{"id":4049,"date":"2026-02-13T04:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4049\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T04:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T04:59:21","slug":"best-hotels-in-zurich-switzerlands-largest-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/4049\/","title":{"rendered":"Best hotels in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland&#8217;s largest city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If understated design, art and lake views are high on your must-have list, the best hotels in Z\u00fcrich are exemplary. The Swiss city is a more subtle choice than, say,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/paris-hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paris<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/the-best-hotels-in-rome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rome<\/a>, and its hotel scene is naturally more compact. How could it be otherwise? The old yet glamorous city \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/best-hotels-in-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Switzerland\u2019s<\/a> largest \u2013 is home to less than half a million people, and while it doesn\u2019t attract the same crowds as other European grand dames, it is always ready to welcome discerning travellers with excellent taste and a penchant for hospitality that only the Swiss can deliver. It\u2019s a wonderfully walkable city too, making the hotel choice even more important.<\/p>\n<p>To truly embrace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/article\/best-things-to-do-zurich-switzerland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Z\u00fcrich\u2019s<\/a> charms \u2013 gorgeous waterfront location, historic Old Town, upscale shopping, and artsy enclaves \u2013\u00a0you\u2019ll want a convenient, comfortable, and chic place to rest your feet and soak up the rich atmosphere. Spend your days wandering the cobblestoned lanes of the Altstadt, gallery-hopping in Z\u00fcrich-West, or sipping a crisp glass of white wine by the lake before retreating to one of its exceptional hotels.<\/p>\n<p>In a city that moves at a thoughtful pace, where you can\u2019t help but notice the craftsmanship in everything from a sandwich on homemade bread from Buchmann Beck Rennweg, to a golden hour cocktail on Savoy Terrasse at Mandarin Oriental.<\/p>\n<p>From the art-decked grandeur of The Dolder Grand to the Philippe Starck-reimagined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/article\/la-reserve-eden-au-lac-zurich-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eden au Lac<\/a>, these are Z\u00fcrich\u2019s finest hotels.<\/p>\n<p>More inspiration on ski hotels in Europe<\/p>\n<p>AccordionItemContainerButton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If understated design, art and lake views are high on your must-have list, the best hotels in Z\u00fcrich&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[197,3125,3544,901,17,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-4049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-zurich","8":"tag-europe","9":"tag-hotels","10":"tag-places-to-stay","11":"tag-shopping","12":"tag-switzerland","13":"tag-zurich"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}