Meilen: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

You would like to rent a holiday apartment in Meilen. The Meilen Local History Museum is located in the old village centre on Kirchgasse, in a listed bourgeois house dating from the 19th century.

Arrival and Orientation

The local history museum can be reached on foot from the railway station in about five minutes. Train services S7 and S6 run to Meilen; during peak times, the S20 is also mentioned.

The local history museum is not wheelchair-accessible: the exhibition rooms can only be reached via stairs, and there is no lift.

History

Archaeological finds in Meilen document a settlement history spanning more than 4,000 years. These include materials associated with the Pfyn and Horgen cultures as well as the Early Bronze Age.

Geographical Location

The Männedorf otter enclosure is recorded near Meilen as a mapped destination approximately 4.6 km southeast of the mapped centre point of the Meilen locality; the distance is an approximate straight-line distance. This identifies a specific destination for choosing an excursion.

In the wider regional area, Auenberg, approximately 18.0 km east; Hegi Castle, approximately 26.9 km north; St. Clare Monastery, approximately 24.8 km west; Bögliegg, approximately 23.6 km south; Spitzberg, approximately 25.4 km southeast; and Adlisberg, approximately 10.9 km northwest of the mapped centre point of the Meilen locality, are classified as named mapped destinations. These distances are also approximate straight-line distances.

Routes

Car ferries operate from Meilen to Horgen on the Lake Zurich Route. Meilen is also named as the continuation point for stages 9 and 10 of Route 84, the Lake Zurich circular route.

Meilen has a family-oriented adventure trail through the surrounding area that can be explored using a free app. The circular route starts at Meilen railway station, is designed for children aged 7 to 12, and is not suitable for pushchairs.

A listed hiking route from Feldbach to Meilen is classified as easy and is 15.13 kilometres long; it passes the Sunnenbach waterfall.

For further orientation, in addition to the Meilen locality page, you can also use the locality pages for Herrliberg, Hombrechtikon, Küsnacht, Männedorf, Obermeilen, Stäfa, Zollikon and Zumikon.

For the higher-level travel overview: Zurich.