The Rietberg Museum in Zürich, shows the works of the Asian, African, American and Oceanian art and it is the only museum of non European cultures in Switzerland. This is the third largest museum itself in Zurich and largest to be operated and run by the city of Zurich, itself. It is annually visited by about 200,000 visitors, annually.

The Museum is located in around 17 acres Rieterpark in central Zürich, and contains many historical buildings in it like the Wesendonck Villa, the Remise, the Rieter Park-Villa, and the Schönberg Villa. In 2007, a new building designed by Alfred Grazioli and Adolf Krischanitz was inaugurated for the public viewing. After the addition of this building the entire exhibition space to the museum has been extended to the double fold. The Rieterpark is located near Zürich Enge station, and can also be reached by the tram line.

It was in the early 1940s the city of Zürich procured the Rieterpark and the Wesendonck Villa. In 1949 the Wesendonck Villa was selected, by opinion to be reconstructed as a museum for the Baron Eduard von der Heydt’s art collection that he gave to the city in 1945. It was thus further carried out in 1951-52 under the architectural direction of Alfred Gradmann. The Rietberg Museum was opened on 24 May 1952. Until 1956 the director was Johannes Itten, who was the Swiss expressionist painter. In 1976, the city of Zürich obtained the Schönberg Villa, that was about to be demolished thus further used as the extension to the museum. Presently, Villa is home to a massive non lending library as controlled by the museum.

The Rietberg Museum is controlled by the presidential department of the city of Zürich and employs about 100 people. Around half of its funding comes from the city of Zurich, whereas another half is raised through revenue, sponsorship and charity. The collections here at the museum mostly get enriched by donations. The museum also has an in house museum that opens immediately after its start in 1952. At the beginning it published catalogues of the museum’s Asian and African artworks, as well as rather short monographs. The museum’s publishing activity therefore has risen to the level since 1985 in relation to large scale special exhibition center that it has organized since then. Presently, it publishes around six titles every year.

Zürich being an important city not only of Switzerland as well as of Europe, thus has a very rich cultural tradition. The cultural richness of Zurich can be judged by the fact that it is a place for high-quality museums and galleries; Zurich has a very high quality chamber and symphony orchestras and many different important theaters as well. Zurich film festival too has carved out a very distinct and different niche for itself as derived out from the selection of movies and presentation of program during the course of the film festival.

Another added feather to the head of Zurich is the largest and most popular annual Street Parade of Zurich that too is also one of the largest techno and dance music festival of the world. The famous street parade takes place along the side of Lake Zurich, and is normally occurs on the second Saturday in August. The first edition of the Parade was organized in 1992, when about 1,000 participants and by reaching 2001 the number of participant taking part in the parade reached up to one million point and milestone.

Another popular festival in the city is The Zürifäscht that is a triennial public festival and features events like music, fireworks and other attractions throughout the old town. It is    the largest public festival in Switzerland and is attended by around 2 million visitors, annually. The Kunst Zürich is another international contemporary art fair attended by the most recent and youngest art along with the works of the well respected artists. Zürich too is home to a good number of various art movements. The Cabaret Voltaire where the Dada movement that was founded around in 1916 and thereafter the constructive Art Movement took place as one of its initial activities Zürich. Artists like Max Bill, Marcel Breuer, Camille Graeser or Richard Paul Lohse had their ateliers in Zürich that were raised to a level when the power was taken by the Nazi-Regime in Germany and World War II.

Another example of cultural richness of the Zurich can be seen from the various opera houses that were constructed there in the city. The Zurich Opera House (German: Zürcher Opernhaus) is one of the prominent opera houses in Europe. It was constructed around in 1834, and even was the first permanent theatre in the heart of Zürich and was at the time, the seat of Richard Wagner’s activities. The Schauspielhaus Zürich is the principal  theatre complex of the City. The Theater am Neumarkt is one of the oldest theatres of the city and was founded by the old guilds in the Old City District and is placed near about in a baroque palace near Niederdorf Street. The Zürcher Theater Spektakel is an international theatre festival that has prestige as the most important European festivals due to contemporary performing arts.

Zurich Marriott Hotel 5 star hotel in Zurich

• Overview of the Hotel: The sophisticated Zurich Marriott Hotel is located at the center of the city and is about at the walking distance of five minute walk from the business and shopping districts and at the sight of the old town. The facilities and gym there remains open for about 24 hours a day. The more amenities and facilities there are a sauna, a solarium and a selection of massages. There is also a Swiss and a Thai restaurant in the hotel that provides culinary food at the Marriott Zurich. The bar at the hotel serves till 11.pm. Next, there is a 12 air conditioned conference room that provides the natural daylight. There a new Millennium Ballroom even provides space for about 600 people. In totality, hotel has about 264 rooms.

• Amenities in Hotel: In facilities in the hotel provides the state of the art services like restaurant, bar, 24-hour front desk, newspapers, non-smoking rooms, rooms/facilities for disabled guests, elevator, express check-in/check-out, safety deposit box, soundproofed rooms, heating, luggage storage, all public and private spaces non-smoking, air-conditioning, designated smoking area. The services in the hotel are room service, meeting/banquet facilities, business centre, babysitting/child services, laundry, dry cleaning, breakfast in the room, ironing service, bridal suite, currency exchange, shoe shine, car hire, fax/photocopying. Wi-fi is provided in the entire hotel at the cost of CHF 35 for 24 hours.

• Hotel Rules: There are some general rules in Zurich Marriott hotel and they even vary from room to room. The check in time for hotel is 14:00 hours and checkout time is 12 hours. The cancellation and prepayment their varies from room type to room type. All children below five years can stay there free while using extra beds. Children below 2 years stay free of charge for cots. Pets are allowed in the hotel, sometimes there some extra money is charged. The hotel accepts credit cards like American express, Visa, Euro/ Mastercard, Diners Club and Maestro.

• Hotel Room Type and Rates

Single Room: CHF 225 (Per Night)
Double Room: CHF 212 (Per Night)
Deluxe Double Room: CHF 235 (Per Night)
Superior Double Room: CHF 255 (Per Night)
Executive Double Room: CHF 325 (Per Night)
Grand Superior Double Room: CHF 345 (Per Night)

Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the town of Zürich. However it has received its name from the name of the part of the lake downstream of the dam at Rapperswil that is ideally situated within the access of canton of Zürich. The part upstream of the Rapperswil dam is named as Obersee, and is constructed between the cantons of St. Gallen and Schwyz.

The Lake Zürich is constructed from the river Linth that emerges from the glaciers of the Tödi Range in Glarus, that is further changed in its course by the Escher canal into the Lake Walen, there by the structure of the Linth canal. The water there is carried to the east end of the Lake of Zürich. The waters of the Lake of Zürich outflows from the lake to its north-west end, as crossing from the city of Zürich, yet the outflow there is possessed and called to be Limmat.

Linth is the only useful stream that flows into the lake. The Lake’s larger portion there is situated in the southern shore that too in carton of snowy towards its northern shore in Canton of St. Gallen. The large masonry dam (the Seedamm), that has a railway line by passing, divides the lake. The eastern section of the lake is known as the Obersee, German for “upper lake”. On the west side of this Dam are located small islands of Lützelau and Ufenau, where in 1523 Ulrich von Hutten took refuge and died. Both shores are well cultivated and are fertile. Another destination worth touring there is Au peninsula at the village of Au between Wädenswil and Horgen.

The three population and transportation centres around Lake Zurich are Pfäffikon SZ and Rapperswil. And there are only two spots one Burkliplatz in Zurich and the Seedamm are places where lake can be crossed through bridges. The Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft – the Lake Zürich Navigation Company for the comfort of commuters provides about 17 passenger ship and tourist services on Lake Zurich.

On the northwestern side of the lak,e Zurich is the largest city on the lake, on the western shore of the lake there is located many cities as they are Thalwil, Horgen, Wädenswil, Richterswil, Pfäffikon, and Lachen. On the eastern shore are situated cities of Küsnacht, Meilen, Stäfa, and Rapperswil-Jona. Rapperswil, is a medieval town and its castle protects a Polish museum. Schmerikon is situated close to the east end of the lake, and a little further east on the larger town of Uznach. The quality of Zurich water is too clear and in summer its reaches around to the point of about 20 °C. There swimming in the public baths and beaches is very popular activity every year. The lake’s water is too purified and is provided into Zurich’s water system.

Among all the churches in Zurich the blue spire of Fraumünster (Minster of Our Lady) is the most revered and graceful and is also popular for its glass windows by Marc Chagall.
Fraumünster is a Benedictine convent that was founded on this location in 853 by Emperor Ludwig (Louis the German), the grandson of Charlemagne. However, even before that there was also a convent on this site.

Ludwig’s daughter Hildegard became the first abbess of the convent. In 874, Hildegard’s sister Bertha added a simple basilica with a crypt beneath to hold the relics of Felix and Regula, the patron saints of Zürich who were martyred close there. The abbesses have the very powerful position in the 11th century and the convent was the home to many German noblemen till the 13th century.

The present church dates from about 1250, but the crypt of the old abbey church is still is conserved below it. The convent was closed at the Reformation. On November 30, 1524, the last abbess (Katharina von Zimmern) converted to Protestantism and donated the church and abbey to the city of Zürich. In following centuries, the Fraumünster was used as a place of praise and worship by Veltliner and Huguenot refugees and after that of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was extensively renovated in the 20th century, involving the addition of masterful stained glass windows as designed by an 80-year-old Marc Chagall.

The Fraumünster is better known for its stylish clocktower headed with a sleek blue spire. It stands on the left bank looking in the direction of the lovely Münsterhof square that once was a pig market. One can have the magnificent view of the church can from the tower of the Grossmünster across the Münsterbrücke.

One can make an entry into the church from a small door below the spire. Inside, there are three aisles, a Romanesque choir (1250-70) and a Gothic nave. The choir is well representative for its height (18m) and elegant simplicity. In the north transept is a large stained-glass window by Giacometti (1940s). This beautiful work of art shows God and Christ, eight prophets, the Four Evangelists, and ten angels.

The Chagall Windows are the primary attraction point of the Fraumünster and is the set of five stained-glass windows as designed by Marc Chagall in 1970. It can be best looked at in the bright morning light and with the windows which are about 10 meters high and with a distinguished color theme. There each window showcases the different depiction as the north one shows Elisha watching Elijah’s ascension in a fiery chariot. The left-most of the three windows on the eastern side shows the blue “Jacob” window that is patriarch’s wrestling match with an Angel of the Lord. This way each window has something very different to show up and display around.

Zurich in central Switzerland is one of the Europe’s coolest cities to visit and it provides a good number of attractions and activities on its excursion tour and below are the two most popular tourist spots on its excursion tour.

•   The Rhine Falls: It is the largest plain waterfalls in Europe. The falls are located on the High Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen am Rheinfall and Laufen-Uhwiesen, near the town of Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland, between the cantons of Schaffhausen and Zürich. In size they are about 150 m (450 ft) wide and 23 m (75 ft) high. In the winter season the average water flow is 250 m³/s, whereas in the summer, the average water flow is 700 m³/s. The nearest community to fall is Neuhausen am Rheinfall, where tourists can also see the Schloss Wörth castle. Boat trips there can be taken up to the Rhine to the falls and the Rheinfallfelsen. There is also viewing of platforms with a spectacular view of the falls created on the both sides of the Rhine. They can be reached through steep and narrow stairs. Guided tours of various lengths begin from Schloss Laufen in Laufen on the Zürich side of the falls – a youth hostel is also located in Laufen. The Rhine Falls can easily be accessed by car bicycle and public transport. It is a great center of attraction for tourists from centuries.

•    Swiss Alps: The Swiss Alps are sector of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Due to there central position too the entire Alpine range is also known as to be Central Alps.  The highest summit in the Swiss Alps is Monte Rosa (4,634 metres (15,202 ft)) near the Swiss-Italian border. The highest mountain which lies entirely on Swiss area is the Dom (4,545 metres (14,911 ft). From the ancient period, transits across the Alps also have played an important role in history primarily by the British mountain climbers in company of local guides. The construction of facilities for tourists started from the mid nineteenth century with the construction of hotels and mountain huts and the opening of mountain train lines. The Jungfraubahn opened in 1912 as it is the highest train station in Europe. Switzerland enjoys a 62,000-km network of well-maintained trails, of which 23,000 are located in mountainous areas. Therefore these mountains attract a good number of alpinists from around the world, especially the 4000-metre summits and the great north faces. The large winter resorts on Alps are great and immensely popular destinations in summer. The Klein Matterhorn is the highest summit of the European continent to be connected by a cable car