Hotel City Zurich

... in Europe) and bought her a few things. We ventured in and around the city by tram and by foot and took pictures by Lake Zurich. Since we had a day, we did not make it to the alps. We picked up army knives, cheese, and chocolate amongst a few other ...

... Lake Lucerne country to Lake Zurich country in comfort, providing us with good views of the scenery from our top level window seats. Our hotel in Zurich is the same one that I stayed at last time I was in town with Charles: the Etap Zurich West. It is ...

Our hotel in Zurich was at Oerlikon, about 5km from the Zurich HB. The property was bang opposite the local railway station and served by the omnipresent trams & buses. Our room was on the 18th floor of the 32 floor property. But I was surprised at ...

... on the cot sized bed and went to sleep. Woke up around 1 pm caught up on some work and went for a walk around the city. Zurich is incredible. Sitting on a giant lake surrounded by mountains. It was refreshing to see a quiet town with people walking dogs ...

... started our adventure in Zurich, Switzerland. We needed a couple days to get over our jet lag so we hung out there and walked the city. Zurich is beautiful and clean. We finally got our car and were ready to hit the road. Our car is perfect for us ...

... countryside between Paris and Zurich is lovely with small villages, grazing animals and occasional lake or pond. I check into the oldest hotel in Zurich in the midst of old town, its cobblestone streets lined with cafes and shops. What does one eat in ...

... the support that some cafes offer to the addicted – furs and blankets on chairs outside as smoking is banned indoors here. Zurich is a city of churches and each hour, church bells can be heard to chime. On one side of the river is the Gross ...

... not to sleep but to explore the city centre of Zürich. We purchased a one-day pass (CHF8) from the hotel reception staff, which allowed unlimited traveling on public transports within designated zones within a day. The pass must be date-stamped ...

... see green grass and flowers.   Finally it was time to head to the train station and go back to Luxembourg.  Zurich was a really cool city, nothing like what I was expecting.  It was very upper class and beautiful.  It is probably the ...

... bookstore across the street, but she quickly realized that all the books were in French. What's a French bookstore doing in Zurich? Whatever.... I snapped some rainy pictures, initially holding off until the rain stopped, I now realized that it was never ...

... on Lake Zurich for some photos and fresh air. From there we walked nearby the river and the charming Old Town of Zurich, eventually driving out of the city and to the spot where we would board cable cars to the top of a large hill nearby. The cable car ...

... do not even own a car.  The population of Zurich is about 380,000 and it is Switzerland’s largest city.  70% of Zurich’s water comes from Lake Zurich and all  1200 fountains in Zurich have drinking quality water we actually saw ...

... . If anyone is looking for a book recommendation, She's Come Undone, by Wally Lamb...thanks Krista! I arrived in Zurich by 2:00. I walked to my hotel from the train station. The Seidenhoff hotel is right off of Bahnofstrasse, the most famous street in ...

... through red lights, not letting walkers cross and ignoring bicyclists demands), I finally make it back to the hotel. A brief moment of madness (leaving Zurich after I pick up Melinda) turned into a desire to finally get around to writing this blog. I ...

Well, we got into Zurich and decided to do our laundry before finding a hotel.   When we finally found the laundrymat it was a dry cleaners.   What another dissappointment.   We then went to the TI and checked out ...

We arrived earlier this afternoon in Zurich, passed customs, got our luggage and headed to our hotel via taxi. Our hotel was close to the airport and had numerous restaurants including an internet room and multipurpose rooms also had friendly staff. We ...

... , which they get from the current of the river. Very clean, and Zurich is proud to tell everyone who comes to their city! Besides being very clean, Zurich sits by the tip of Lake Zurich and surrounded by the foothills of the Alps. Zurich has about 300,000 ...

Hi everyone!!!!! I am writing this blog from Zurich, Switzerland!!!! We are sitting inside a Mcdonalds using the internet here!!! haha pretty funny but I guess it is a good idea for Mcdonalds to have internet!!!! Today we left the campground on the 8 ...

... train station so we could use the public transport as much as we needed. We walked down Bahnhofstrasse, the main shopping street of Zurich and stopped for a coffee at Starbucks to wake us up. Walked to the end of Bahnhofstrasse to Bürkliplatz. We took ...

... ideas from movies, so although there is some truth to our perceptions, they are greatly exaggerated generalizations.   Zurich is the cleanest city I've seen in Europe so far.  There's almost nothing littering the streets or sidewalks and the ...

... ! There were a few openings at the top of the tower so you could get essentially a 360 degree view over the city. We could see our hotel, the Marriott, in the distance, the highest building in the skyline it appeared! You could also see the approaching ...