Novotel Zurich Airport Messe Hotel in Opfikon, Switzerland

The Novotel Zurich Airport Messe is a modern, six storey hotel located in a green area, six kilometres from the airport and ten kilometres from central Zurich. The 255 wheelchair accessible guestrooms feature light, modern decor with light wood furniture and abstract prints. All include interactive television with Internet access, cable channels and pay movies, wireless and dial up Internet access, direct dial phones, minibars, coffee/tea makers, pivoting work desks and complimentary newspapers. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers.
The hotel's restaurant, Le Jardin, extends onto a terrace and serves a selection of Swiss specialities and international dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Guests can work out in the fitness room, unwind in the sauna, hire bicycles onsite, and enjoy a drink in the bar. Those with laptops can use wireless Internet access throughout the hotel, and copying, printing and faxing facilities are available in the self service business centre, which also has meeting rooms. Other amenities include dry cleaning services, a safe deposit box, complimentary newspapers, a concierge and secure garage parking (surcharge). Visitors can learn about Swiss history at the National Museum and movie fans can pay a visit to the Cinemax Hardbrucke multiplex, both of which are seven kilometres from the hotel. There are also close encounters with a dwarf hippopotamus or a giant tortoise to be had at Zurich Zoo, nine kilometres away. Zurich International Airport is six kilometres from the hotel, an approximate driving time of ten minutes.