01
Baur au Lac
Zurich's grande dame since 1844, set in a private park at the head of the lake, still owned by the founding family.
02
La Réserve Eden au Lac
Philippe Starck's nautical fantasy above the lake. Playful in a city that rarely permits it.
03
Widder Hotel
Nine medieval houses stitched into one hotel by Tilla Theus. The city's best argument for restraint at scale.
04
Mandarin Oriental Savoy
The 1838 landmark on Paradeplatz, reopened after a restoration long enough that most of Zurich stopped waiting.
05
Hotel Schweizerhof
Station-side grandeur from 1876, run with a precision that never once draws attention to itself.
06
Boutique Hotel Kindli
A sixteenth century townhouse in the old town. Twenty rooms, Liberty fabrics, low ceilings worth ducking for.
07
B2 Hotel
A former brewery whose wine bar rises eleven metres, walled with 33,000 books and lit by chandeliers made from the old beer bottles. The thermal baths are a lift ride up.
08
Signau House & Garden Boutique Hotel
A Seefeld villa with a garden, twelve rooms, and no apparent interest in being noticed.
09
AMERON Zürich Bellerive au Lac
Art deco on the lakefront, thoroughly renovated, and unfashionably calm about all of it.
10
Small Luxury Hotel Ambassador
A quiet lakeside address with the opera house at the door and no lobby theatre inside.
11
Boutique Hotel NI-MO
A residential villa turned fourteen rooms, with a breakfast that comfortably outclasses the rate.
12
Alma Hotel - Boutique hideaway by the lake with rooftop and ladies-only wellness
A lake hideaway with a roof terrace, closer to the water than the price would lead you to expect.
13
Marktgasse Hotel
Old town rooms above a good bar and a better restaurant, brought back in 2015 without being sanitised.
14
Boutique Hotel Helmhaus
On the Limmat beside the Grossmünster. Small, plain, and located exactly where you would want to be.
15
The Home Hotel
Design Hotels member in Zurich West. Industrial bones, warm hand, none of the usual coldness.
16
Hotel Seehof
A small Seefeld house behind the opera. Plain rooms, faultless location, no pretence in either.
17
Townhouse Boutique Hotel
Velvet, brass and a central address, at a fraction of what Paradeplatz charges for the same walk.
18
25hours Hotel Langstrasse
The neighbourhood's own hotel, deliberately unpolished, honest about where it stands.
19
Boutique & Art Hotel Helvetia
A small house by the Sihl with art on every floor and a ground floor bar the locals kept.
20
25hours Hotel Zürich West
The loud one, and the one that understood Zurich West before the district did.