Hotel Adler Zürich
Old-town hotel at Rosengasse 10, seven minutes on foot from Zurich HB, with breakfast from 6:30
About this hotel
Hotel Adler sits at Rosengasse 10 in the Niederdorf, the car-free part of Zurich's old town across the Limmat from the main station. The hotel gives about seven minutes on foot from Zurich HB; with luggage, tram 4 towards Rudolf-Brun-Brücke or Rathaus takes two or three stops, and both stops are 100 m from the door. From the airport, direct trains to Zurich HB run every 15 minutes and take about ten. The 52 renovated rooms are all air-conditioned and hung with paintings of Zurich, and the range includes three family room types. Reception is staffed 24 hours. Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out runs until noon. Breakfast, a Swiss spread with Birchermuesli and Swiss cheese, is served from 6:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and to 10:30 at weekends. Downstairs, the Swiss Chuchi restaurant calls itself the first fondue parlour in the old town. Drivers can unload at the door, but the car goes to the nearby Urania parking.
- About seven minutes on foot from Zurich HB
- Tram 4 stops Rudolf-Brun-Brücke and Rathaus 100 m away
- Reception staffed 24 hours
- Breakfast from 6:30 every day
- 52 air-conditioned rooms, three family room types
- Swiss Chuchi fondue restaurant downstairs
Our take
Breakfast at the Adler starts at 6:30 every day, weekends included, which is the detail I look for before an early departure from Zurich HB. The station is about seven minutes away on foot, across the Limmat; with heavy bags, tram 4 towards Rudolf-Brun-Brücke or Rathaus drops you 100 m from the door after two or three stops. Reception is staffed around the clock, check-out runs until noon, and all 52 rooms are air-conditioned, rare enough in old-town Zurich to matter in summer. The catch is the street: Rosengasse is in the car-free Niederdorf, so a taxi stops short and drivers park at Urania. I would book it for rail travellers who want to sleep in the old town rather than beside the tracks.
- With luggage, take tram 4 from Zurich HB towards Rudolf-Brun-Brücke or Rathaus: two or three stops, and either stop is 100 m from the hotel.
- Breakfast opens at 6:30 even on Saturday and Sunday, so a weekend train before eight still leaves time to eat.
- Check-out runs until noon, which gives a late-morning train time without needing the luggage room.
- From Zurich Airport, the direct train to Zurich HB every 15 minutes is quicker than tram 10, which takes about 40 minutes to Central.
- Arriving by car, unload at the door in the car-free old town, then leave the car at the Urania parking nearby.
Why we love it
- Breakfast from 6:30 every day of the week, early-train friendly
- Reception staffed 24 hours and check-out until noon
- Tram 4 stops 100 m from the door, two or three stops from Zurich HB
Why guests love itI would book the Adler for a family travelling by train who want the old town rather than a station block. Zurich HB is about seven minutes on foot, tram 4 stops 100 m away, and the hotel has three family room types, from the Family Room to the Grand Family Room and a combined family option. Breakfast from 6:30 helps with an early train, and the Swiss Chuchi downstairs, with its fondue, makes dinner easy with children. All rooms are air-conditioned. Guests in our data rate the hotel 9 out of 10 across 1,403 reviews. The limits: breakfast is charged separately unless your rate includes it, and the old town is car-free, so a taxi with heavy luggage drops you a short walk away.