For a piece of history and a fun way to experience Zurich, I am delighted to highlight a family circus which is still performing more than 200 years after it was founded. Hotels in Zurich, Switzerland will be quickly booking up for the arrival of Circus Knie – a Swiss family circus – that is [...]

Relaxing at one of the many hotels in Zurich, Switzerland, this May, will enable you to enjoy two diverse attractions that are both inextricably linked to one remarkable man – artist Marc Chagall. Wandering the picturesque city you will inevitably admire the landmark Fraumünster Abbey that dominates the eyeline, but if you first head over [...]

The holiday season is all around us and as December is quickly approaching hotels in Zurich, Switzerland as well as thousands of others all across the globe are preparing for their busiest time of the year.

Want to get a running start into the New Year? This can certainly be possible if you spend your New Year in Zurich. Every year on January 1st at exactly midnight, the Neujahrsmarathon (New Year’s Marathon) takes place. Established in 2005, the event did not need long to take off. Last year, 600 participants from [...]

Every year, from 22 November to 2 January, Christmas lights enchant Zurich’s world-famous Bahnhofstrasse. The lighting display, known simply as “Lucy”, is made up of thousands of individually controlled LEDs, which create moving clouds of light and gentle showers of luminescence. “Lucy,” named after the Beatles song, is turned on at 6pm on the 25th [...]

Enjoy drinking whisky and water? How about whisky on the water? Zurich’s annual Whisky Ship Festival takes place from 29/11/12-02/12/12.

Don’t put your dirndl or lederhosen away just yet. After Oktoberfest wraps up in Munich, the party continues on and travels to Zurich. Once you walk inside the enormous beer tent that is set up on Bauschanzli, a peninsula in the river Limmat, you will feel like you never crossed the border from Germany into [...]

Every year, hundreds gather to partake in Expovina, Zurich’s famous wine exhibition. The event takes place from November 1-15, on twelve vessels housing 180 stands that have spread across the Bürkliplatz.

If you thought that freight containers could only be used to ship cargo, think again. Swiss-based handbag company, Freitag, thought outside the box, or in this case the container, when designing an entire building made solely from them.

There are many compelling excursions and entertainment options for guests staying at hotels in Zurich, Switzerland. The city is conveniently located in the centre of the country at the top of Lake Zurich. Away from the natural beauty, art loving visitors should visit the incredible Kunsthalle.