Hotels in Zurich

Zurich is Switzerland's largest city and its financial capital, spread across the northern tip of Lake Zurich with the Limmat River running through a medieval old town of cobbled streets, guildhalls, and Romanesque churches. It's a compact, walkable place where private banking towers, techno clubs in Zurich West, and Chagall-windowed churches sit within a 15-minute tram ride of each other.

Beyond the museums (Kunsthaus, Landesmuseum) and shopping on Bahnhofstrasse, the city works as a launchpad for day trips to Lucerne, the Rhine Falls, Uetliberg, and the alpine peaks of Central Switzerland — all reachable by fast, frequent SBB trains. Expect high prices, immaculate infrastructure, and, in summer, thousands of locals swimming in the Limmat and lakeside badis.