On the outskirts of the city, within nudging distance to the Uetliberg Forest, is an escape from Zurich?s city lights. The Atlantis by Giardino is the latest offering by luxury hotel group Giardino, the renovation took place in 2015, with re-opening in early 2016. It now boasts a stylish modern interior with cool design nods to its decade of conception ? the Seventies. And it?s here, that emulates everything I found convivial about Switzerland: well-being, purity and an understated, contemporary, decadence, with a hand stretched out to nature.
A ten-minute (shuttle provided by the hotel) drive from the city, takes you metaphorically miles from city life. The hotel?s offerings of holistic treatments, yoga retreats, an indoor (and outdoor pool), a divine bar and two non-stuffy eating options, one of which includes a two-Michelin-starred restaurant, means you can easily be swept away into a bubble of contentment. And with the weather unkind, we enjoyed barely leaving its confines. Designer?s nirvana:
Its seventies heritage is stylishly retained in the hotel by its new  owners, from its imaginatively carved wooden reception desk to its curvaceous clambering spiraling marble staircase.

Even the exterior ? though not to everyone?s taste, is a classical dormitory-style true to its past. At the same time, it’s a design fan’s nirvana; from retro padded walls in bedroom, to curvaceous lines of the bar, modern art on the walls, clam shaped sofas and huge Seventies inspir...