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About ULTIMATE Zurich City Guide

ULTIMATE Zurich City Guide is an independent guide for visitors to Zurich, Switzerland. We publish 14 curated lists: restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels, sights, arts & culture, parks, walks, shopping, health, property, developments, cars and getting around. We cover the Altstadt and the Niederdorf, the Bahnhofstrasse and the Paradeplatz, Seefeld and the lake, Zurich West, Enge and Wollishofen, Kreis 4 and the Langstrasse, Oerlikon and the Zürichberg, with day trips to Lucerne, the Rhine Falls, the Rigi and Pilatus, St. Moritz and the Engadin, and Basel.

Our editor

Jai Michael is Editor-in-Chief of the ULTIMATE City Guides. With more than 25 years in the media industry, he founded ABSOLUTE brighton and London TV, and has worked with leading luxury brands around the world.

How we choose

Every place in our lists has been checked against its own website or an official source such as Zürich Tourismus (zuerich.com), SBB, ZVV, the SZU, the ZSG, Zurich Airport, the Notariate im Kanton Zürich or The MICHELIN Guide. MICHELIN distinctions are quoted only from the current MICHELIN Guide Switzerland, which on guide.michelin.com is dated 2025. We use no ratings, and we leave out anything we can’t confirm.

Before you go

Opening hours, seasons and timetables change, and several places are being renovated in 2026–27. Please check directly with each place, and with official sources, before you travel. Prices are in Swiss francs (CHF).

For venues

Run a venue in Zurich and spotted something to update? We review our lists regularly and welcome corrections.

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