Private Zürich Old Town Tour: Explore Historic Buildings and Squares

Discover the hidden gems of Zürich’s historic old town on a private tour led by local residents. Explore centuries-old buildings and charming squares with exclusive access to hidden spots.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Central Polybahn - Ride with the unique cable car to a very spectaculary point of view
  • Polyterrasse ETH - Point of view
  • Zentralbibliothek - Teile der alten Stadtmauer und Stadtbefestigung
  • Brunngasse - Visit an old picture in a private building
  • Spiegelgasse - Visit the place where Lenin lifes during his time in Zurich
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What's Included
    • Expert local guide
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • All fees and/or taxes
  • Tip
Additional Information

Zurich boasts an exquisite, ancient city center. Much of its architecture dates back to centuries ago. As two locals who know the area well, we will lead minor, intimate groups on a roughly two-hour exploration of the narrow streets and inviting plazas of the old city on either side of the Limmat river. Our journey includes stops at locales that offer a…

Location
Hirschen
Niederdorfstrasse
The meeting point is on Hirschen-Platz at Niederdorfstrasse 11, directly in front of the entrance to the Hotel Hirschen. Please do not enter the hotel, they do not know about our tours
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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William_f
Jan 2, 2025
What a great tour! - Alexander gave us such a great feel of Zurich, past and present. Our young kids were so engaged and his humour and knowledge added to this fantastic experience!
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Danielle_r
Dec 29, 2024
Great tour. Learned a lot... - Great tour. Learned a lot about Zürich in a relatively short period of time. Helped us appreciate the old town a lot more.
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Y1680ecaudreyk
Dec 25, 2024
Perfect for first day in Zurich - Very informative about the culture and history of Zurich and saw a lot! Our tour guide braved the rain/snow weather and made sure we were taken care of. So happy we did this tour our first night in Zurich since we were able to get our bearings and explore on our own after that. Meeting location was easy to find too.
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Suzanne_g
Dec 20, 2024
We highly recommend this... - We highly recommend this tour. Our guide, Maria, was both knowledgeable and charming. She showed us several off-the-beaten track sites and shared her experience of living in the city as well as giving us a taste of its history. It was well worth our time.
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Ruth
Dec 15, 2024
A good way to start - Our guide was knowledgeable and helpful. Showed us several Christmas markets and have helpful suggestions of places to visit and eat/ drink.
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Micheleincalifornia
Dec 5, 2024
Really interesting, unique tour. - Very educational without being boring, plus Maria has keys to bring you into areas not accessible to most people. And it never once felt like she was reading a script. If you take a lot of tours,you know what I mean. It's been a few days since our tour and we keep finding reference points to what we saw with her. I would happily book with her again.
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Bruce_p
Dec 5, 2024
Interesting and educational - Learning about the history of Zurich and Switzerland including current events and the countries relationship with other european countries
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Sharon_s
Dec 1, 2024
Highly recommend - Our tour guide Maria was informative, interesting, kind and gave us the perfect overview of Old Town Zurich! We highly recommend if it is your first day in the city, or your 5th there is always more to learn about this beautiful area.
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Lmr241985
Nov 29, 2024
Highly recommend this 2-hour walking tour - This a wonderful tour. Not too long and not too short. It’s a nice walk around old town and great way to learn a lot in 2 hours. Highly recommend this when you first arrive. Tour operator/guide is very knowledgeable and pleasant.
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Grady_j
Dec 5, 2024
I’ve had better tours with Viator - Guide was very nice but her English was heavily accented and at times difficult to understand. More information on history of Zürich would have been good
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