Rapperswil

Rapperswil is a city that borders Northeastern Switzerland & Central Switzerland and lays direct at the end of Lake Zurich and Obersee. Rapperswil merged lately with the city of Jona and is a picturesque town and popular destination for hikers, bikers and families at the weekend in the vicinity of Zurich.

The municipality includes Jona, Bollingen, Busskirch, Curtiberg, Kempraten-Lenggis, Wagen, and Wurmsbach.

Get in
Rapperswil is located in the Zürich metropolitan area and served by its suburban trains (Zürich S-Bahn). The S5, S7 and S15 lines all offer 2 trains/hour, with S5 and S15 taking 36 min from Zürich city centre and S7 40 min along the lake. All connections are listed on the website of the public traffic ZVV. There are trains to Rapperswil from Lucerne and Saint Gallen.



A very scenic way of travelling to Rapperswil is with the steamship boats of the Lake Zurich navigation company. The ships have a more limited schedule in winter.

Get around
Rapperswil is a very compact city and can easily assessed by foot or bicycle. The tourist center rents out electric bikes. There is a public bus system if you want to go a bit further.

Do

 * Watch a game of the ice hockey team
 * Walk across the Seedamm to the other side of lake to Pfäffikon
 * Take the train Voralpen-Express from Rapperswil to Arth-Goldau or in the opposite direction to Saint Gallen if you like very scenic train rides

Buy
There are many boutiques in the old-town and many clothes shops in Rapperswil and Jona.

Eat
There are many nice restaurants by the lake-side and in the old-town. You will find Swiss food, Spanish, Indian, Italian, Thai and Chinese restaurants, kebab shops and McDonald's.



Go next

 * Zurich is about 20-25 minutes away
 * direct trains to Zurich main station every 10-15 minutes. Trains take around 38 minutes.