. Reason en
- [Art and Cuisine at Saanen’s 16 Art Bar Restaurant](https://travelmemo.com/okf/16-art-bar-restaurant-saanen.md): For the finale of Gstaad’s three-day Travel Blogger Events, they really knocked one out of the park. We had a chance to partake of a jewel of a restaurant well off the beaten path in Saanen’s historic
- [Meat that’s out of this world: Boucherie Thai Takeout & Wine in Saanen](https://travelmemo.com/okf/boucherie-thai-takeout-wine-saanen.md): What is it that just landed in the village of Saanen? Did it come from another planet? From Italy? Thailand? From planet Takeout maybe? Far out? You bet! It’s the Boucherie (English: Butcher Shop), wh
- [A jewel in wood: the IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau in the Engadine](https://travelmemo.com/okf/in-lain-hotel-cadonau-engadine.md): 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
- [Hotel Widder Zurich – Up for more individualized lodgings?](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-widder-zurich.md): Zurich’s Widder Hotel offers more than individually-styled, first-rate hotel rooms in lavishly renovated Augustine-era houses. We gave it a good look:
- [A world first: Wellness Hostel in Saas-Fee](https://travelmemo.com/okf/wellness-hostel-saas-fee.md): In September 2014, the first Wellness YH in Saas-Fee celebrated its grand opening. Roughly a month after season start, we stayed at the new wellnessHostel. Here is our report:
- [Park Weggis – Riviera feeling on Lake Lucerne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/park-weggis-luxury-hotel.md): The hotel’s name says it all: Surrounded by its magnificent park-like grounds, the renowned Park Weggis resides right on the shore of Lake Lucerne. With private lake access, beachfront and boat dock, 
- [Swiss Alps: Mountain hiking in the Hoch-Ybrig](https://travelmemo.com/okf/mountain-hiking-hoch-ybrig.md): This time, on a bright Sunday, we traded our golf shoes for hiking boots to try an easy mountain hike in the Swiss Alps. Here is what we discovered…
- [Relais & Châteaux Gourmet Festival at the IN LAIN Hotel Cadonau](https://travelmemo.com/okf/relais-chateaux-gourmet-festival-in-lain-hotel-cadonau.md): 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 C
- [The Alpina Gstaad – Alpine Hotel Experience at the Highest Level](https://travelmemo.com/okf/the-alpina-gstaad-alpine-hotel-experience.md): Above Gstaad in the Bernese Oberland stands the elegant boutique hotel The Alpina Gstaad. With its 20,000 m2(!) of park-like grounds, luxurious premises and rooms, three extraordinary restaurants, a s
- [Boutique Hotel Palafitte – Living on Stilts on Lake Neuchâtel](https://travelmemo.com/okf/boutique-hotel-palafitte-lake-neuchatel.md): Sitting above the water by the shore of Lake Neuchâtel is a lake-dwelling settlement for our times: Hotel Palafitte here celebrates exclusive Riviera excellence of the highest level. Be prepared for s
- [A day hike around Vitznau and the Rigi-Scheidegg](https://travelmemo.com/okf/day-hike-vitznau-rigi-scheidegg.md): If you’re ok with taking public transit and want to treat yourself to an easy walking tour: Take the Mount Rigi cogwheel railway to grab a little sample of beautiful Lake Lucerne around Lucerne and Vi
- [The Alpina Gstaad – in storytelling format](https://travelmemo.com/okf/alpina-gstaad-hotel-storyform.md): Above Gstaad in the Bernese Oberland stands the elegant boutique hotel The Alpina Gstaad. With its 20,000 m2(!) of park-like grounds, luxurious premises, three extraordinary restaurants, a spa with in
- [Relaxing at the Lenkerhof Gourmet Spa Resort](https://travelmemo.com/okf/lenkerhof-gourmet-spa-resort.md): 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 gue
- [Urban stay at “The Passage” design hotel in Basel](https://travelmemo.com/okf/urban-stay-the-passage-hotel-basel.md): In March 2014 a four-star urban hotel boasting a prime location in downtown Basel opened its doors: The Passage. It’s the hotel’s location that gives it this particular name, since it stands on the bo
- [InterContinental Davos – the Most Luxurious Alpine Golden Egg](https://travelmemo.com/okf/intercontinental-davos-hotel-alpine-golden-egg.md): With its futuristic golden egg shaped facade, the InterContinental set in the Swiss ski resort Davos is an architectural stunner! Here’s why…
- [Valbella and Lenzerheide – One Graubünden Attraction after Another](https://travelmemo.com/okf/valbella-inn-lenzerheide.md): The family-operated Valbella Inn Resort, a comfortable four star Superior hotel lies on the upslope of the Lenzerheide high valley. From the resort you get a magnificent view of the Alps massif – moun
- [Posh W Verbier — W Hotels’ first Mountain Hideaway](https://travelmemo.com/okf/w-hotel-verbier-swiss-ski-resort.md): The Starwood hotel group proudly runs “W Verbier” – their first alpine escape. Verbier is an internationally renowned ski resort in the heart of the Swiss Alps. The hotel is the first of its kind in S
- [Tested: The new Sheraton Hotel in vibrant Zurich West](https://travelmemo.com/okf/sheraton-hotel-zurich-west.md): New hotels are sprouting up like mushrooms from the ground of what once was the Zurich West industrial district! This time we tested the Sheraton Zurich West open since January 2014. There is little t
- [Treat yourself – at the Hilton Garden Inn Davos](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hilton-garden-inn-davos.md): Centrally located between Davos-Dorf and Davos-Platz is the Hilton Garden Inn that opened its doors just a year ago. It is the first hotel of the Hilton Garden Inn brand in Switzerland and we were inv
- [In SBB comfort to Verbier in Wallis with RailAway](https://travelmemo.com/okf/sbb-railaway-verbier.md): The Wallis ski area “4 Vallées / Mont Fort” around Verbier promises unlimited sports possibilities and pure snow fun! You can take advantage of the SBB RailAway Combo Passes to reach this winter sport
- [Winter Wonderland in Braunwald, Switzerland](https://travelmemo.com/okf/braunwald-swiss-alpine-wonderland.md): In tiny little Switzerland it takes just about an hour or so to get from Zurich to spectacular mountain resorts. One of the lesser known Swiss alpine jewels is Braunwald, nicely nestled on a sunny and
- [Winter time in picturesque Rapperswil, Switzerland](https://travelmemo.com/okf/sunny-afternoon-rapperswil-switzerland.md): The picturesque little city of Rapperswil is located on the upper end of Lake Zurich. It offers am amazing view on the lake as well on the mountains. Rapperswil is worth an excursion throughout the wh
- [Gourmet and Romance in Hotel des Balances, Lucerne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/gourmet-romance-hotel-des-balances-lucerne.md): We stayed one night in Hotel Des Balances last weekend, a discreet hotel situated directly on the beautiful Reuss River in what must be one of the most postcard-perfect cities in the entire world: Luc
- [Sunday brunch in Zurich: Urban Breakfast at the Clouds Bistro](https://travelmemo.com/okf/urban-breakfast-clouds-bistro-zurich.md): In trendy Zurich-West, there are a number of spectacular brunches to enjoy. But only the Clouds Bistro located on the 35th floor of the Prime Tower, Zurich’s tallest building, will serve you a breatht
- [Ladies Night Out in the Spa and the City Champagne Whirlpool in Lucerne](https://travelmemo.com/okf/art-deco-hotel-montana-lucerne-ladies-night.md): Crazy, what they come up with time and again in Lucerne‘s Art Deco Hotel Montana to keep the guest crowd entertained! The latest example: In the Penthouse Spa Suite they are offering a venue for as sp
- [4 hotels, 60 Gault Millau Points, 500 Kilometers – Relais & Châteaux on a Harley-Davidson](https://travelmemo.com/okf/relais-chateaux-route-du-bonheur-harley-davidson.md): 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](https://travelmemo.com/okf/relais-chateaux-grand-hotel-du-lac-vevey.md): 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](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-le-vieux-manoir-lake-murten.md): 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 loo
- [Living large in the Beau Rivage Hotel in Neuchâtel](https://travelmemo.com/okf/beau-rivage-hotel-neuchatel-relais-chateaux.md): 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 gou
- [Hotel Les Sources des Alpes – Hot Springs and Cuisine in the Wallis Alps](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-les-sources-des-alpes-leukerbad-relais-chateaux.md): 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 hot
- [Sunday Brunch at the Hiltl – Vegetarian breakfast in the Heart of Zurich](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hiltl-vegetarian-restaurant-sunday-brunch.md): Located in downtown Zurich, the Hiltl restaurant offers an eclectic Sunday brunch buffet. At first at least, it may take a bit of getting used to searching for the “normal” brunch staples like eggs su
- [Hip new Design Hotel “25hours” in Zurich-West](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hip-design-hotel-25hours-zurich-west.md): The new 25hours hotel has opened in Zurich’s West End. The team from Alfredo Häberli Design Development rendered Zurich’s newest Design Hotel in funky colors and with a young touch and lots of little 
- [Zermatt – Matterhorn, nature and chic design hotels](https://travelmemo.com/okf/zermatt-matterhorn-nature-design-hotels.md): Zermatt nestles at the foot of the Matterhorn at about 1,610 meters above sea level and is one of the most popular of Switzerland’s renowned holiday resorts. Recreational opportunities abound in and a
- [Design Hotel Matthiol in Zermatt, Switzerland](https://travelmemo.com/okf/design-hotel-matthiol-zermatt.md): The chalet-style, four star superior Hotel Matthiol sits in quiet surroundings on the outskirts of Zermatt. Rustic and trendy, traditional and modern or even Alpine chic – the Matthiol is a study in c
- [Cristal Fassbind Design Hotel in the heart of Geneva](https://travelmemo.com/okf/cristal-fassbind-design-hotel-geneva.md): The Cristal Fassbind Hotel is conveniently located close to Geneva’s central train station. This modern hotel offers practical rooms in a cool-glass design look. Not your usual design concept but well
- [Giardino Mountain – new design hotel in the Swiss Alps in Saint Moritz](https://travelmemo.com/okf/giardino-mountain-design-hotel-swiss-alps-saint-moritz-campfer.md): In December 2011 the new 5 star hotel Giardino Mountain in Campfer next to Saint Moritz, Switzerland, opened its doors to discerning guests. Surrounded by majestic mountains, the Giardino Mountain res
- [Thermal Bath & Spa, Wellness in Zurich’s Hürlimann Brewery Areal](https://travelmemo.com/okf/thermal-bath-spa-hurlimann-brewery-zurich.md): Today we did the Irish-Roman Spa Ritual in the Thermal Bath & Spa in Zurich. It is a beautiful wellness oasis built right in the middle of the city in the former Hürlimann brewery building. It was mar
- [Marriott Renaissance Zurich Mobimo Tower Designhotel – New Opening](https://travelmemo.com/okf/renaissance-zurich-mobimo-tower-designhotel-opening.md): The Renaissance Zurich Tower Hotel is opening on August 15th 2011 in the spectacular Mobimo Tower in Zurich West right next to the Prime Tower. Discerning guests who value an exclusive, individually-r
- [Eiger Mönch & Jungfrau: Bernese Oberland Panorama in the Swiss Alps](https://travelmemo.com/okf/eiger-moench-jungfrau-bernese-oberland-panorama-in-the-swiss-alps.md): Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau offer an awe inspiring panorama of the Bernese Oberland in the Swiss Alps. With sunny weather you get spectacular views of peaks, glaciers and valleys around Lauterbrunnen, 
- [Hotel Windsor, Geneva – Good Value for Money in 3 Star Hotel in City Centre](https://travelmemo.com/okf/hotel-windsor-geneva-3-star-hotel-city-centre.md): If you are looking for a hotel in Geneva you may want to check out the Windsor Hotel right in the Geneva city centre. The 3 star hotel offers very good value for money.
- [Townhouse Boutique Hotel in Zurich City Centre](https://travelmemo.com/okf/townhouse-boutique-hotel-zurich-city-centre.md): In summer 2010 a new boutique hotel opened its doors in the heart of Zurich’s city centre, a block away from the main train station. The Townhouse Boutique Hotel offers English style accomodation righ
- [Grand Resort Bad Ragaz – Spa and wellness at its finest](https://travelmemo.com/okf/grand-resort-bad-ragaz-spa-wellness-finest.md): The Grand Resort Bad Ragaz offers a unique combination of luxury hotel accommodations and gastronomy, wellness facilities with own thermal water source, medical health center, business and events cent
- [Guarda Val – Romantic Boutique Hotel in Lenzerheide](https://travelmemo.com/okf/guardaval-lenzerheide-romantic-boutique-hotel.md): On the hamlet of Sporz, on 1’600 metres above sea level, you will find the highly recommended alpine design and lifestyle boutique hotel.