Zürich-West Hotspots

Sleep

Widder Hotel
Painstakingly restored by Swiss architect Tilla Theus, this maze of historic townhouses offers a sumptuous blend of eras ranging from whitewashed modern steel basins in the bathrooms to medieval beams in the bedrooms.

widderhotel.com

The Marktgasse
Built around one of Zürich’s oldest inns, the newly opened Marktgasse Hotel incorporates ancient layouts into the breezy modern design. The exceptional restaurant Baltho does Swiss classics with a contemporary twist.

marktgassehotel.ch

Eat

Les Halles
Buzzing, hip and specialising in French-Mediterranean cuisine, Les Halles couldn’t be more different from the white-tableclothed restaurants of the old town.

les-halles.ch

Tribeka
In the achingly cool Tribeka district, you will find a handful of fashionable haunts crammed next to each other, including Italian favourite Cento Passi; Zanzibar, which makes East African stews and offers giant mugs of prawns; and Palestine Grill, which brings you excellent cuisine from the Middle East.

tribeka.ch

Shop

Ida Gut
Swiss designer Ida Gut combines Japanese fabrics with Swiss cuts to create the kind of elegant yet eccentric designs you would associate with Comme des Garçons.

idagut.ch

Galerie Francesca Pia
Curator Francesca Pia is famous for uncovering unknown talent from around the country, and her gallery is the ideal spot to pick up your next art work or kick off an afternoon of browsing.

francescapia.com