Basel food tours put the tasting in the fare: cheese and chocolate from the Kunstmuseum, or chocolate at three local shops from the Town Hall. You see the Old Town between the stops.
Two hours from the Kunstmuseum at 9:45am, starting on Marktplatz under the red Rathaus. The fare pays for a cheese and chocolate tasting on the way through the Old Town. Up to 15 people; lunch and tips are extra.
From $115 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Chocolate at three of the Old Town's confiseries, paid in the fare, with the Minster, the market square and the Town Hall between them. Two to three hours, shared or private. Other food and drink are yours to buy.
From $108 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two to three hours on foot through the Old Town, shared or private, with the chocolate tastings paid in the fare, for $108.
Check availabilityA food tour here is an Old Town walk that stops to taste. You walk the same lanes as on a plain walk, past the Minster, the market square and the red Town Hall. Between the sights, the guide takes you into shops, and the tastings are paid for.
There are two. One starts at the Kunstmuseum at 9:45am and tastes Swiss cheese and chocolate. The other starts at the Town Hall and tastes chocolate at three of the Old Town's confiseries, the family shops that make their own. Both cost more than a plain walk, because the fare carries the food.
Neither is lunch. You taste a few pieces at each stop, then eat where you like afterwards.
You do not stand at a counter wondering what to buy. The guide picks the shop and the piece, and the fare covers it. Only other food and drinks cost extra.
The guide on the chocolate walk knows the families behind the shops. On the cheese and chocolate walk, one traveller learned how the origin of the cocoa bean changes the chocolate. You leave knowing what to buy to take home.
It is a walk first. You pass the Minster, Marktplatz and the Rathaus, so a food tour can stand in for a plain walk if you only have one morning.
The plain walks cover the same ground for less. Here is what the extra buys.
| A food tour | A plain walk | |
|---|---|---|
| Fare | $108 to $115 a person | $31 to $58 shared |
| Tastings | Cheese or chocolate, paid | None |
| Time | 2 to 3 hours | 1.5 to 2 hours |
| Start | Kunstmuseum or Town Hall | Fountains, squares, the Town Hall |
| Group | Up to 15, or private | From 8 to no stated cap |
| Refunds | Full refund to 24 hours | Full refund to 24 hours |
If you would rather walk now and buy chocolate later, the plain walks are on Basel walking tours.
Other tastes turn up on other tours. The bus hands you a Läckerli, the Basel spice biscuit. The bike tour stops for two Basel specialities. The Thun day tastes cheese, and the Colmar train day visits an organic wine producer.
Two hours from 9:45am, with a Swiss cheese and chocolate tasting paid on the way through the Old Town, for up to 15 people, at $115.
Check availabilityHow the tasting fares compare with every other fare in the city is in our guide to tour prices. In December, the chocolate walk pairs well with the market in our Christmas guide.
Would a walk, a boat or a day out suit you better? Every tour is compared on Basel Switzerland Tours.