Hotel Zurigo Downtown

Great Hotel in the center of Lugano. You can walk to the lake, city center or Ciani park. Not far from train station and busses. The staff is friendly and the rooms are clean and well organized. We will definitely come back on our next trip to Lugano.

I stayed one night for business and really enjoyed Hotel Zurigo. The receptionist was very friendly and I she made me feel welcome. I visited during a heat wave so I really appreciated the fully functioning air condition. The room is basic but it has enough space and it was super clean. Breakfast was also standard but with very good quality ingredients (I loved the fresh braid). The hotel is super central so you can easily walk everywhere. Opposite there is the main bus terminal so it is also handy in case you want to use public transportation.

Overall - adequate place for a few nights while visiting town. My extended family stayed around the corner in a seriously over-priced vacation-apartment. This hotel was by far the better option than renting a small apartment somewhere. Great location only a few minutes by foot from the Funicular that runs down from the main train station. Easy to walk to from that funicular station with carry-on bags. I stayed in a single room with a double bed. The room has air conditioning, which is so incredibly important in Lugano in the summer. The room is extremely basic: bed, small desk-like thing, wardrobe, bathroom - serves the purpose of sleeping, which may or may not be all you need. The room is not well insulated from exterior sound. If you do not have ear plugs, be prepared to hear sound in the corridor until all have gone to sleep. Otherwise, very comfortable. I absolutely LOVED that they had a coffee station just down the hall where it was possible to enjoy a coffee before going down for breakfast. Breakfast was standard for Swiss hotel - a few cheeses, meats, yogurt, Birchermüesli, a few different breads, cereals, hard boiled eggs, sth akin to scrambled eggs and bacon in a warming tray, coffee, tea, juices… all perfectly normal and not more or less than one needs.