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Zurich TRAVEL GUIDE AND DEALS

Long known as a center for international finance and sophisticated shopping, Zürich’s devotees love it for its high living standards, laidback lifestyle, cosmopolitan nature, charming medieval town, and gastronomic delights. One of the world’s most livable cities, locals swear the lake is so clean you can drink from it.

Why Go

 The culture, the medieval architecture, the chocolate, and the Swiss Alps…all in one of Europe’s shinest, cleanest cities.

Zurich Travel Deals

Zurich Hotels

Zürich has a wide range of accommodations, from chic boutique sleeps and sleek business hotels to grand old lakeside resorts. Accommodation is scattered all over the city, with budget and boutique hotels mostly in the old town (anything under $300 per night qualifies as “budget” here) and mid-range and top-tier properties in the main commercial center. Be aware that “top-tier” means top dollar – accommodations in this category start at $600 per night.

= Smart Splurge = Great Value

Alden Hotel Splügenschloss
Zurich’s most luxurious hotel is simultaneously intimate (22-rooms only) and grand in its elegant 19th-century merchant... family | business | historic | expensive

Baur au Lac
This sumptuous 125-room hotel has hosted grand talents such as Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner since opening in 1844. On... business | views | expensive

Widder Hotel
This stylish boutique hotel boasts 49 rooms beautifully appointed with vivid frescoes, murals, and stone walls in eight... smart splurge | boutique | expensive

Bar Hotel Seehof
One of Zürich’s first boutique hotels, the chic, 20-room Seehof features polished wooden floors and a rotating selection of... moderate

Greulich Hotel
The location of this hip, 18-room, boutique hotel in a laidback residential neighborhood belies the buzzy vibe within. While... moderate | boutique

Lady's First Design Hotel
A former 19th-century women’s boarding house, Lady’s First is a comfortable, contemporary hotel aimed mainly at business... great value | modern

Alden Hotel Splügenschloss
Zurich’s most luxurious hotel is simultaneously intimate (22-rooms only) and grand in its elegant 19th-century merchant... family | business | historic | expensive

Baur au Lac
This sumptuous 125-room hotel has hosted grand talents such as Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner since opening in 1844. On... business | views | expensive

Widder Hotel
This stylish boutique hotel boasts 49 rooms beautifully appointed with vivid frescoes, murals, and stone walls in eight... smart splurge | boutique | expensive

Bar Hotel Seehof
One of Zürich’s first boutique hotels, the chic, 20-room Seehof features polished wooden floors and a rotating selection of... trendy

Greulich Hotel
The location of this hip, 18-room, boutique hotel in a laidback residential neighborhood belies the buzzy vibe within. While... boutique | trendy

Lady's First Design Hotel
A former 19th-century women’s boarding house, Lady’s First is a comfortable, contemporary hotel aimed mainly at business... great value | modern

Bar Hotel Seehof
One of Zürich’s first boutique hotels, the chic, 20-room Seehof features polished wooden floors and a rotating selection of... moderate

Greulich Hotel
The location of this hip, 18-room, boutique hotel in a laidback residential neighborhood belies the buzzy vibe within. While... moderate | boutique

Zurich Restaurants

With roots in French, German, and Italian culinary traditions, Zürich’s cuisine is one of the most refined, interesting, and delicious in Europe. Explore everything from elegant dining rooms serving up Michelin-starred gastronomic fare to the generous portions of popular beer houses.

= Smart Splurge = Great Value

Bierhalle Kropf
Atmospherically set in an old burgher house with wooden paneling, exquisite stained-glass windows, and antlers on the walls,... great value | swiss | restaurants | german

Brasserie Lipp
This authentic Parisian brasserie – picture enormous mirrors, checker-tiled floors, and chandeliers – is the place to come... french | swiss | restaurants

Fischstube
On a sunny day there is no better place for families and friends to gather than this casual lakeside restaurant, where freshly... seafood | waterfront | swiss | restaurants

Café Felix
It can be hard to get a table at this quaint café – a neighborhood institution for 150 years – but it’s worth the wait,... cafe | restaurants

Cantinetta Antinori
Head here for the wine and the superb Italian fare, both of which come from the Antinori vineyards and farms in Florence. Try... italian | restaurants

Haus Zum Rüden
Reserve a table at Zürich’s finest restaurant as much to enjoy the splendid interior of the 1348 guild house, as to savor... smart splurge | french | swiss | restaurants

Bierhalle Kropf
Atmospherically set in an old burgher house with wooden paneling, exquisite stained-glass windows, and antlers on the walls,... great value | swiss | restaurants | german

Brasserie Lipp
This authentic Parisian brasserie – picture enormous mirrors, checker-tiled floors, and chandeliers – is the place to come... french | swiss | restaurants

Fischstube
On a sunny day there is no better place for families and friends to gather than this casual lakeside restaurant, where freshly... seafood | waterfront | swiss | restaurants

Café Felix
It can be hard to get a table at this quaint café – a neighborhood institution for 150 years – but it’s worth the wait,... cafe | restaurants

Cantinetta Antinori
Head here for the wine and the superb Italian fare, both of which come from the Antinori vineyards and farms in Florence. Try... italian | restaurants

Haus Zum Rüden
Reserve a table at Zürich’s finest restaurant as much to enjoy the splendid interior of the 1348 guild house, as to savor... smart splurge | french | swiss | restaurants

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