Zurich has many things to offer to tourist and people traveling for business. It has more than a hundred art galleries, several well known museums and world famous architecture. This city also offers several active pursuits ranging from swimming in Lake Zurich during the warm season for touring the nearby waterfalls at Rhine Falls and hiking through Uetliberg. When touring this city, you can also participate in shopping activities along Bahnhofstrasse. To get to many places in Zurich easily, you can choose to lease a car.
Attractions in Zurich
- Bahnhofstrasse – One of the things you can do in Zurich is driving along or taking a stroll along the storefronts of the Bahnhofstrasse. Numerous kinds of high end shops are located along the way from Zurich Hauptbahnhof to Lake Zurich. Bahnhofstrasse is a great place to enjoy watching people and window shopping. If you want to purchase items at affordable prices, you can buy them at the Langstrasse and Neiderdorf areas.
- Swiss National Museum – This museum surveys Swiss history, culture and art from as far back as the fourth century BC. In this museum, you will find religious and medieval frescoes, Swiss clocks and weapons. You can also wander through ornate historic rooms as well as a prehistoric section and a Zwingli/Swiss Reformation room. You can easily get to the Swiss National Museum in a car hire. You can view the vast collection of this museum for an admission fee that is relatively small.
- Zurich zoo – According to travel experts, the Zurich zoo is one of the best zoos in Europe. More than two thousand animals that naturally live in geographic areas like South America, Africa and the Masoala Rainforest are kept in this zoo that sprawls across Kreis 6.
- Uetliberg – You can travel from Zurich Hauptbahnhof to Uetliberg in about twenty to thirty minutes. At 2,875 feet above sea level, Uetliberg offers a great view of the panorama of the city and the surrounding Alps. It also has many hiking trails, a playground for children and a restaurant.
- Foundation E.G Buhrle Collection – This is a Kreis 8 museum that contains works by Monet, Cezanne and Degas among other great Impressionists and artists. However, you need to make an appointment in order to see these works. Admission for adults costs about 30 U.S dollars.
There many more attractions and things to do in Zurich apart from the ones listed above. With a car hire, you can make the most out of your visit by getting to various locations easily.