Basel City Tour: Discover History and Culture in 2 Hours

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Discover Basel’s rich history and iconic landmarks on a 2-hour sightseeing bus tour. Explore architecture, art, and stories of famous personalities.

Duration: 2 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Basel Citytour (Route)

Operating Schedule: The first bus departs daily at 11:00 AM from Tinguely Fountain, with the next departure at 1:25 PM. You can also board the bus at any of the 12 stops along the route.
1. BaselCitytour. Bus-Stop 01 - Tinguely Brunnen
Points of Interest

Museum Tinguely
Spalen Gate
Kaserne Basel
Offene…

What's Included

Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Vouchers for stores in Basel
Gratuities
App for your smartphone Android or Apple

What's Not Included

Entrance fees for museums

Additional Information

Hop aboard and discover Basel in 2 hours! The city of Basel is full of interesting tourist attractions. With its rich, multifaceted history and unique tri-national location, Basel is a city of international reputation and prestige. Its architecture, high art, the famous carnival, and international trade fairs are renowned worldwide and attract countless…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Thomaslawrence_k

Sep 8, 2024

Memorable educational and recreational experience. - We viewed historic sights and enjoyed audio commentary. The tour was very enjoyable and well worth the nominal cost.

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Christophef1151

Aug 31, 2024

Full and informative tour - This city tour has nothing to do with the usual "hop on hop off". It is rather a guided tour of the city by bus. Contrary to the usual "hop on hop off", the seats are comfortable, the view really panoramic even in case of adverse weather (plexiglass roof) and the information about the city is informative and goes much further than traditional clichés for tourists. The tablet audio system also allows images to be combined with text. The 2-hour tour includes 2 stops at places outside the city center to enjoy interesting viewpoints as well as tasting a local specialty (pastry). Attention, their communication insists on the possibility of getting off and on at each stop throughout the day (as in any "hop on hop off") but concretely, this is not really possible since there are only 2 tours per day. (And again, not every day...). Award is 24 francs but there is a 50% discount with the "basel card" (offered in all hotels in the city).

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L6821jtmarcc

May 19, 2024

Beautiful city of Basel - We strongly recommend this Formula which is the most pleasant for discovering a city while learning its history.

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Chrisbucha

May 11, 2024

Highly Recommended - Very informative bus tour with stops for photographs at a couple points. The vehicle was airy as the windows open right back.

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Neillb196

Aug 3, 2024

Good overview of sites in Basel at a reasonable price-tour is in English and other languages.. - Great way to see Basel. BUT, be aware, the instructions say to meet at Tinguely Fountain. if you wait at the fountain, you may be left behind. The bus actually stops across the street from the fountain, Our bus was not clearly marked and no one came over to the fountain to see if folks were waiting there. So about 15 minutes before meet up time, go over to the parked bus (s) and find your tour.

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Sneill_b

Jul 28, 2024

Done - Your instructions say meet at the Tinguely Fountain. No one was there to tell us the meeting place was across the street. Fortunately the City Walk leader told us the meeting place was NOT at the fountain but across the street at a bus.

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Rosemary_hegde

Jul 14, 2024

A walk around the history of Basel - Sabine was a very good guide and gave us a wonderful perspective of the history and the present outlook of the city and the architecture

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Laura_d

Apr 13, 2024

Not Worth the Money - It showed the option when booking the tour as a hop on, hop off, but there really isn’t enough time to do that, due to the lack of available buses to catch again. Also, turns out if you book through the site, you get a discount if you have a Basel card. That was not an option for us, which doesn’t seem quite fair. The narration often didn’t match what we were looking at. Often we were past whatever it was we were supposed to be seeing. Also, many things couldn’t be seen from the bus, without needing to jump to the other side, or craning our necks to look up. If I could get my money back, that would be great, but I doubt that would ever happen. No one was there, to help people use the tablet, which was hard for some of the elderly, and those that didn’t speak the language. We were supposed to get a lackerly …we did not. However, the driver did an excellent job maneuvering the bus around the city.

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Jeffery_b

Sep 6, 2024

Boring - We drove past many interesting places but stopped to look at the river and a bunch of warehouses. It was boring.

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807danilol

Jul 21, 2024

Very Hot inside the bus - Invest a little into putting air conditioning in your bus. It’s summer and your bus has glass roof, it’s like an oven in there even with the windows down. Otherwise, the tour guide (driver) was excellent.

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up to 15 guests

1 Adult