Travel and leisure:Destination Zurich, Switzerland.

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich.

Places of attraction in Zurich

Grossmünster: The Monuments

The Grossmünster church is a landmark of Zurich legend has it that the church was built on the graves of the city’s patron saints, Felix and Regula.

Fraumünster :The Chagall Windows

Founded in 853 by King Louis the German, this church with its convent was inhabited by the female members of the aristocracy of Europe. The convent enjoyed the patronage of kings and the abbess the right to mint coins in Zurich until well into the 13th century. Ownership of the church and convent passed to the city of Zurich after the Reformation.Uetliberg:

Zurich’s very own Mountain

Lake Zurich was once above all a transport route. Today, it is a popular excursion point for swimming, boating or having a picnic on the lake’s banks.

The Old Town: City Center

The historic heart of the city beats on both sides of the Limmat river. Here guild houses, churches, historic squares, and hidden-away places nestle alongside each other.

The Airport

Zürich Airport is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland’s largest city, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. The airport is located 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of central Zürich