Hotel Helmhaus

Zürich


Featuring an enviable Old Town location within walking distance of everything, this four-star place on a pedestrianised street has 24 rooms spread over five floors, all with crisp white sheets, dark wood floors, minibars, soundproof windows and slick, modern bathrooms. A few rooms on the upper floors have views of the lake or nearby Schiffländeplatz.


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1. Grossmünster

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Founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century (but heavily reworked since), Zürich's twin-towered landmark cathedral sits directly across the river from…

2. Karlsturm

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Clamber up the southern tower of the Grossmünster for knockout views of the city and lake to the Alps beyond.

3. Zwingli's House

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The house where firebrand preacher Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) lived and worked. Zwingli began speaking out against the Catholic Church here in the 16th…

4. Fraumünster

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This 13th-century church is renowned for its stunning stained-glass windows, designed by the Russian-Jewish master Marc Chagall (1887–1985), who executed…

5. Cabaret Voltaire

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Birthplace of the zany Dada art movement, this art space has come back to life as a hotbed of contentious art exhibitions and socially critical artistic…

6. Kunsthaus

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7. St Peterskirche

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8. James Joyce Foundation

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James Joyce spent much of WWI in Zürich and wrote Ulysses here. This foundation, which boasts Europe's largest Joyce collection, hosts regular English…