Holiday Homes & Rentals in Zurich

While Zurich is not Switzerland’s capital, it is its biggest and most celebrated city. Located on the tip of Lake Zurich, which extends out into the Alpine countryside so synonymous with the country, it is a destination which offers its fortuitous visitors a fascinating urban and natural heritage. The city of Zurich is such a lovely place to explore in part due to its diverse neighbourhoods. The city centre is divided into two by the lovely Limmat River, and is a fantastic place to take a stroll and experience this famous city in real time.

Altstadt Zürich is the core of the old town with cobbled alleys and prismatic medieval guild houses, independent shops, and artful cafes. Formerly industrial Zurich West has been completely transformed in recent years and is now the city’s trendiest district with much of its most vibrant nightlife. Seefeld is a laid-back lakeside neighbourhood boasting a gorgeous opera house and wonderfully relaxed vibe.

Bahnhofstrasse is the most famous street in Zurich and one of the most luxurious and exclusive shopping streets in the world. In this golden stretch of almost a kilometre and a half, you will find a procession of platinum-credit-card-busting shops such as Tiffany & Co, Cartier and Louis Vuitton, as well as the finest chocolate shops anywhere in the world, such as the unforgettable Läderach Chocolatier Suisse.

If you love visiting museums and galleries, then Zurich simply has to be your next-in-line place to visit. The city boasts no less than 50 museums and 100 art galleries, none more popular than Landesmuseum, located in a fairy-tale castle and showcasing the finest collection of historical and cultural exhibits in the country from prehistoric times to the present. Coming to Zurich with kids? Have no fear, as there are fourteen museums in the city specifically designed for children, which feature everything from dinosaurs, culture, and modern-day science!

More than 40 kilometres long, Lake Zurich is huge, and a glorious place for taking relaxing walks or cycling along the shore, especially in summer, when you can bathe on its beaches and have a lovely picnic.

A world-class mecca for modern art, Kunsthaus Zürich boasts the city’s largest collection of modern art, including significant works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Munch or Monetas well as numerous contemporary Swiss artists.

Üetliberg is a viewpoint 870 meters above sea level offering the finest views of the city, the lake and the Alpine mountains beyond. To get to the viewpoint, take tram line 13 to Albisguiti and from there walk about 45 minutes along a beautiful trail.

The Botanical Garden, located half an hour walk from the centre, boasts more than 7,000 species of plants and three dome-shaped greenhouses that contain trees, plants and flowers from different climatic zones all around the world. Perhaps best of all, it’s free!

Dan Dent performs bizarre magic, oracle readings, mind reading and psychic experiments throughout Switzerland, and he also leads Zurich’s most famous ghost tour. The secrets of the ghostly and criminal life of the country are revealed, which, unlike most cartoonish ghost tours, are based on real and documented suicides and murders.