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A table worth the flight
Culinary Experiences
A table worth the flight — and the stories around it.
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Don’t-miss culinary experiences experiences
Researched, tiered and placed — a selection of 24 from our 633 experiences across 200 destinations (12 shown here). Open a destination to see everything it holds.
Paris, FranceSunset Seine private dinner cruisean intimate dinner past the illuminated Eiffel Tower and Notre-Dame, away from the mass bateaux Amsterdam, NetherlandsKing's Day on the water (Koningsdag)27 April — the whole city turns orange, the canals fill with boats, the streets become a free-market partySource: https://completeamsterdam.com/kings-day-amsterdam-2026-the-legendary-dutch-public-holiday/ · read 2026-07-12 Zermatt, SwitzerlandCandlelit fondue in a snow igloo + a starlit sleigha private igloo-village dinner at Riffelberg or a horse-drawn sleigh to a mountain restaurant under the stars — winter romance beyond the suite Courchevel, FranceA suite at Cheval Blanc — LVMH's Alpine flagshipthe LVMH Palace in 1850, home to the three-Michelin-star Le 1947 and in-house couture boutiques — the most fashion-forward address in the Alps Burgundy, FranceThe chef aboard, every vessel Aix-en-Provence, FranceAix market morning + calissonsthe daily produce, flower and food markets of the old town, then the almond-and-melon calissons d'Aix from a historic confiserie — Provence's everyday luxury Amboise, FranceChâteau-hotel stay + a private château eveninga room at Le Choiseul or Château de Pray, a Touraine dinner and the summer Amboise sound-and-light — the Loire's slow, romantic Renaissance Andermatt, SwitzerlandDine at The Japanese by The Chedi at Gütsch — ~2,400 ma rare mountain-top fine-dining setting with a Japanese-inspired menu high above the resort — a genuine only-here culinary experience Antibes – Juan-les-Pins, FranceMarche Provencal + a ramparts lunch Antwerp, BelgiumA Flemish table + a bollekehearty Flemish cooking — stoverij, mussels, grey-shrimp croquettes — with a bolleke of the local De Koninck amber ale, in a wood-panelled café Appenzell, SwitzerlandAlpabfahrt — the autumn cattle descentfrom mid-August to late September the herds return from the Säntis alps in flower-and-bell processions, paired with an open-air cheese market The Ardennes & the Belgian Countryside, BelgiumThe Ardennes Trappist trail — Orval, Rochefort, Chimaythree of the world's authentic Trappist abbeys in one region Paris, FranceChristmas-market Seine sailingthe illuminated quais + markets from the water in the festive window Amsterdam, NetherlandsA brown-café + Dutch-table crawlthe centuries-old brown cafés, the Albert Cuypmarkt, and Amsterdam's rising Michelin scene — the everyday and the elevated table Zermatt, SwitzerlandChez Vrony — the mountain tablea Findeln chalet at 2,100 m, Michelin/Gault-Millau recognised, its own organic Alpine produce and dry-cured meats, and the Matterhorn on the terrace railSource: https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/wallis/zermatt/restaurant/chez-vrony · read 2026-07-09 Courchevel, FranceLe K2 Palace — Himalayan-themed ski-in Palacethe K2 Collection's flagship Palace on the Cospillot piste, one-Michelin-star Le K2 dining, a private cinema and kids' spaces — discreet ski-in/ski-out luxurySource: https://www.lek2palace.com/en/ · read 2026-07-17 Burgundy, FranceRegional wine and open bar inside the fare Aix-en-Provence, FranceProvencal table on a fountain squarea long lunch of daube, local lamb and a chilled Coteaux d'Aix rosé on a shaded square Amboise, FranceTouraine gastronomy + Loire producerillettes, goat cheeses, river fish and asparagus matched to Vouvray — Loire dining at a château-hotel table or a town bistro Andermatt, SwitzerlandThe Chedi's The Restaurant + The Japanesethe hotel's flagship venues — European/Asian at The Restaurant's open kitchens and the Sato/Toffolon Japanese in the village Antibes – Juan-les-Pins, FranceLouroc (1-star) at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-RocSource: https://www.oetkerhotels.com/hotels/hotel-du-cap-eden-roc/ · read 2026-07-09 Antwerp, BelgiumChocolate, Elixir d'Anvers and the marketAntwerp chocolatiers, the local Antwerpse handjes biscuits and chocolates, and the herbal Elixir d'Anvers liqueur — edible souvenirs on a tasting walk Appenzell, SwitzerlandAppenzeller cheese — show dairy + tasting Paris, FranceMarché d'Aligre + wine-cellar tastinga working market past the tourist trail, followed by a natural-wine caviste tasting
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