Zurich Sightseeing Tour: Explore Cultural Capital by Bus and Boat
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97 Ratings
Zürich

Experience the key highlights of Zurich, Switzerland’s epicenter of culture, on a motor coach tour. Admire breathtaking Alpine vistas on your journey to explore the rose gardens, deer park and the castle in the small town of Rapperswil, followed by a relaxing boat trip on Lake Zurich.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Zurich - Check in for your tour at the bus parking Sihlquai and board the luxury coach.
  • Old Town - This tour shows you the most interesting sights of Zurich and its surroundings! Start with a guided city tour of Zurich which shows you the commercial center, a section of the Old Town, Fraumuenster Church from the outside, historical Limmatquai and the university district.
  • Rapperswil - Drive along the Hoehenstrasse which offers spectacular views into the Alps, we then drive to Rapperswil which is named the ‘City of Roses’.
  • Schloss Rapperswil - The charming little town of Rapperswil offers unique attractions for visitors - the Rose Gardens, the Castle, the deer park on the Lindenhof and the picturesque Old Town.
  • Lake Zurich - After a guided orientation tour and some time at leisure in Rapperswil, enjoy a 2-hour cruise on the Lake of Zurich (unescorted). There is a restaurant on board for your convenience. First possible boat back is scheduled to arrive at 3:25pm at Zurich Buerkliplatz Pier.
What's Included
  • Local guide
  • On-board WiFi
  • Sightseeing Tour by Bus
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • 1.5 hour cruise on Lake Zurich
What's Not Included
  • Food & Drinks
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Location
Zurich Central Bus Station Sihlquai
Ausstellungsstrasse
Bus Terminal Sihlquai is located 200 meters behind Zurich HB (central station). IMPORTANT: When using GPS - please type in ‘Limmatstrasse 4, 8005 Zürich’. You can find our Gray Line check-in booth right at the first parking lot.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(97 Ratings)
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Heinrich1919-2
Nov 21, 2023
Highly recommended! - The most impressing experience besides all of the fabulous sights of Zuerich were the professional and courteous attitude of the staff and the driver. Great job!
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Thiago_q
Sep 18, 2023
Awesome tour around Zurich - Well, as a big fan of this country and city, my review can be a bit biased! Beautiful places, a well guided tour and the boat cruise on the way back is the final touch for this very pleasant and relaxing tour. Highly, always recommended!
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Eliasdamas
Apr 29, 2023
Very good - Good trip, bus tour in Zurich about 20 minutes, our guide was nice and informative. On edge lake great scenery Drive to Rappersville . One hour rainy day at Rappersville . Then 2 hours back on ferry . Overall was what we expected.
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Michele_h
Jun 15, 2023
Amazing guides and nice little get away from the busy city. - The guides were great! The bus ride wasn't anything special, the town Rapperswil where you are dropped of for thr boat ride was very neat to see. Boat ride was good but about a 2 hour ride back to Lucern.
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Stephene_b
Dec 11, 2022
Scenic trip - Great trip but it needs to state that the boat ride is two hours. But the castle and the church were nice and Christmas markets.
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Ts_h
Oct 30, 2023
Not quite as expected - Was a little surprised to suddenly having to leave the tour and take a two hour ferry back. Maybe not quite what I expected. Thought I’d see more of Zurich. Not an unpleasant trip but found we were only two on the itinerary. Everyone else in the coach - we didn’t see again.
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Navigate19095378151
Aug 18, 2023
Long Tour for little that was different - Less than an hour in Zurich. Hour plus bus drive to Rapperswil. 1.5 hours in town. Ended with a 2 hour ferry boat ride back. Basically a half day driving and possible shopping to end with just sitting on a boat taking pictures of the shore. Guide gave us ticket for ferry and led other part of group to the castle. We went to the rose garden and grabbed drinks near Ferry boat back to Zurich.
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Alain_p
Apr 18, 2023
Average Tour Package - The overall tour package was average, at best. The boat cruise was simply a two-hour ferry trip that enabled my wife and I to see the area from the water. As for the bus tour, even though the weather did not cooperate (it rained during the bus tour), my wife and I did not fault the tour for that. What we did fault them on was that there was a children's parade planned for the day our tour took place. Because of the children's parade, the bus tour was detoured away from the sights and areas we wanted to see. Obviously this children's parade was on the calendar schedule for some time. This was not a surprise to the tour company. Inside of informing us the regular bus tour would greatly be altered and giving us the option to pass on this tour package . . . OR . . . at least provide a discount on the tour price, my wife and I paid full price for something that we did not receive. We should have been discounted the cost of the tour, but we weren't.
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658orlam
Nov 18, 2023
The Great Tour of Zurich-skip it - In September 2023 we went on the "Great Tour of Zurich" ("Cityrama Tour") with the Gray Line tour company ("Hans Meier Tourist Ltd") along with the longer "Heidiland" tour group . Our tour was 4/4.5 hours duration starting late after 11am and entailed seeing (from the coach) the limited sights of Zurich enroute to the lakeside village of Rapperswil. Very little information was provided about Zurich in general on the tour and there seemed to be more interest in the Heidiland group than ours! When we reached the Rapperswil village, which was lovely, we were briefly walked to the village ramparts and then left to our own devises including finding our own way to the boat to return to Zurich. This "boat cruise" is basically the local mode of transport which stops at about 10 piers for any passengers embarking and disembarking and takes about 2 hours. This boat lands at "Burkliplaz" pier in Zurich which entails a tram ride (no 11, I think) at your own expense or a 20 minute walk back to the starting point near the bus station-despite the Tripadvisor advising that was "round trip transfer from central Zurich". To be honest you could easily walk or take the tram to "Burkliplaz" pier and then take the "cruise boat" yourself to and from Rapperswil or else take the "Goldcoast train" there without paying the expensive CHF 62 per person for this tour. Rapperswil was the only highlight of the tour. For more information about Zurich's transport system visit the tourist office in the central train station.
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Jeffkd6673po
Apr 30, 2023
The great tour of Zurich was a great ripoff - The great tour of Zurich was a great rip off. The guide was not knowledgeable and almost seemed bothered to be there. The bus route basically skirted the city. I've been to Zurich several times and there were major areas missed and or described incorrectly. The instructions for the return boat were brushed over with no specific instructions so we got on the wrong boat wasting an additional 2 hours Gray Line's competitors in Zurich are much better as we experienced during the remainder of our stay
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