Zurich Walking Chocolate Tour: Explore Swiss Chocolates and City Sights

Indulge in the finest Swiss chocolates while exploring the beautiful city of Zurich on a 2-hour walking tour. Discover the secrets of Swiss chocolate-making, visit iconic landmarks, and savor delectable treats. Book now!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Begin your tour by meeting your group and guide at a designated meeting point at Paradeplatz at 11am. Try fresh Luxenbourgerli, Zurich’s well-known sweet specialty, at the famous Coffee House Sprüngli. Hear about the history and importance of the Sprüngli familly for Zurich. Discover Lindt, one of the most famous Swiss chocolate brands. Enjoy delicious Swiss chocolate while you learn about its history.

Your guide will share interesting and entertaining facts, not only about chocolate, but also about the city of Zurich and its history as you stroll through Zurich. Sample fresh chocolate from Max, one of Zurich’s very best confectioners who produces artisanal pralinés. Enjoy your sweets at a Roman viewpoint and in a hidden backyard with a nice fountain. Next, enjoy Champagne Truffles by Teuscher, the creator of this sought after delicacy.

In addition to discovering Zurich and its sweet delicacies, you can can enter a medieval guild house or the former seat of Zurich’s oldest private bank. Your 2-hour walking tour also includes several of the most famous sights, such as Lindenhof (beautiful view point), Grossmünster Church, Bahnhofstrasse, Paradeplatz, the Old Town and Cabaret Voltaire, an artistic bar. The tour will return to Paradeplatz and conclude at approximately 1pm.

Points of Interest

  • Old Town

  • Bahnhofstrasse

  • Grossmunster

  • Confiserie Sprungli

  • Lindenhof Hill

  • Paradeplatz

  • Free Walk Zurich

  • Cabaret Voltaire

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Snacks
  • Chocolate samples
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

On a 2-hour guided tour, explore Zurich while tasting Swiss chocolates and other delicious confections. The tour includes a visit to the renowned Sprüngli Coffee House for Luxenbourgerli tasting, a local artisan’s pralinés, and the unmatched Champagne truffles from the inventors of the recipe. This walking tour is conducted in a small group of utmost 15 people, and makes stops at popular landmarks like Lindenhof, Grossmünster Church, Paradeplatz, and the Old Town.

  • Minimum age is 3 years
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Credit Suisse
Paradeplatz
Next to Credit Suisse
Cancellation Policy

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

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Leslie_m
Jul 7, 2024
I was skeptical about a... - I was skeptical about a group of 30 but Johnny did a great job with delicious chocolate and interesting history.
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Kenneth_r
Jun 22, 2024
Chocolate with Annelize - What a great tour guide. Annelize on the Zürich, 11am, 22 June was amazing. Explained so much, and we had 4 stops and lots of different chocolate tasting. She was very considerate of everyones needs, despite the fact we had pouring rain. Tour highly recommended especially if it’s with Annelize.
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Culture41028015804
Jun 16, 2024
Great tour guide - Peter was great and funny, he has a good sense of humor and lead us to not only chocolate stores but also historical places. Would join a trip of his again.
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Laurel_c
Mar 31, 2024
Perfect Zürich layover activity - We really loved the combo of the chocolate tour with seeing the sights of Old Town Zürich. Annelise was a lovely host. The only thing that could make it even better would be spending a little more time walking around the picturesque buildings. Perfect way to spend our layover!
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Scott_r
May 19, 2024
Chocolate - Our tour guide was very knowledgeable on both chocolate and many of the sites around old town Zürich.
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Foodandcycling
Mar 3, 2024
History and Chcolate - This was a fun and informative tour. It is a history tour with a focus on chocolate. It does involve about 4 different chocolate shops. Our guide also gave us restaurant recommendations, which was nice.
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Sarahjb239ov
Jun 3, 2024
Needs more chocolate! - This tour is somewhat misnamed. It’s a tour of Altstadt with three stops for tastings - at Sprüngli for Luxumbergerli, Teuscher for champagne truffles, and Läderach for various flavors of tempered chocolate (what you’d think of as Swiss chocolates). So it’s not all chocolate plus you wander all over the place going up and down hills and stairs. That could be mentioned in the description. It was irritating to walk up to Lindenhof (a lookout) only to be told ok we’re going now with no time for pictures… from a lookout! The guide did tell interesting stories, but the group was large and she wasn’t good about projecting her voice or facing everyone so we could all hear. One thing that bothered us was that at Sprüngli, each person picked our two flavors they wanted, then everything was put into one large box, then the guide distributed them in a city square, with everyone putting their dirty hands in the box and touching whatever, including the person who had just sneezed into her hands. For some reason, Annalise obtained one glove at Läderach to distribute pieces, but her other hand touched them anyway and after a few pieces, she was letting people stick their own hands in. On a positive note, Annalise was extremely conscious of nut and other allergies and made considerable effort to ensure each person had something they could safely eat at each stop. This tour should have focused more on chocolate. We passed at least two other chocolate shops that were not even mentioned! The truth is, you could do this on your own; Läderach gives samples anyway, and you could buy your own samples at all of the stops and then some for the price of this tour. A suggestion: you could end the tour with a list of other chocolate shops to visit.
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O5857icmollyg
Feb 6, 2024
Chocolate tour - Lovely chocolate however the tour guide Esther did actually keep some of the chocolate for herself that was left over and I wouldn't say that it was worth the value.
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Travel60099359356
Jun 30, 2024
Just do the free tour instead - The tour is not worth booking. Our tour guide Anastasia (?) was very unorganised, spoke too softly, and lacked leadership for quite a big group of people. About half of the people left the tour early even though they’d already paid. The guide was personable but when we were in the chocolate shops choosing a chocolate each it was a shambles and it seemed that the staff at the chocolatiers weren’t expecting big groups which the guide did not manage well. We spent about a third of the tour just waiting around and not being guided. There also wasn’t much information about the history of chocolate which seems like this would be the main point of the tour. Our guide did do the tour on a day when quite a lot was happening in Zurich so it may have been different on a different day or with a different guide. Just do the free tour and go and buy 3 chocolates from the shops for less than £27.
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Vicki_h
Jun 9, 2024
No chocolate on chocolate tour! - Don’t waste your time or money! The group was too big, and the guide could not speak up for everyone to hear. There was basically no chocolate. We only went into one chocolate shop. This was a walking tour while tasting a chocolate bar that she pulled out of her backpack. The bar was passed around for everyone’s dirty hands to touch and break off a piece. The store we were promised a tasting didn’t accommodate us, and after being told to go back and try, the store said there was no such agreement. What a waste of a few hours.
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