The Baur au Lac, internationally renowned as one of the world's top luxury hotels, an establishment steeped in 165 years of tradition, has been owned by the same family for six generations. The family that today runs the hotel has been doing so for half a century. A positive mix of experienced and youthful staff nevertheless allows us to combine continuity and tradition with a thoroughly modern outlook, a harmonious working environment and family-style teamwork.

Welcome to the EDEN AU LAC, Zurich’s long-standing five-star hotel right by the lake. With its enchanting location, luxury ambience, exquisite cuisine and first-class service the five-star hotel EDEN AU LAC delights guests from all over the world. For over a century business travellers, art lovers, gourmets, holiday guests and celebrities have enjoyed the warmest of welcomes here. Enjoy the peace and quiet and the discretion of our small luxury hotel. And the picturesque views of Lake Zurich are certain to linger in your mind long after you have left...

The 91 air-conditioned rooms are stylish and roomy, bright and modern, and also highly individual. The Layout is innovative. It’s often said that the world is in the detail. So we believe our guests will appreciate a welcoming gift of mineral water and fresh fruit. And there is a writing desk with all the requisite connections for your laptop. And more besides… Comfort and convenience go without saying. Radio, television, cable internet, telephone, hair-dryer, coffee machine and Wireless LAN are all provided. Our superbly trained hotel staff ensure the cleanliness and of your room, making certain that you feel pampered.

The Storchen Zürich is a traditional first class establishment with 67 stylishly elegant rooms and suites in the heart of the old city. Whether at the reception, at the Conciergerie, in the Rôtisserie or on the Terrasse, in the classical Storchen Bar, in our trendy Barchetta, in the Boulevard Café or even in our elegant hotel lobby, our long tradition of hospitality, together with our warm and personal service, can be enjoyed throughout the hotel. It is not known exactly how the hotel got its name «Zum Storchen». Legend has it that the name was adopted after a pair of rare black storks nested on its roof. In 1357 the «Hus zum Storchen» was mentioned in the tax records for the city of Zürich for the first time and just over 100 years later, it was specifically described as an inn. Paracelsus knew it, Grimmelshausen stayed here, Richard Wagner was a guest at the «Storchen»: For more than 650 years, the hospitality of the «Storchen» at the Weinplatz in Zurich has been renowned. The wellknown author John Irving immortalised the «Storchen» in «A Son of the Circus» and «A Widow for One Year». And in the early twentieth century, the industrialist E.G. Bührle transformed it into what it is today. Let us leaf back through a few pages in the wonderful history of the «Storchen».