Basel's Farmer's Market, Cheese, Chocolate, and Pastry Tour

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 8 guests
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Language
English
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Explore Basel's heritage with a private tour savoring Switzerland's finest cheese, chocolate, and pastries. Discover historical landmarks while indulging in signature treats.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

History, art, treats, and pastries are waiting for you in Basel. Our Basel tasting tour offers the opportunity of a lifetime to discover significant places that bring forth the signature tastes of Switzerland. Start the journey by admiring historical landmarks that have endured the test of time. Then, dive further into understanding culture by indulging yourself with cheeses and eventually appreciating the process of making Swiss AOP cheeses. We will also take you to chocolate and pastry shops selling notable chocolates and traditional Swiss spice biscuits. End the tour by embracing the natural flavors you can only taste in Switzerland.

What You Get

Local specialty tasting
Farmer's market seasonal tasting
Cheese Tasting
Lunch

Good To Know

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Service animals allowed

What You’ll Experience

1

Basel Minster

Our discovery will let you travel back in time by exploring the city of Basel and Swiss food. The guide will lead you through Swiss delights and historical events that define the city and Switzerland. Be amazed by the Munster Cathedral and the 500-year-old Roothus (Town Hall) that houses several unique paintings. Make a remarkable memory of observing the iconic Tinguely Fountain. Along the way, you will head directly to a traditional Swiss sweetshop to taste the authentic treats of Switzerland.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Free
2

Basel's Old Town

Since Switzerland is known for its cheese, you will go beyond the usual tourist destinations in Basel to discover the process of making various kinds of Swiss cheese. Learn from a sommelier and master cheese ager to cherish the mild and strong flavors of young and aged Basel’s cheese. Try the country's pride called Gruyère AOP cheese, including other famous cheeses in Switzerland. By the end of the cheese tasting, you will admire the natural taste of a cheese free from preservatives, food colorings, and flavor enhancers.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
3

Bankverein

Awaken your sweet tooth in this city filled with freshly made chocolates with no additives. In this tour, you’ll be blown away by the historical significance of the development of the Swiss chocolate industry and understand how Switzerland was able to gain a spot on the list of the best cholates in the world. To fully appreciate the detailed process of chocolate making, taste some mouthwatering truffles, hand-scooped dark chocolate, or chocolate almonds.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
4

Basel's Old Town

For your final stop, you will be guided to a local bakery to taste a traditional Swiss spice biscuit. You’ll fall in love with the distinct heavenly flavor and texture of this 17th-century pastry with recipes that have been passed from generation to generation via oral or handwritten communication. Experience a glimpse of Basel’s culture by tasting a local pastry that was formerly only produced in private households by housewives looking for an extra source of income.
20 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Marktplatz, Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, CH, 4001

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The guide will be wearing a Tours of Switzerland cap or badge and be standing inside the town hall; Rathaus, the red building facing the market square. In case of issues or you do not know where to go, you can message +41794155297
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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I was disappointed with...
June 15, 2025
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I was disappointed with tour, . Wanted to hear more info on Basel . Disappointed in guides cheese and chocolate shop. Would have loved to buy some chocolate to take home, but it wasn’t a store. He ...read more

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Fabulous private Chocalate, cheese and pastry tour.
June 12, 2025
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This private rail/walking tour gave a very good overview of the city. With several stops along the way to enjoy some fabulous Cheese, Chocalate and Pastries. Jonas attention to detail was outstan...read more

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It is not a typical food...
June 11, 2025
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It is not a typical food tour. It is also a private tour. We were taken to a shop owned by the tour guide. Very knowledgeable about cheeses and chocolate. Tastings of cheeses wonderful. Scant on th...read more

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To Long to Stand in the Cheese and Chocolate Shop
June 06, 2025
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This tour was given by a very nice young man who took us to a pastry shop then to his store to taste cheeses and chocolate beans. He was very knowledgeable about where the cheeses came from and the...read more

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Poor service
May 29, 2025
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Terrible co cancelled at the last minute 6.22 pm the nite before while I was enroute suprised Viatour recommended them

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