Zurich Airport is incredibly close to the city itself - any closer and you'd be landing on Lake Zurich via seaplane. It will come as absolutely no surprise that this airport, serving the business people of the world, is big, efficient and easy to get around. Frankly it's half airport, half shopping centre.

Once through departures it's just a ten minute train journey direct to Zurich Hauptbahnhof with the fare starting from 6cz (£3) with trains around every ten minutes.

Zurich Hauptbahnhof is where everything terminates - 1,900 trains stop there daily at its dozens of platforms and it's a major stop on suburban trains and tram routes. The bus station is based directly behind. A good number of hotels are based in and around Neiderdorf - a five minute walk form the Hauptbahnhof, just head over the river on exiting the station and you're virtually there. Tickets do get checked by conductors on board.

Bearing in mind it's the thick end of £25 to get a taxi to ply the same route, you'd have to fit a fair few people inside to make it worth your while.

As in all Swiss cities, the city transport system is equally impressive, running primarily trams and suburban trains.

There's a myriad of tickets to choose from and you'll need to suss out how often you think you'll actually need it. Frankly, Zurich's centre is pretty compact and you are most likely to walk everywhere. However the Leitzgrund, venue in Euro 2008 and the home of FC Zurich is a good 45 minute walk so the tram is a good option for this.

If you're landing on the day of a match at the Letzigrund get a ticket at the airport station. This can give you your journey into the city and then on throughout central zones that day, including to the stadium.

You can buy a ticket from one of the many machines at the stations. If you want just one route, press the blue Stadt Zurich button. If you want to travel all day in the city, go for the green Tageskarte button which is valid across the network for 24 hours.

If you think you're going to using the transport within the city a lot and taking in the museums it's worth considering a ZurichCARD, available for 24 hours or 72 hours and including the obligatory free and reduced entrances at various places in addition to free journeys.

A ZurichCARD Plus for a day is slightly more and takes in the wider region, including places such as Rapperswil.