Day 01
Discover Zurich's Historic Heart and Cultural Landmarks
On this walking tour, we will see:
- Alfred Escher Fountain
- Urania Tower
- Schipfe
- Lindenhof viewpoint and birthplace of Zurich
- St. Peter's Church
- Bahnhofstrasse - one of the world's most expensive shopping avenues
- Paradeplatz
- Fraumünster Church
- Weinplatz Square
- Rathaus
- Niederdorf
- House with Minnesinger frescoes
- New Market Square
- Lenin's house
- Cabaret Voltaire (Dadaism)
- Grossmünster Church
- Water Church
- Odeon vs Kronenhalle, world-renowned restaurants
- Bellevueplatz
- The Zurich Opera House
During our walk, you will learn:
- Until the 16th century, the city belonged to women, yet they received the right to vote only 50 years ago.
- Here, the reformers advised people to go to the doctor rather than travel as pilgrims to distant countries.
- Alfred Escher lived here - the man who founded both Credit Suisse and ETHZ, where Einstein was a student, and who opened a "window" to Italy by building a 15 km railway tunnel.
- Wagner and Casanova visited here.
- Dadaism was created here.
- Carlo Scarpa, Chagall, and Augusto Giacometti, who painted the "world's most beautiful police station," worked here.
- Churchill called for the creation of a united Europe here, in which Switzerland never participated, and England later exited.
- Of course, we will also learn about living local personages.
