All itinerariesZurich in 2 Days — Old Town Weekend, Lake Cruise, and Lindt
A Zurich weekend that does the Old Town, the lake and Lindt properly without pretending the city is cheap.
≈ CHF 245 per person
Copies all 13 stops into a trip of your own, on your dates.
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“Use this itinerary” copies all 13 stops into a trip of your own, on your dates.
A compact weekend that does Zurich properly without pretending it's cheap: day one walks the Bahnhofstrasse–Lindenhof–twin-minsters circuit with a Sprüngli stop and ends in fondue; day two pairs the Kunsthaus with a lake cruise and the Lindt Home of Chocolate in Kilchberg. Be warned on prices — this is one of Europe's most expensive cities and the CHF 245 total here already leans on smart picks (a CHF 8.50 street bratwurst for one lunch, pay-by-weight veggie buffet for the other); a sit-down meal with drinks can hit CHF 60+ without trying. Sights themselves are kind to the wallet: the churches are CHF 5 each and the lake and old town are free.
Day by day
Day 1 — Old Town circuit: Bahnhofstrasse, twin minsters, fondueOld Town circuit: Bahnhofstrasse, twin minsters, fondue
Day 2 — Art, the lake, and the chocolate pilgrimageArt, the lake, and the chocolate pilgrimage
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Field checks & ratings
Every venue in this itinerary was checked against current public sources — opening hours, prices, closures — before it was published. Stops that aren't venues — transit legs, walks between them — aren't in the count.
Checked against tripadvisor.com · zuerich.com · restaurantguru.com · yelp.com · grossmuenster.ch · kunsthaus.ch + 11 more
How we check
Anything with a kitchen or a ticket gate is verified individually: the official site where one exists, plus recent traveler reviews. Public squares, parks and viewpoints get an existence check. A venue we can’t confirm is flagged below rather than quietly kept, and the whole itinerary is re-checked on a cadence — past 12 months without one, the checked claim is dropped and the date above stops being a promise.
Every venue was checked against current public sources — hours, prices, closures — before it was published. Walks and transit legs are not in the count.
checked against tripadvisor.com · zuerich.com · restaurantguru.com · yelp.com · grossmuenster.ch · kunsthaus.ch + 11 more
How we check
Anything with a kitchen or a ticket gate is verified individually: the official site where one exists, plus recent traveler reviews. Public squares, parks and viewpoints get an existence check. A venue we can’t confirm is flagged below rather than quietly kept, and the whole itinerary is re-checked on a cadence — past 12 months without one, the checked claim is dropped and the date above stops being a promise.