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Caption: Time travel at the “Knight’s House” Swiss nostalgia in Val Müstair
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Caption: Canton Graubünden is Switzerland’s largest, its varied landscapes and villages offering much for discerning travelers to discover. Graubünden welcomes visitors with diverse local attractions and extraordinary hospitality.
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Caption: An excellent base for a nostalgia-rich stay is in the village of Santa Maria, a few kilometers shy of Switzerland’s easternmost border with Italy.
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Caption: Guests at Ritterhaus Casa de Chapol can go for a spin in this vintage Citroën.
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Caption: Ramun Schweizer, owner and chef, Ritterhaus Chasa de Capol, welcomes guests into his kitchen, with its copper pots and wood-burning stove.
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Caption: Ramun uses pure copper pots, which he insists provide an Old-World character that is second to none.
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Caption: The wine cellar at Ritterhaus Casa de Chapol dates from the 7th century, but stores Ramun Schweizer's excellent 21st-century wines.
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Caption: An antique samovar is brought out each year at Christmastime, for an evening of poetry readings and celebration in the house's medieval kitchen.
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Caption: The Schweizer family of Ritterhaus Casa de Capol, in Val Müstair, Switzerland
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Caption: More from Val Müstair on Anita's Feast
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Caption: Tom Fakler This story from Switzerland is just one of many of our European adventures since starting the blog Anita's Feast in 2010. Take a look at my work there and on my photography site, Tom Fakler Photography.
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