
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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