Hotels in Zurich

The best time to visit Zurich if you’re looking for sun is during the summer months. July and August experience temperatures in the high 20s, which means Lake Zurich is warm enough to swim in, and you’ll get the chance to top up your tan. Zurich is equally beautiful in the winter, with snow from November to March, but make sure you take warm clothing as temperatures can drop below zero.

Take in Zurich’s historical sites from your base in one of the hotels in the Old Town. You can walk or run the bridges of the River Limmat before heading to explore The Grossmünster, a Romanesque church and cloisters. Over the bridge, five minutes on foot, St Peterskirche is worth a visit. This church is a veritable kaleidoscope of paintings, murals and intricate stonework.Holidaying with children in Zurich? Stay in a hotel in Zürichberg to be within two kilometres of Zurich Zoo. There are seven enclosures – choose from the Australia Exhibit to see koalas and wallabies, or the Mongolian Steppe for camels and yaks. Less than a ten minutes’ drive away from Zürichberg is ASVZ Sport Center Fluntern, where kids can blow off steam playing tennis, archery or beach volleyball.Couples taking a trip to Zurich can check out hotels in Oerlikon, which is a quarter in the northern part of the city. From here, you’re less than a ten minutes’ walk away from nearby MFO-Park, a unique ‘park hall’ that stands where the machine factory once did, with sprawling plants covering remnants of the past. There are often open-air movies and festivals taking place in the vicinity, and the surrounding area has a number of romantic restaurants and bars.Go for hotels on the left side of Lake Zurich to be in the perfect spot for a cruise around the bays. You can also swim, sail or simply relax with a picnic. Museum Rietberg sits at the top of the lake. This is one of the largest art museums in Switzerland, featuring more than 23,000 objects tracing the cultures of Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania.