Where a car takes you from Zurich
These are the day trips from Zurich on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Lucerne Forty-five minutes south on the IC: the old town, the lake, central-Swiss cooking, and the closest accessible alpine cheese, sausage and wine country
- Winterthur Twenty-five minutes north: Winterthur old town, museums, the Doppelleu brewery and a quieter cafe scene than Zurich
- Rapperswil Forty minutes by S-Bahn along the lake: Rapperswil's medieval old town, castle, rose gardens and easy lakeside restaurants for a half-day's lunch
- Appenzell Two hours east into the canton of Appenzell: hill-country cheese country, Appenzeller and chaeshoernli, dollhouse village, traditional houses and dair
- Stein am Rhein Sixty minutes north: one of the most preserved medieval old towns in Switzerland on the Rhine, river-side restaurants, painted facades, easy lunch
Booking a car in Zurich
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 20.45 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz
- Pick up at
- Zurich Airport · Zurich Main Train Station · Zurich Railway Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.