Spa of the Month: Vals Therme
We all know Switzerland is a place where you can count on everything to work.…
Browsing: Switzerland
Taking Time in Lausanne
As night falls, an anachronistic beacon looms over the city from a perch at Notre-Dame…
Spa of the Month: The Alpina Gstaad
This month Anna makes for the mountains and a Michelin-starred detox – they do exist…
The Gstaad Palace
In Part 2 of Tom Leahy’s skiing sojourn in Switzerland, he leaves Gstaad’s newest hotel and checks into its oldest…
Le Grand Bellevue
In the second of our look at top skiing destinations this season, we go back to the country where it all started where Tom Leahy is one of the first to indulge in a new look to an old classic…
Zürich: A Tale of Two Cities
“It doesn’t get much more festive than…listening to the choir arrayed on the famous Singing Christmas tree at the Werdmühleplatz Christmas market, a glass of Gluhwein in hand.” Estella gets festive in the Swiss financial capital…
Sunrise On Rigi
In June 1863, a Victorian diarist and six companions set off from London on holiday. Their destination was Lucerne to what had become the vogue attraction of its day, watching the sunrise from Mount Rigi. 150 years later, Larry joined an exhibition group recreating that journey…
It’s a Swiss Life, Dear Daughter
“My father spent much time in Geneva…and suggested that I spend some time there in the calm and tranquil surroundings of classically approved beauty. But what did I care for such things?” Lavinia Blundell-White savours a Swiss idyll…
A Slow Summer in Gstaad
“I’m on a stiflingly muggy tube in mid-July. Ever the contrarian I am heading for Gstaad in the Swiss Alps…” Tom Garton seeks solace in Switzerland…
Fear and Moguls in La Clusaz
“As the boy and I drift quietly up the Massif de Beauregard in our swinging gondola, all I can focus on is my pounding heart.” Alwynne faces her fear of the skis on a trip to La Clusaz.
Badrutt’s Palace
“At approximately 11am, a white silence steals our breath away as we step almost seamlessly from the plane door on to a train that would carry our winter-coated crocodile through a snow-clad Switzerland…”
Good Bad Grand Ragaz
“If the unwritten sign was wrought reality, it would state: ‘Overweight passengers may cause delays’…” Douglas Blyde takes off to a restorative clinic in Switzerland for a health check…