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Airport Hotels Zurich
(Zurich Airport or Zurich-Kloten)
Zurich Airport or Zurich-Kloten (ZRH)
Zurich Airport (IATA: ZRH) (German: Flughafen Zurich-Kloten)
is Switzerland's largest and busiest airport run with Swiss
efficiency. It is actually in the community of Kloten and
it is a 12 minutes by train from central Zurich. The trains
depart about every 10-15 minutes but early morning and late
evening connections are a bit less frequent, so if you travel
at these times check the schedule. A single ticket to
the Hauptbahnhof (Central Station) costs CHF 6.20. Several
bus lines connect to the airport and provide access to the
Winterthur region.
Most major airlines fly to Zurich but SWISS is still
the Swiss flagcarrier and covers the biggest part of the international
traffic at the airport. Almost every large hotel in Zurich
provides shuttle buses from the airport to your hotel. The
stops for these buses are a short walk to the right from Terminal
1 arrivals.
Zurich Airport has high passenger costs due to several noise
reduction and approach restrictions. Most no-frill airlines
fly to Basel which is 1.5 hrs away by train. EasyJet resumed
its flights to Zurich in 2007 after a three year absence and
Air Berlin offers several flights to Germany and Southern
Europe.
By train
Regular trains to and from other Swiss and European cities
leave from and arrive at Hauptbahnhof, the main train station,
conveniently located in the city center at the end of Bahnhofstrasse,
with easy access to mass transit. The Zurich Hauptbahnhof
(HB) is served by the local S-Bahn commuter trains, InterCity
(IC and ICN) connections throughout Switzerland, Italy's Cisalpino
, Germany's ICE, France's TGV, and various other direct
night train services to/from as far as Amsterdam, Berlin,
Rome, Lecce, Barcelona, Budapest and Beograd.
For train times and tickets, visit the SBB or Deutsche
Bahn [8] websites, although you may not be able to book many
international journeys online through these websites. If you
are already in Europe, your local train station office should
usually be able to book these trains. A rail pass may make
your trip cheaper. For more long-distance international journeys,
visit Seat61 for more information.
The train station and the connecting underground mall has
shops, restaurants, and a grocery store which locals use when
they need to do Sunday shopping, as it is not subject to the
closing hours laws otherwise in force in the city. It also
hosts a Christmas market around Christmas.
[edit] By car
Almost every highway in Switzerland leads straight into Zurich.
This might be quite easy for tourists, but is also really
painful if you have to cross Zurich on a daily basis.
Car
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