Europe
The Lucerne Carnival
Mark Nicholls immerses himself in the colour and vibrancy of the Lucerne Carnival. It is a little after 4.30am and the Chapel Square in Lucerne is packed with an anticipatory crowd. They are awaiting the […]
Switzerland
Hotels
Hotel Restaurant Bären
The Hotel Restaurant Bären in Gsteig, just a 15-minute drive from the glittering resort of Gstaad – synonymous with the likes of Roger Moore and Brigitte Bardot – is like a picture postcard of mountain […]
Watches
Europe’s Highest Watch Shop
Have you ever wanted to buy a watch on the roof of the world? Now you can, at more than 3,000 metres in altitude on the Col de Pillon near the chic resort of Gstaad […]
Motoring
Touring Switzerland With Zero Emissions In The MINI Electric
As much as many of us are in desperate need to get away and take a holiday, ever changing quarantine rules are making it rather difficult and challenging. So, the trend this year is very […]
European Travel
St. Moritz Gourmet Festival
I wasn’t there to ski I’ll leave that to the brave and the beautiful, I was there to try some of the fabled food at the tables of the lauded and applauded from the culinary […]
European Travel
The St Moritz Olympia Bobsleigh Run
Devilishly quick…Mark Nicholls experiences the superfast bobsleigh course in stylish St Moritz It is devilishly fast: within a matter of seconds you are nudging speeds of 100kph as the sleek red bullet of an Olympic […]
Hotels
Hotel Hecht, Appenzell
Many hotels often bleat about the luxuries they offer, but sometimes all you really want is genuine hospitality, a comfortable room for the night and a central location. The Hecht in Appenzell offers precisely that […]
Hotels
Romantik Hotel Säntis Appenzell
With its grand, gabled façade on Appenzell’s main square, Landsgemeindeplatz, the Romantik Hotel Säntis creates quite an impression from the first. Run with unpretentious charm and a genuine belief in warm hospitality by the Heeb […]
Hotels
Hotel Silberhorn, Lauterbrunnen
Many hotels wax lyrical about having fabulous views, but Hotel Silberhorn is in a class of its own. Sitting on a rise above the village of Lauterbrunnen in the waterfall-laced valley of the same name, […]
Hotels
Landhotel Golf and Salzano SPA Interlaken
It’s sometimes hard to pinpoint what makes one hotel more memorable than another, but personally I find it boils down to exceptional service. Service that makes the hotel-as-home concept come into its own; service that […]