Looking for luxury hotels in Europe? Here you find reports/reviews on high-end accommodations visited when traveling the world. For Switzerland, go to the separate category!

Hotel Kinsterna Monemvasia/Hotel Aria Estate Mani, Peloponnese/Greece - best hotels Peloponnese Fingers
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14 days on the road in the Peloponnese/Greece and a short stay in Athens in style – PART II “East & Mani Fingers”

A Peloponnese itinerary including its “Fingers”, “Palm” & 3 days in Greece’s capital with best hotels & restaurants – "Index & Middle Finger": Now it is about two more "Fingers of the Peloponnese Hand"! In this context…
Naflipo/Epidaurus, Peloponnese/Greece - Peloponnese itinerary
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14 days on the road in the Peloponnese/Greece and a short stay in Athens in style – PART I outline & “Thumb”

A Peloponnese itinerary including its "Fingers", "Palm" & 3 days in Greece's capital with best hotels & restaurants - overview & Nafplio/Argolis: Seeking sun and warmth in Europe late October, my husband and I headed to the Peloponnese.…
Cognac, Dordogne & Cantal/France - best hotels Cognac, Dordogne & Cantal
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19 days on the road in North & Central France in style – PART III way from Brittany to Switzerland

An itinerary (with best hotels & restaurants) through Champagne, Normandy, Brittany, Cognac, Dordogne & Cantal - Cognac, Dordogne & Cantal:  Finally we come to the last part of a North and Central France trip done in late summer…
Brittany near Trégastel / Restaurant Pourquoi Pas at Hotel Castelbrac Dinard Brittany/France - best hotels Brittany
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19 days on the road in North & Central France in style – PART II Brittany (main destination)

An itinerary (with best hotels & restaurants) through Champagne, Normandy, Brittany, Cognac, Dordogne and Cantal - main focus Brittany: Now it is about the Brittany, the main focus of a road trip in North and Central France that my husband…
Champagne House Epernay / Honfleur Normandy/France - best hotels Champagne & Honfleur
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19 days on the road in North & Central France in style – outline & PART I way to Brittany from Switzerland

An itinerary (with best hotels & restaurants) through Champagne, Normandy, Brittany, Cognac, Dordogne & Cantal - overview & Champagne/Honfleur: A long held plan came true in late summer 2024, when my husband and I set off on an…
Boutique Hotel Stresa Piedmont/Italy - best luxury hotel Stresa
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Boutique Hotel Stresa, a high-end hotel in Stresa on Lake Maggiore/Piedmont, Italy

How it is staying in style at probably the best luxury hotel in Stresa in the northern Piedmont: You may have never heard of Stresa, but it is one the older tourist resorts in Europe. This small, elegant town, embracing Lake Maggiore's western…
Casa di Langa Piedmont/Italy - best luxury hotel Langhe
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Casa di Langa near Alba, a luxury hotel in the Langhe/Piedmont, Italy

How it is staying in style at one of the best hotels in the Piedmont's Langhe wine region: For a second visit in the Piedmont's Langhe wine region within three years, my husband and I again opted for a hotel near Alba. While we had chosen a…
Langhe south of Alba & Stresa, Lago Maggiore/Piedmont, Italy - Piedmont itinerary
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11 days on the road in the Piedmont & west Switzerland in luxury

An itinerary through Italy's Piedmont with luxury hotels & (Michelin) fine-dining restaurants plus a side trip to the Swiss west: One more trip lead my husband and me to northern Italy, this time to the Piedmont. Regarding the last two…
Grand Hotel Fasano Gardone Riviera Lake Garda/Italy
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5-star Grand Hotel Fasano in Gardone Riviera on Lake Garda in north Italy

THE place to stay in style on Lake Garda's shore: Lake Garda in the Italian Lakes region in north Italy has been on my bucket list for a long time. And as it makes a good combination with the South Tyrol, where my husband and I had planned…