Are you in search of great (Michelin) gourmet restaurants to go in Europe? Here you find fine dining places worth the expenditure. 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…
LeBolle/Piccolo Lago/Battipalo around Stresa/Italy, best fine-dining restaurants Stresa
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3 of the best (Michelin) fine-dining restaurants around Stresa in the northern Piedmont/Italy

Where to go as a fine-dining afficionado in one of the first tourist resorts on the Lake Maggiore: While Stresa itself has some dining spots recommended by Michelin, my husband and I did not choose them. Either they appeared too traditional…
Langhe wine region Piedmont/Italy - best fine-dining restaurants Langhe
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3 of the best (Michelin) fine-dining restaurants near Alba in the Langhe/Piedmont, Italy

Where to go as a fine-dining lover in the wine region around Alba: The Langhe in Alba's surroundings has some of the best (Michelin) fine-dining restaurants in the whole Piedmont. This region, located rather in the Piedmont's south, really…
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…
Basel, river Rhine & chef/restaurant manager Cheval Blanc - best fine-dining restaurants Basel
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3 Michelin starred fine dining restaurants in the Basel area, first visited in 2023/2024

3 of the best gourmet dining spots in Switzerland's city known for its border triangle: Basel is known - amongst other things - for its proximity to the two neighboring countries of Germany and France. And just as Switzerland's biggest city…