Hotel HelmhausvsAlma Hotel
Hotel Helmhaus and LADYs FIRST Hotel are both rated very highly by experts. On balance, Hotel Helmhaus ranks slightly better than LADYs FIRST Hotel. Hotel Helmhaus is ranked #10 in Zurich with endorsements from 6 sources including Time Out, Frommer's and Lonely Planet.
Hotel Helmhaus
Schifflaende 30, Zurich 8001, Switzerland
From $197/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
Michelin Guide
"This carefully run hotel is in the city centre near the lake. It will impress with its cosy, good val ue and up-to-date furnishings. There is a friendly and modern breakfast room."
Frommer's
"In the center of Zurich, Helmhaus is 5 minutes from Paradeplatz/Bahnhofstrasse, the opera house, major museums, and the lake." Full review
Star Service
"Quality is high at this B&B, and service cheerful, but you'll find little outside of your well-insulated contemporary room." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"The Hotel Helmhaus is a upper-middle-range, family-run boutique hotel set on a cobbled square overlooking the River Limmat in Zurich's Old Town." Full review
Time Out
"Ideally located in the Niederdorf and just by the banks of the Limmat river, this four star establishment is rated amongst the best in town." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Featuring an enviable Old Town location within walking distance of everything, this four-star place on a pedestrianised street has 24 rooms spread over five floors." Full review
Alma Hotel
Mainaustrasse 24, Zurich 8008, Switzerland
From $203/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Michelin Guide
"Old building charm meets modern design."
Concierge
"A 19th-century town house near the opera was renovated by architect Pia Schmid in a minimal, if colorful, style."
DK Eyewitness
"Owned and operated by a team of five women, this unusual fashion hotel is aimed towards women."
Frommer's
"The first hotel of its type in Switzerland, this is a boutique hotel with its top floor, rooftop terrace, and its spa facilities available only to women." Full review
Fodor's
"Once a rooming house for country girls attending school in the big city, this boutique hotel has two floors that cater exclusively to women—a first in Switzerland." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"A bijou hotel in an art nouveau townhouse, just paces from Zurich’s lakefront promenade." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Immaculate and generally spacious rooms provide a pleasant mixture of traditional parquet flooring and designer furnishings." Full review
Michelin Guide
"The Alma Hotel is a contemporary-styled boutique, a stone’s throw from Lake Zurich, with views of the water from the top floor rooms...all of the 18 rooms, though, are stylish, with parquet floors" Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This tranquil and light-filled hotel near Zurich old town features a spectacularly scenic rooftop terrace but it's the Alma's social ethos that really sets it apart" Full review