City tours

Accompanied by a guide, visitors wander through the largest city in Ticino on the northern shores of Lake Lugano.

The city of Bern is synonymous with a high quality of life, partly because locals like Dario live at a more relaxed pace. “Sitting outside one of the many restaurants in the old town, having a small bite to eat and simply enjoying life – that’s what Bern is all about.”

The village guide will take you on a relaxed stroll around the village of Appenzell and tell you all about the region and its people.

Visitors on a tour through the charming Old Town are given an insight into the daily lives of the residents of St. Gallen, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Explore independently the Old Town of Bern on foot with the first pictorial city tour on the iPod.

Learn more about the centuries-old history of the royal family of Liechtenstein on this guided tour.

An old city with 171 bay windows and artistically painted facades, a majestic fortress above the town, with a guard who has been ensuring law and order since 1377. A visit to the city of Schaffhausen is like a journey through time.

Are you ready for the most thrilling paper chase in Switzerland?

Thun in pre-Christmas atmosphere.

What’s better than visiting a city with someone who lives there? That’s the experience proposed by the Geneva Greeters’ volunteers.

Magnificent palaces, churches and statues: an informative walk through the centre of Lugano to visit the city’s most beautiful spots.

Enjoy a change of scene at Carouge!

The secrets of Thun: On this city tour, a local guide is showing what is hidden behind the city walls and why.

What would Basel be without the Rhine? Four passenger ferries cross the river from one bank to the other, assisted by nothing but a steel cable and the power of the natural current. The ferrymen tell stories on the way across – a tradition that continues to this day.

Enjoy a culinary experience consisting of team spirit, fun and sightseeing!

A city tour with a difference: more than 70 public artworks reveal the creative side of Lausanne, from the concrete sculpture on the lawn and the joyful fountain to the imaginative subway.

The artist/painter Herbert Audriaz devises a different-themed route every year, with the help of hundreds of children and his team.

Bern's Old Town on the Aare peninsula was declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 1983. The Swiss capital is a magnificent example of mediaeval European urban architecture, mellowed by an enchantingly relaxed pace of life.

Basel has some impressive urban art and a lot of exciting things just waiting for you to discover them. The work of national and international graffiti and street artists can be admired in many places throughout the city.

The Old Town, directly adjacent to the steep slopes at the edge of the forest, seems to be hidden at almost unattainable heights. Yet this quaint neighborhood is just ten minutes from the lakeside.

The “Neuchâtel à la Belle Epoque” city tour immerses visitors in the city at the beginning of the 20th century and regales them with exciting stories such as that of the young Marthe Robert.

The Geneva Watch Tour through the Old Town offers an entertaining journey through the realm of watchmaking.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Rhaetian Railway’s Chur-Disentis route, let conductor Gion Gieri take you through the Alpine City on a humorous guided tour with a host of surprises in store for you.

Discover Geneva on this bus tour as you visit "International Geneva", Geneva’s main tourist attractions and the Old Town.

Zofingen was turned into market and administrative center as far back as the Middle Ages.

1519 – the year that changed Zurich. Ulrich Zwingli became lay priest at Zurich’s Grossmünster church, putting Zurich at the heart of the Reformation. He also paved the way for a social welfare system, the core of which remains unchanged to this day.

Baden, the heart of the old Swiss Confederation.

How did past generations of Badeners organise their lives? How did our ancestors’ eating and drinking habits develop? This window into olden-day society includes visits to various venues in order to sample aperitifs (food and drink).

“If you love cinema, the south of Switzerland and life in general, Locarno is the perfect destination.” Luca enjoys watching the people come and go while sipping a coffee under the archways.

Stories of the lives, loves, passions and sufferings of the women of Solothurn

Bellinzona boasts untouched natural surroundings, an old town and castles. Locals like Valentina flock to the colourful markets selling local Ticino specialities. “It livens up the historical centre of Bellinzona and brings me into contact with local farmers.”

Brigitte is Bernese through and through. The perfumer knows not only the secrets of the art of perfume but also almost every corner of Bern – and especially the restaurants and bars of the Swiss capital. Whether street food, farm to table or an aperitif – Brigitte knows where it's most delicious.

Who was the real Wilhelm Tell? Follow the trail of the Swiss national hero and freedom fighter to find out, in the historic landscapes around the southern shores of Lake Lucerne: at Rütli, the birthplace of the nation; at the Schillerstein rock; the Tell Chapel, the Tell Monument and the Tell Museum.