May a South African access the Zurich Airport Transit Hotel without a Swiss visa?
I am a South African citizen with an eight hour layover in Zurich on my way home from Ireland/UK.
Is it possible to make use of the Transit Hotel without a Swiss visa?
I did try to access the airport (not the hotel part) on a prior occasion coming back from Ireland and was told to go straight to my very depressing departure gate.
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I am a South African citizen with an eight hour layover in Zurich on my way home from Ireland/UK.
Is it possible to make use of the Transit Hotel without a Swiss visa?
I did try to access the airport (not the hotel part) on a prior occasion coming back from Ireland and was told to go straight to my very depressing departure gate.
transit-visas accommodation south-african-citizens zrh
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
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asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
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@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
1
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40
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I am a South African citizen with an eight hour layover in Zurich on my way home from Ireland/UK.
Is it possible to make use of the Transit Hotel without a Swiss visa?
I did try to access the airport (not the hotel part) on a prior occasion coming back from Ireland and was told to go straight to my very depressing departure gate.
transit-visas accommodation south-african-citizens zrh
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
I am a South African citizen with an eight hour layover in Zurich on my way home from Ireland/UK.
Is it possible to make use of the Transit Hotel without a Swiss visa?
I did try to access the airport (not the hotel part) on a prior occasion coming back from Ireland and was told to go straight to my very depressing departure gate.
transit-visas accommodation south-african-citizens zrh
transit-visas accommodation south-african-citizens zrh
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
edited Jan 6 '17 at 13:47
JonathanReez♦
48.8k37231493
48.8k37231493
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
asked Jan 6 '17 at 10:53
Isabel MartinIsabel Martin
161
161
@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
1
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40
add a comment |
@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
1
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40
@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
1
1
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40
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Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1:
Image courtesy
Location / opening times
You can find us at Gates B/D, Level 1. The Transit Hotel Reception is
staffed 24 hours a day .
The boarding pass check and security check are open until 10.30 p.m.,
the passport check until 11 p.m. and as of 6 a.m. (Access possible
only with a boarding card and only with hand luggage). No access
to/from the Schengen area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from/to the
Transit Hotel.
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Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1:
Image courtesy
Location / opening times
You can find us at Gates B/D, Level 1. The Transit Hotel Reception is
staffed 24 hours a day .
The boarding pass check and security check are open until 10.30 p.m.,
the passport check until 11 p.m. and as of 6 a.m. (Access possible
only with a boarding card and only with hand luggage). No access
to/from the Schengen area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from/to the
Transit Hotel.
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Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1:
Image courtesy
Location / opening times
You can find us at Gates B/D, Level 1. The Transit Hotel Reception is
staffed 24 hours a day .
The boarding pass check and security check are open until 10.30 p.m.,
the passport check until 11 p.m. and as of 6 a.m. (Access possible
only with a boarding card and only with hand luggage). No access
to/from the Schengen area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from/to the
Transit Hotel.
answered Jan 31 '17 at 5:16
pnutspnuts
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Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1:
Image courtesy
Location / opening times
You can find us at Gates B/D, Level 1. The Transit Hotel Reception is
staffed 24 hours a day .
The boarding pass check and security check are open until 10.30 p.m.,
the passport check until 11 p.m. and as of 6 a.m. (Access possible
only with a boarding card and only with hand luggage). No access
to/from the Schengen area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from/to the
Transit Hotel.
answered Jan 31 '17 at 5:16
pnutspnuts
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Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1:
Image courtesy
Location / opening times
You can find us at Gates B/D, Level 1. The Transit Hotel Reception is
staffed 24 hours a day .
The boarding pass check and security check are open until 10.30 p.m.,
the passport check until 11 p.m. and as of 6 a.m. (Access possible
only with a boarding card and only with hand luggage). No access
to/from the Schengen area between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. from/to the
Transit Hotel.
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@JonathanReez perhaps OP wants to know whether the hotel is "airside," or, more precisely, in the "international" part of the airport. That question and hers are essentially equivalent.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 12:42
@JonathanReez She wasn't previously trying to reach the hotel specifically, just to "access the airport." By this I assume she means to pass through immigration control either to the Schengen gates or the unsecured arrival or departure areas.
– phoog
Jan 6 '17 at 13:19
1
Yes, it is airside at Gates B/D, Level 1.
– pnuts
Jan 6 '17 at 13:40