Where you sleep decides how the whole trip feels. These 7 hotels in Zurich are picked for the walk home, not the lobby photo, and they run from budget to worth-the-splurge. Every one is somewhere I'd book myself.
Check AvailabilityRuby Mimi★ 4.7 · CHF 180–320In Haus Du Pont on Beatenplatz, a listed 1913 building that was one of Zurich's first cinemas and kept showing films for a hundred years. Directions
Check AvailabilityWidder Hotel★ 4.7 · CHF 550–900Nine medieval townhouses in Augustinergasse stitched into one hotel, so no two rooms are alike: some have frescoed ceilings, some exposed beams, some a modern box dropped inside an old shell. Directions
Check AvailabilityHotel St. Josef★ 4.6 · CHF 130–200A plain, well-kept hotel in a former convent building near the main station, run by a foundation rather than a chain. Directions
Check AvailabilityBaur au Lac★ 4.6 · CHF 800–1500The grand hotel of Zurich, family-run since 1844, in its own park where the canal meets the lake. Directions
Check Availability25hours Hotel Zürich Langstrasse★ 4.5 · CHF 200–350Loud, colourful and deliberately unserious, in the district that used to be the red-light quarter and is now where the city goes out. Directions
Check AvailabilityHotel Rothaus★ 3.6 · CHF 180–300A restored corner building on Langstrasse with velvet, brass and a restaurant that locals book without staying. Directions
Check AvailabilityB2 Boutique Hotel + SpaCHF 250-450Built inside the old Hürlimann brewery on the hill above Enge, and known for two things. Directions