Hotel Plattenhof

Zürich


This trendy design hotel in a quiet residential area near the university has low Japanese-style beds, Molteni furniture and oak parquet floors, plus mood lighting in some rooms. It’s cool without being pretentious, and even the ‘old’ rooms are stylishly minimalist. Downstairs in the same building is a hip cafe.


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