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10 Best Self-Guided Tours In Switzerland

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The 10 most popular self-guided tours. For each one: how the day runs, what it costs, and who you'll be booking with.

10 Best Self-Guided Tours In Switzerland

Zurich City Tour with Audio Commentary

Zurich City Tour with Audio Commentary - Zurich Old Town by passing sights: quick context without the slog

1.Zurich City Tour with Audio Commentary

Most Popular★ 4.0

Zurich’s reinvented trolley with audio commentary covers Old Town, Bahnhofstrasse, Lake Zurich views, and Fraumünster exteriors in about 2 hours.

“This is a basic overview sitting on a bus with an audio guide describing some landmarks as you pass them. Depending which side of the bus you are on, you will miss some for sure. Zurich has a rich history so it's a good starting point but you experience so much more walking. Unfortunately when…”

372 reviews2 hours (approx.)From $44.81by Hans Meier Tourist AG - Gray Line Zurich

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Mt. Rigi Self-Guided Tour: Lake Lucerne Cruise and Mountain Spa

Mt. Rigi Self-Guided Tour: Lake Lucerne Cruise and Mountain Spa - How the self-guided timing works (and how to avoid the one real trap)

2.Mt. Rigi Self-Guided Tour: Lake Lucerne Cruise and Mountain Spa

★ 4.5

Cruise Lake Lucerne, ride the cogwheel to Mt. Rigi, and unwind at Rigi Kaltbad Mineral Baths with unlimited mountain transport.

“We had the BEST day on Mt Rigi….Vitznau train to Rigi Kulm, breathtaking scenery/views, loved hearing the cow bells, easy hike down to Rigi Staffel, relaxing mineral water pools at Rigi Kaltbad, cable car down to Weggis. Start & ended day on beautiful boat ride on Lake Lucerne. Highly recommend!”

83 reviews7 to 10 hours (approx.)From $211.34by RIGI BAHNEN AG

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Self-Guided Chamonix with Aiguille du Midi or Mer de Glace

Self-Guided Chamonix with Aiguille du Midi or Mer de Glace - Mer de Glace and Montenvers: The Cog Train Glide to Glacier Country

3.Self-Guided Chamonix with Aiguille du Midi or Mer de Glace

★ 3.5

Self-guided Chamonix from Geneva with optional Aiguille du Midi or Mer de Glace, plus free time to shop and sightsee.

“There’s not a lot of information given before the trip, like make sure you have warm clothes for the top of Mont Blanc, comfortable shoes because there’s a million stairs to get down to the glacier and back up. The little train ride is spectacular! Will be your best day ever!”

35 reviews8 to 10 hours (approx.)From $112.18by Keytours (Switzerland)

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Chamonix Self-guided Sightseeing Tour from Geneva

Chamonix Self-guided Sightseeing Tour from Geneva - Stop 2: Aiguille du Midi cable car and the high-snow experience

4.Chamonix Self-guided Sightseeing Tour from Geneva

★ 4.0

Self-guided Chamonix day trip from Geneva with Aiguille du Midi and Mer de Glace options, big Alpine views, and flexible free time in town.

“Tour guide was good and helpful. However we were informed by the tour guide that the €83 only covered the transport. We then had to pay another €80 each for the cable car and train. Information provided by viatour was incorrect and misleading.”

34 reviews10 hours (approx.)From $104.28by Swisstours Transport

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The Best of Basel’s Hidden Treasures: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

The Best of Basel’s Hidden Treasures: A Self-Guided Audio Tour - Price and pacing: a 1 to 1.5 hour walk that fits your day

5.The Best of Basel’s Hidden Treasures: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★ 4.5

Follow a self-guided Basel audio walk with offline maps, smart GPS directions, and stops at the Town Hall, Rhine bridges, and Basel Minster.

“The app is very well done and it's great that you can listen at faster than 1X speed and take your own time and Pace about going from point to point or even take a break and do a detour if you want”

32 reviews1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)From $11.99by VoiceMap Audio Tours

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Basel: Self Guided FoodTour

Basel: Self Guided FoodTour - Stop 1: Bäckerei KULT - Volta and Basel’s bakery “first gold”

6.Basel: Self Guided FoodTour

★ 4.0

Basel self-guided food tour with four local stops, a drink or snack at each, flexible start times, and a paper ticket route you control.

“First, access to the actual 'details' were not available on or through the voucher / texted link. You need to print the details from a PC. Second, there was no indication that there is a 'formal order' that we were supposed to visit the 4 sites in. We had our concierge at the hotel help…”

29 reviews3 to 4 hours (approx.)From $51.71by Basel Tourismus

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Einstein in Zurich: Walk in Time Exploration Game and Tour

Einstein in Zurich: Walk in Time Exploration Game and Tour - The route style: self-paced walking that avoids the herd

7.Einstein in Zurich: Walk in Time Exploration Game and Tour

★ 4.0

Einstein in Zurich is a self-led Walk in Time puzzle quest by Questo. Solve clues, explore Münsterbrücke, and learn science in 1h40.

“We did not enjoy this experience. There was a lot of walking and directions were not always clear. The app also crashed right at the end and we were never able to actually finish it”

25 reviews1 hour 40 minutes (approx.)From $7.21by Questo

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Revealing Lucerne: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

Revealing Lucerne: Self-Guided Audio City Tour - Before You Start: Phone Setup That Saves Your Trip

8.Revealing Lucerne: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

★ 4.0

A self-guided Lucerne audio walk with a pro narrator, fresco-house stories, and free sights, ending at the Dying Lion Monument.

“Very disappointing. We were not able to use the link that was sent to us. We tried on 4 different phones. We wasted 30 mins trying to figure this out. We were so looking forward to this tour. On the upside the tour company is refunding our money. However I used my Viator credits and…”

20 reviews1 to 2 hours (approx.)From $13.29by myFive

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Self-Guided Audio City Tour in Bern

Self-Guided Audio City Tour in Bern - Where your Bern day begins: Zytglogge and the Old Town clockwork

9.Self-Guided Audio City Tour in Bern

★ 4.0

Walk Bern’s Old Town with a self-guided English audio route hitting clocks, fountains, churches, the BearPark, and Swiss Parliament for $13.29.

“The instructions on the tour were very good and clear. I liked that you could go to the next section if you did not feel you wanted to hear the minute details if every stop.”

17 reviews2 to 3 hours (approx.)From $13.29by myFive

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Geneva Virus Run: Stop the Infection Exploration Game

Geneva Virus Run: Stop the Infection Exploration Game - Price and time: what $7.21 buys you in Geneva

10.Geneva Virus Run: Stop the Infection Exploration Game

★ 4.0

Geneva’s zombie-themed self-guided puzzle walk with 12 stops, free-entry sights, and offline play options for about 1 hour 20 minutes.

“Didn’t have internet (Switzerland) at the starting point. Downloaded the other app and unlocked the game. It was supposed to work offline. I couldn’t use it offline, cause it needs internet to begin with at the starting point. I couldn’t play. It’s also a problem if Switzerland and my mobile data, so not only from…”

17 reviews1 hour 20 minutes (approx.)From $7.21by Questo

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