Food destinations within easy reach of Zurich, worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Day trip to Appenzell

Appenzell Day Trip with Farm Visit & Cheese Tasting

★ 4.9 (47)11 hoursfrom CHF 165

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Lucerne

  • ★ 4.8
  • 45 min by train

Famous for Lake-side dining, central-Swiss classics

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.

Direct intercity from Zurich Hauptbahnhof to Luzern

Winterthur

  • ★ 4.2
  • 25 min by train

Famous for Craft brewery scene, old-town cafes

Twenty-five minutes north: Winterthur old town, museums, the Doppelleu brewery and a quieter cafe scene than Zurich. Easy half-day from Hauptbahnhof.

Direct S-Bahn from Zurich Hauptbahnhof

Rapperswil

  • ★ 4.0
  • 40 min by S-Bahn

Famous for Lakeside town, rose gardens, regional cuisine

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.

S-Bahn S7 from Zurich Hauptbahnhof

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Rapperswil, Cheese, and Lindt Home of Chocolate from Zurich

★ 5.0 (35)9 hfrom CHF 105

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Appenzell

  • ★ 4.6
  • 2 hours by train

Famous for Appenzeller cheese and chaeshoernli

Two hours east into the canton of Appenzell: hill-country cheese country, Appenzeller and chaeshoernli, dollhouse village, traditional houses and dairies.

Via Saint Gallen on the intercity then narrow-gauge

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Appenzell Alps Day Trip from Zurich, Farm Life & Cheese Tasting

★ 4.4 (150)11 hfrom CHF 165

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Stein am Rhein

  • ★ 4.4
  • 1 hour by train

Famous for Rhine-side medieval town, painted houses

Sixty minutes north: one of the most preserved medieval old towns in Switzerland on the Rhine, river-side restaurants, painted facades, easy lunch.

Direct S-Bahn from Zurich Hauptbahnhof

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Zürich, Lindt Chocolate, Rheinfalls and Stein am Rhein

★ 5.0 (15)8.5 hfrom CHF 728

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