Meilen District
Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Meilen District is one of the twelve districts of the German-speaking canton of Zurich, Switzerland. It lies to the south of the canton in the Pfannenstiel region, forming much of the northern shore of Lake Zurich. The district capital is the town of Meilen.
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Getting to Meilen District
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 23 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 78 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 94 km
- Geneva → Meilen District508 km · quickest by air, 7h 45m · CHF220–330
- Friedrichshafen → Meilen District426 km · quickest by air, 7h 39m · €160–250
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Meilen District368 km · quickest by road, 6h 46m · €55–75
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Meilen District
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Meilen District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextA bit further away, but also worth a day trip: Appenzell — As close to the stereotypical image of Switzerland with wooden farm houses and traditional clothes as it gets.
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Next door to Meilen District
Meilen District is 14 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.