Zurich City Guide - Boutique Hotels and the Best Restaurants, Bars and Clubs in Zurich

Hg2's Zurich city guide explores boutique hotels and the best restaurants, as well as bars, clubs, shops, sights and spas.

A cosmopolitan, financial powerhouse with a charming medieval centre, Zurich is better known for tax exiles than techno, making hedonism and Helvetia not the most obvious of bedfellows. But beneath Zurich's sensible, clean, efficient public persona lies an irreverent, high-spirited self just itching to be discovered. Stylish and innovative, with natural playground on its doorstep - to know Zurich is to love it. Just don't tell too many people..

HG2 MUST-EAT...
Every so often we find a restaurant keeps us coming back. and back. We've checked out Josef summer and winter, rain and shine, and it always delivers laid-back cool, interesting cuisine and killer cocktails... Read the full review here.

HG2 MUST-PARTY...
A glamorous chameleon, Jade is the reigning queen of Zürich's more stylish clubs -- quite an achievement for a venue that is technically only a club for two nights a week... Read the full review here.

HG2 MUST-STAY...
Financier Urs Schwarzenbach's luxurious resort hotel, The Dolder Grand, dates from 1899, but a four-year, $400-million makeover courtesy of Foster + Partners and United Designers has brought it bang up to date... Read the full review here.

GLASS HOUSES...
Hg2 loves art, design and fashion, which is why it made sense to team up with a magazine that does these oh-so well; enter Glass, a new publication that's making waves in the media world. We give its readers a scaled-down version of our Zürich guide here.

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