The Zurich train station.Credit...Getty Images Supported by By Laura Rysman Laura Rysman, based in Florence, is a train habitué who travels Italy by high-speed rail as she reports on the country.

Airport operator Flughafen Zürich has announced the development of an ambitious landside 2,000sq m, 1,000-seat food hall to be operated by Swiss company The Food Collective.

which is a 4-star hotel in the heart of Zurich and literally steps away from the train station. Talk about convenience! The rooms aren’t anything fancy, but they’re clean, modern, and spacious.