Zurich Sightseeing: Explore City Landmarks and Scenic Views with a Local Guide
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Zürich
Embark on an exciting sightseeing tour of Zurich with a local guide. Explore famous landmarks, the Old Town, and enjoy scenic views of the city, lake, and Alps. Don't miss out!
Duration: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Zurich - Experience the best of the city with our guide.
    ✓ Highlights of Zürich incl. photo stop at Lake Zürich
    ✓ Financial district and University quarter
    ✓ Old town introduction walk incl. guild houses and churches
  • Lake Zurich - Zürich’s surroundings incl. Golden Coast
    Ferry ride crossing Lake Zürich
  • Felsenegg - Aerial cable car ride to viewpoint Felsenegg
What's Included
  • Guided Old Town walk
  • Cable Car Ride
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Ferry Ride
  • In-person guide
Additional Information

Embark on an exhilarating tour of Zurich and admire the city’s stunning landscape! With the guidance of our local expert, you’ll traverse some of its most notable sites and events by bus, ranging from the infamous Bahnhofstrasse and the hub of economic activity to the esteemed university district, where Albert Einstein once studied, and the upscale Zürichberg district with its unmatched vistas. A walking tour through the ancient lanes of the Old Town is also part of the experience.

Venture beyond the city’s thriving atmosphere as we take a picturesque drive along the Gold Coast to Meilen before crossing Lake Zurich by ferry. The journey also includes a cable car ride to Felsenegg’s elevated viewpoint, offering spectacular views over the city, the lake, and the Alpine League covered in snow. If you wish to see Zurich at its best, this is the tour for you!

Location
Limmatstrasse 4
Limmatstrasse
Address (for GPS): Sihlquai Coach Parking Limmatstrasse 4 8005 Zürich Check-in Please check in at least 15 minutes prior to tour start at the white ticket office marked with “City Tours & Excursions”.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Joyce_h
Feb 22, 2024
Elizabeth, our guide, was... - Elizabeth, our guide, was wonderful!! Thoroughly enjoyed this excursion…would definitely recommend it!!!
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Anonymous
Dec 3, 2023
Great overview of the area. - We were about to not only get an overview of the city but were able to see some of the area outside of the.city with the ferry ride and the tram on the mountain. Great little cafe on top of the mountain. We were so fortunate to have snow all during the day making it even more magical.
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Carlos_i
Nov 9, 2023
Beautiful. - Great! The tour is really interesting showing important buildings of the city while receiving cultural information.
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Carolyn_p
Oct 24, 2023
Excellent tour! - I met the nicest people on this tour. Our tour guide and bus driver were awesome. Knowledgeable and fun! The most awesome combination of things to do. I felt I saw so much of Zürich during my short business trip. If you were thinking of going, I suggest you go. You will never forget it not regret it. Very professional! I also met tne 2 modest girls from Spain but wrote the number down incorrectly so if you see this reach out!!
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Keith_c
Oct 3, 2023
Great experience. Exceeded expectations - Fantastic experience. We had done a similar the day before, but this was different as it took us on a bus ride down the lake about 20 miles, and then on the bus across the lake on a ferry. The cable car ride to the top of the mountain was a highlight of our whole trip. The views of Zurich and surroundings were incredible. We had perfect weather which helped. Guide was nice and informative.
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Alyssas_i
Dec 22, 2023
Good winter option for seeing Zurich - The tour was good. I liked being able to ride the bus while learning about the town and surrounding areas as it was raining during most of our trip.
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Richard_g
Nov 11, 2023
Lovely fall day in Zurich - Enjoyed the view from the top of the gondola ride. Would prefer an English only tour. Felt we missed information and opportunity to ask questions.
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Businesstraveller731
Mar 18, 2024
A nice afternoon but... - A nice afternoon but felt like a very long tour but didn't see a lot. The team were lovely and very informed, the coach was comfortable as was the driving. It was disappointing that the cable car ride was substituted for a very basic 'train' ride to an average lookout on the side of a golf course with a 5 star hotel to look at (the Beverly Hills of Zurich the guide endlessly repeated), if the dates the cable car were being 'maintained' were shared on the tour information prior to booking that would be managed expectations, I would strongly recommend looking up the cable car website and finding out the 'maintenance period', I did this during the tour and it was very clearly out of action for most of March - my fault I guess for not thoroughly investigating prior to booking. Our tour was supposed to be an English speaking one however they blended us with another group so the poor guide had to say everything twice, it felt like things took twice as long and must have been exhausting for her. The 'ferry ride' was a 10min car ferry crossing...the one highlight was the unscheduled Lindt Factory visit, quick enough for some photos and shopping... I have done quite a few of these 'best of tours' throughout Europe over the past couple of weeks, this was not the best, but it wasn't terrible.
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Lucysylvia_c
Dec 28, 2023
Boring tour, not really exciting - The tour was just ok for me. I have been to Zurich many times and thought this tour would give me some extra things to see that I haven't seen before. Unfortunately I was bored for most of the tour. The price of the tour does NOT reflect the worth of what was seen.. the cable car was cool, but i could have done it on my own for way cheaper, the ferry was alright, however the ride was too short and it didn't enhance the tour at all.. The whole tour could.have been done by public transport (Zurich has a great transport system) and you could have seen the same.things and places. I was quite disappointed in this tour. This tour was NOT worth the 122 $ canadian that I paid. I would not recommend it unless you just feel like sitting most or the time on a bus. It was actually quite.boring.
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Jeff_t
Dec 12, 2023
Terrible tour - Not a great tour overall. The walking tour we saw so little as guide had to give it in 2 languages- literally only walked around the block! Waste of time at cable car as was fogged in but given most time here. Otherwise just driven around on bus with so much missed as had to say everything twice!
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