Zurich advice please

Two weeks ago, arrived about 8pm Friday, felt quite busy, but through inside 10 minutes even with half an A320 in the queue ahead of us.. bags another 10 after that.

I like Lucerne, has a good range of hotels, some chain hotels that are cheaper than Zurich City. If you fancy more mountain than lake, there may be some on the train route to St. Anton.

jhc wrote:

In addition to my post above, any hotel recommendations for Zurich or the Zurich region generally would be appreciated whether privately owned or one of the big hotel groups. Not aiming for the top tier most expensive hotels but happy to look at anything else that you considered gave decent quality and good value.

Last summer we were on an Accor trip around Switzerland: Novotel in Geneva (10/10), Swissotel in Bern (9/10), and for Zurich we chose the 25hours hotel. It’s skewed towards a younger crowd, every room has a Freitag bag to borrow, there’s a hip bar in the lobby and a funky shop, but given it was August the prices were incredibly low. We took the penthouse suite “Trainspotting” (great view of the city, station, and railway lines – nicer than it sounds) which had an outdoor sundeck, loads of space, well under £200. It’s about 10 minutes West of the station, but it’s a really new district with shops and cafes (and Google offices) all the way along. We’d strongly recommend 25hours, especially if you have Accor Gold of course!

redlilly wrote:

There is another 25hours hotel in Zurich, but can’t comment on location etc. Also a few others in other cities in Europe. Will definitely look to stay in others.

I stayed in the 25h in Paris. Right opposite Gare du Nord. Really good pick and the bigger rooms are suitably spacious. Would recommend and I don’t know why they persist with calling themselves a budget brand.