Switzerland · FOOD & DRINK
This is the shortlist you would send a friend: 15 food & drink experiences worth the money in an expensive country, each with its price, its traveller verdict and the one thing to know before you commit.
Taste Zurich specialties, Swiss chocolate, cheese, rosti, wine, and schnaps while walking the old town with a small English-speaking group.
“Excellent experience, very informative with delicious food. Bring your appetite as you will get full. Tony our guide was very knowledgeable and personable and did an excellent job moving the tour along”
Trade Zurich for Appenzell farm life, cheese tasting, Alpine views, and a cable-car ride to Hoher Kasten on this full-day small-group tour.
“This was a GREAT tour! The chocolate factory has some great deals and the chocolate is wonderful. The cheese factory was a bit stinky but it is a cheese factory! The mountains are so beautiful! You are in for a treat!”
Explore Lucerne’s old town, Chapel Bridge, city walls, Lake Lucerne, and optional Swiss cheese and wine tasting with a small group.
“Outstanding tour with Luice! Saw places I would most likely not have seen on my own. Highly recommended”
Taste Gruyère cheese and Cailler chocolate, tour a medieval castle, and enjoy Swiss countryside views on a small-group day trip from Geneva.
“Wonderful excursion. Our guide Gabor was fabulous! Professional, friendly, very informative about the area & what to expect each part of the day! Highly recommend!”
Taste Swiss cheeses in Basel with a local sommelier, learn AOP methods, and discover small-farm cheeses in a short, useful tour.
“Lina was very knowledgeable and appealing with her enthusiasm about Switzerland's cheese. We sampled about 6 cheeses while she told us about their characteristics and history.”
Taste up to seven Swiss cheeses in Basel, including Gruyère AOP, with a local expert in a friendly 35-minute small-group experience.
“Excellent. Very friendly and knowledgeable host in a relaxed and intimate setting made this a unique experience with a good variety of cheeses to taste.”
Taste Geneva or Lausanne through Swiss cheese, wine, meats, chocolate, and local stories on a friendly three-hour walking tour.
“Our guide, Val was wonderful!! She was so enthusiastic and eager to give us a great tour. Val knows the shopkeepers that we visited very well, which made for an amazing experience. The food and wine was delicious beyond compare, and we had such a pleasant experience learning all about Geneva while chatting with Val. Super outgoing and friendly guide - highly recommend this tour with Val!!”
Taste Basel at four local stops, from handmade pastries to KLARA dishes and traditional Leckerly, on a flexible self-guided food walk.
“I enjoyed the food at Kiara. It was amazing and the staff were friendly. The organic shop was true to it nature and can only hope most shop could use it blue print to sustainability Never go to Jakob's Basler Leckerly Spalenberg 26, 4051. The traditional spice cakes dry and the shop asisistance took them from her bag that was mixed with her clothes. She was rude, called me name and claimed that the voucher was fuck. She gave a different account to the main store and when l finally called the Basel tourism board, she gave a different account of the event. My only regret is stomach problem(diarrhea) since…”
Taste Swiss truffles, milk, dark, white chocolate, and almonds while tracing cocoa from South America to Basel’s Grand Cru makers.
“Very nice experience, excellent chocolate and a very knowledgeable chocolatier :)”
Review of the Zurich to Bern day trip with Kambly biscuits, Emmental cheese, scenic Swiss countryside, guided Old Town walk, and practical tips.
“Monica, our guide, is very knowledgeable about the regions we passed on the tour, including their history. I learned a lot about Switzerland in such a short time. Now , about the tour package: It's great seeing the country side scenery coupled with Monica's narratives. Old Town Bern looked impressive from the bridge with the rooftops and steeples and river. But the arcades at ground level don't look old at all. Whoever rebuilt these arcades did not fully restore the quaint charm of old architecture. But this is why I'm giving this tour only 2 stars: The Kambly biscuit tour was a disappointment. A little animatronics and video and that…”
Taste six grand cru Swiss chocolates in Basel, learn about cacao origins, and decide if this short artisan experience fits your itinerary.
“may run late to start, but know he will give you the full experience . Chocolates are Devine. cozy space”
Review of Zurich's Appenzell day trip with a Swiss farm, cheese and chocolate tastings, Appenzell stroll, and Hoher Kasten cable car views.
“Konrad was a knowledgeable very personable tour guide. He drove safely and went out of his way to make sure all his passengers were happy. Too bad you can’t clone him. Loved the tour.”
Walk Bern’s old town with guide Felix, taste industrial and handmade Swiss chocolates, and learn how Bern helped shape modern chocolate making.
“We were unable to go because we couldn’t find parking. There was a beach volleyball tournament going on that made parking worse. There was plenty of parking at casino parking. If we would have been directed to that parking we could have found it easily and we had plenty of time to get to the meeting place. I tried to contact the operator but couldn’t get a response till too late. I was too ok told they were by casino parking but wasn’t given the option to join them.”
Explore Lucerne’s hills, a working Swiss farm, local cheese, and Lake Lucerne views on a private half-day tour with a personal guide.
“Amalia was an amazing guide! We saw incredible views, hiked amazing scenery, and she picked out the best cheese for us to try. I would absolutely recommend this to others!”
Taste Swiss chocolate, cruise Lake Lucerne, and explore Chapel Bridge, the Lion Monument, and castle views with a small-group guide.
“We had a fabulous time with our guide, Luis! We were the only people to sign up for the chocolate-making/factory portion of the tour and I would say that was one of my favorite parts! We had so much fun learning about chocolate and chatting with Luis along the way. He taught us so much about chocolate, Swiss history, and Swiss culture along the way. And he of course continued to do so throughout the walking portion of our tour as well! We were worried with the rain happening intermittently throughout the day that it would detract from the experience, but Luis did a great job guiding us through the…”
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