Zurich City Tour: Open Top Bus and Appenzell Visit

Explore Zurich on an open-top bus, then indulge in Swiss chocolate and cheese in Appenzell. Taste, tour, and discover Swiss delights!

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai - Meet our red open-top bus and begin with a 1-hour city tour with audio guidance.
  • Hauptbahnhof - Zurich’s main station is the largest railway hub in Switzerland, serving as a crucial junction not only for Switzerland but also for Italy, France, Austria, and Germany. Located in the city’s heart, it is one…
What's Included
  • Zurich city tour by open-top bus
  • Driver-guide
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Free time in Appenzell
  • Visit Appenzeller Schaukaserei cheese factory
  • Visit and entrance to Chocolarium
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Begin your journey in Zurich with a unique experience: a one-hour ride on a red open-top bus! Discover the city’s main landmarks in style.
Prepare for an extraordinary culinary adventure in Switzerland by visiting the Chocolatorium and the Appenzeller Schaukäserei! Dive into the delightful world of Swiss chocolate at the Chocolatorium. Next, proceed to…

Location
Zürich, Bus Station
Ausstellungsstrasse
Please check SWISSTOURS BUS, we don't have an office but you can show directly your reservation to the driver. It's written swiss sightseeing on the bus
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Annemaree_q
Apr 25, 2025
Ten out of ten! - Thanasis was a delightful, entertaining and obliging guide for our chocolate and cheese tour. He made the day engaging and memorable for us. The tour was well organised and there was a good balance between the travel time on the bus and time to visit the sites. Would highly recommend Swiss tours!
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D6851uidanielf
Jan 1, 2025
Cheese and Chocolate!! - Great trip with a lot to see! It is an all day event so plan accordingly. Lunch and dinner is not included. We did this on a Sunday where the shops were closed in the town.
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Ashleysm1335za
Feb 2, 2025
Tour Company Great, TripAdvisor Booking Not - First of all, TripAdvisor has this built terribly. The city tour starts at 11:30 am and the cheese and chocolate tour is at 1:30 pm. When booking, the website only gave me the option of 1:30pm tour start, so when my group arrived at 1:30 pm we found out we had already missed part of our tour. Thankfully, the staff at KeyTours-Swiss Tours was amazing and arranged for us to have our city tour the next day. Tripadvisor needs to fix how the booking is built as accommodations like my group received may not be possible at a busier time of year.
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Kathleen_c
Dec 8, 2024
Great day! - Overall great tour! Would have liked to have it begin earlier (perhaps 9:00 am). Was disappointed that by the time we got to the cheese factory it had finished its production for the day. Scenery beautiful. Chocolate factory self guided tour was interesting.
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R0wlies
Dec 31, 2024
Relaxing tour, recommend for families with little kids - I love the idea of a tour from the comfort of the bus with heating and protection from the weather. The bus wasn't open top but that was fine because we went in winter. The boat ride was literally a trip on a boat. No information was provided all through but refreshments could be ordered or you could eat your own stuff. No food or drinks allowed on the bus. Kids slept through the tour which was great for me, had some peace.
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Richard_l
Apr 5, 2025
Not A Great Experience - The tour guide did not even talk to us about anything we were seeing. He spent all his time LOUDLY talking to the bus driver. I have actually taken this tour before with Viatour and it was great. That tour guide imparted so much information to us as we road through the countryside. The tour guide on this tour did nothing!!!!! We went to Appensell and he never once said why it was important to go there. He did not give us ANY INFORMATION.
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Manijeh_c
Dec 29, 2024
The concept of this tour... - The concept of this tour is a good idea but I would agree with some of the other reviews of this tour. We were surprised to learn we had an hour of free time after the open top bus tour of Zurich and before getting on the bus for the other activities. This time was a waste. I am not sure why the tour started so late in the day - it should start much earlier so we could get more time in each spot. The distance to Appenzeller is very long - 1.5 hours on the bus. By the time we got to the cheese factory, there was no active production happening so we got to try some cheese, see the clean equipment and cheese stacks, and go to the store. If we were there earlier we would be able to see the production. Same thing with the chocolate factory although making chocolate was cool - it would be nice to know in advance if we wouldn’t see any production. By the time we got to the town of Appenzaller, it was dark and all the shops were closed - we were told we could get something to eat but there wasn’t much open and we were only given 45 minutes so not enough time. It’s too bad as the town looks like it was very cute. It was nice to see it lit up with Christmas lights but that’s about it. Our bus driver was just that - he was good and kept us all organized but he was not a tour guide. For the price of this tour, I wouldn’t recommend it.
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Maxine
Dec 8, 2024
Dissatisfied & waste of time - It was an afternoon tour which wasn't good timing. The Chocolate & Cheese Factories weren't worth the trip especially on a weekend because they weren't working. Very commercialized tourist attractions & have gift shops that hope you spend more money. When we finally got to Appenzel to spend an hour there it was 5.30pm, already dark & no shops were open. We couldn't even see the beautiful building facades because it was dark. So a real waste of time. I wouldn't recommend this tour to anyone especially for the price we paid it wasn't worth it. We only had a company bus driver who wasn't even a tour guide so didn't give us much information about any of the tour.
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Erikasp3818se
May 21, 2025
Appenzeller and Chocolate Tour - The logistics of the tour are poorly planned we had less than 45 minutes to see the cheese factory. We had nothing of guidance as the very friendly person who took us knew nothing of where we were. No explanation was given.
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Alex
Apr 30, 2025
Very disappointed!!!!!! - In Zürich for two days and booked this tour through GetYourGuide paid $246.38 for this tour. It does say it’s a self guided tour however, we did not know there was multiple tours on the same bus therefore we got off at the wrong stop and missed going to the chocolate and cheese factory as well as the countryside. The announcement on the bus was a recording and it said you can get off here for the boat ride or you can stay on the bus and go back to the bus stop. It did not state that we should stay on if we were going somewhere else. We did ask the driver at the beginning of the tour if we were on the right bus and he said yes. During the trip, he was no help. If you asked questions he acted as he hated his job. Was really looking forward to this tour. Very upset about the whole thing.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).