Stein am Rhein ★ 4.4
Sixty minutes north: one of the most preserved medieval old towns in Switzerland on the Rhine, river-side restaurants, painted facades, easy lunch.
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Lucerne ★ 4.8
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 ★ 4.2
Twenty-five minutes north: Winterthur old town, museums, the Doppelleu brewery and a quieter cafe scene than Zurich. Easy half-day from Hauptbahnhof.
Rapperswil ★ 4.0
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.