Weekend Getaways: Zurich

As you might have seen in our homepage, we have a new section called Weekend Getaways, where we will post some of our suggestions where to go for the weekend from Geneva.

Our first post has been on Zurich! Check the link or read below all our tips and suggestions!

Zurich

We spent a couple of nights there and totally fell for this Swiss city. Its pedestrian old town area, the restaurants, museums, the lake… It is truly a place where I wouldn't mind living for a while! Take the Circle Tour to get a better idea of Zurich with the trolley tour and then enjoying a relaxing boat cruise on Lake Zurich. Also, don't miss the Kunsthaus museum and go inside the Fraumünster church to see Chagall's stained glass windows… amazing!

Restaurants

There are tons of restaurants you should try, but we specially liked the following:

Café Henrici
Drop for breakfast at this cute café, on Sunday's they have small brunch specials!

Lily's Stomach Supply
A delicious informal Asian restaurant, good price, close to the train station. Our friend Alberto's favourite Asian restaurant in Zurich. We were so hungry, there's a springroll missing in the picture!!!

Zeughauskeller
A typical Germanlike restaurant set up in an old arsenal, always crowded by tourists and locals alike. Also a recommendation by our friend Alberto. You must order the Mayor's Sword with rösti… delicious!

Hotels
We stayed at the Platzhirsch Hotel and we totally recommend it. Super friendly staff, cannot be more central and you even have the option of cheaper accommodation if you choose the rooms with no toilets. There is a toilet in each floor to share between two rooms, not bad for the great discount it offers! Room 20 where my mother stayed was specially nice, though I'm guessing it was also specially expensiver!