Excursions

There is no "official" conference excursion. In the following you find suggestions for individual trips.

General informations:

• about Switzerland may be found at the webpage of the Swiss Tourist Office: My Switzerland

• the webpage of Zurich Tourismus is found here >>.

For your convinience:

• map of the Zurich trams and busses >>

• public transport of Zurich network plan (entire network) >>

• Swiss railway timetable >>

• public transport in Zurich, general homepage >>
  

Suggestions for excursions:

- City tour

guided tour through the old town of Zurich

- Kunsthaus  >>

art museum
from ETH: tram Nr. 9 to 'Kunsthaus'
from Central: tram Nr. 3 or Bus Nr. 31 to 'Kunsthaus'
entrance fee: CHF 23.50 incl. special exhibition

- Üetliberg, with optional sledging >>

view over Zurich and the alps (if the weather is good),
if there is enough snow you can sledge down: rent a sledge from Restaurant 'Üetliberg' on top (the sledge has to be given back there)
from Zurich HB: take train S10 13:05 (later departures 13:35, 14:05) arrive on Üetliberg 13:25
from Üetliberg: train S10 16:06 (later departures 16:36, 17:06) arrive at Zurich HB 16:27
train ticket: buy a return ticket to Üetliberg from any ticket machine in Zurich tiping *131 for CHF 16.- (or alternatively from the ticket office at central), it's valid for the whole Zurich area for 24h;
alternatively, buy a Zurich Card for 24h (from the same place) for CHF 19.-, this includes entry into various museums (http://www.zvv.ch/de/tickets/tickets-und-preise/zuerich-card.html)
sledge rental: CHF 20.- + CHF 50.- deposit

- Zoo >>

with Masoala rain forest hall
from ETH or Central: tram Nr. 6 to 'Zoo' 
entrance fee: CHF 22.-

- Lindt Chocolate factory >>

you cannot visit the factory, but buy chocolate directly from the factory shop
from Bellevue take Bus Nr. 165 at :20, :50 to Schooren (12min), the stop is in front of the factory

- Körperwelten exhibition ('body worlds') >>

from Central: tram Nr. 4 to 'Escherwyssplatz' + short walk to 'Puls5' (see web page or city map Nr. 14) 
entrance fee: CHF 32.- (you can make online reservation and get a timed ticket on the web page)

- Schaukäserei Schwyzerland >>

cheese factory
from Zurich HB: train 13:09 to 'Arth-Goldau' and from there 13:52 to Schwyz (arrive 13:59)
(later departure 13:35 to 'Zug' and from there 14:05 to Schwyz (arrive 14:33))
from Schwyz: 15:58, change in 'Arth-Goldau' arrive in Zurich 16:49
(later departure 16:58 direct arrive in Zurich 17:51)
train ticket CHF 41.20

- Technorama >>

science museum
from Zurich HB: train S8 13:18 to 'Oberwinterthur' (arrive 13:44) and from there bus Nr. 5 to 'Technorama' (you can also walk 10min)
from Technorama: bus 16:30 (later departures: 17:00, 17:30) to 'Oberwinterthur' and from there train to Zurich HB  (arrive 17:11)
train ticket: buy a ZVV-9h day pass for CHF 23.- from any ticket machine of the Zurich transport tiping *141 or at the ticket office at central, its valid in the whole canton for the rest of the day
entrance fee: CHF 24.-

- Regensberg >>

historic old town
from Zurich HB: train S5 13:07 (later departure 14:07) to 'Dielsdorf' (arrive 13:30) and from there bus Nr. 593 to Regensberg (7min)
from Regensberg: 16:20 (later departures 17:20) arrive in Zurich 16:53
train ticket: buy a return ticket to Regensberg from any ticket machine in Zurich for CHF 16.- (or alternatively from the ticket office at central), it's valid for the whole Zurich area for 24h;

- Rheinfall  >> and Schaffhausen with Munot >>

the Rhein falls, historic old town of Schaffhausen with fort Munot.
form Zurich HB: train 13:10 to Schaffhausen (arrive 13:50), from there bus Nr. 1 to Neuhausen Zentrum (7min)
from Neuhausen to Schaffhausen bus every 10min
short walk to Munot
from Schaffhausen: train 16:09 (later departures 17:09) arrive in Zurich HB 16:48
train ticket CHF 36.40 return + bus

- Bern >>

swiss capital and unesco world heritage old town, Münster (dome), parliament, bear pitch
form Zurich HB: train 13:00 (later departures 13:32, 14:00) arrive in Bern 13:57
from Bern: train 16:02 (later departures 16:14, 16:32) arrive in Zurich HB 16:58
train ticket CHF 92.- return

- St.Gallen >>

cathedral with Abbey library (unesco world heritage)
from Zurich HB: train 13:09 (later departures 13:16, 13:39) arrive in St.Gallen 14:15 + short walk to cathedral
from St.Gallen train 16:11 (later departures 16:48) arrive in Zurich HB 17:23
train ticket CHF 56.- return
entrance fee library: CHF 10.-

- Luzern >>

chappel bridge, historic old town, concert hall
from Zurich HB: train 13:35 (later departures 14:04, 14:35) arrive in Luzern 14:25
from Luzern: train 16:10 (later departures 16:35, 17:10) arrive in Zurich 16:56
train ticket CHF 46.- return

- Einsiedeln >> and >>>

monastry
from Zurich HB: train S2 13:12 (later departures 13:38, 14:12) to 'Wädenswil' (arrive 13:31) and from there train S13 to Einsiedeln (arrive 13:57)
from Einsiedeln: train 16:00 (later departures 16:30, 17:00) to 'Wädenswil', arrive in Zurich 16:48
train ticket CHF 33.60 return
for a guided tour of the monastry meet at 14:00 at Einsiedeln Tourismus

- Rigi mountain >>

from Zurich HB: train 13:09 to 'Arth-Goldau' (arrive 13:48) and from there by the Rigibahn to 'Rigi Kulm' (arrive 14:47)
from Rigi Kulm: train 16:04 to 'Arth-Goldau' (arrive 16:48) and from there 17:13 to Zurich HB (arrive 17:51)
train ticket: CHF 102 return (to Rigi Kulm via Arth-Goldau)