Discover the highlights of Zurich on an engaging orientation that blends history, architecture and striking viewpoints. The city’s importance as a financial centre is reflected in elegant facades and grand avenues; alongside this modern identity runs a deeper narrative stretching back to Roman times, when a toll station marked the settlement’s strategic location. Stroll through the medieval Old Town with its narrow lanes, historic churches and boutique shops, taking time to appreciate timbered buildings, ornate details and quiet squares that reveal successive layers of urban development.