Baur au Lac

Richard Wagner premièred the Wesendonck Lieder in the hotel salon in 1857 and later worked on Tristan und Isolde here. The hotel has occupied its position on the Schanzengraben canal since 1844, with a private park extending to Lake Zürich. Six generations of the Kracht family have owned and managed it — an unbroken run of 180 years that makes it one of the longest family-held hotels in Europe. 119 rooms, the two-Michelin-starred Pavyllon restaurant, and the kind of quiet confidence that Zürich values above all else.