Basel : Private Custom Walking Tour With A Guide (Private Tour)
Overview
Available languages
Mobile ticket
Basel can sometimes feel inaccessible to foreign visitors, but this private walking tour makes the city easy to explore. Perfect for families, solo travelers, or couples, your local guide creates a personalized experience tailored to your interests. You’ll discover the exterior of Basel’s iconic monuments, including museums, while learning fascinating stories about the city’s history and culture. If you’d like to include a museum visit, your guide can arrange a customized tour—just let us know in advance.
Your guide contacts you beforehand to understand your preferences, ensuring a fully tailored itinerary. Explore hidden gems, gain insider knowledge, and see Basel from a local perspective, creating a deeper connection to the city that goes beyond a standard sightseeing experience.
Additional Info
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What To Expect
Basel
Explore Basel alongside a local guide! Let him (or her) show you all there is to know about the city, the iconic places and the history but also some nice places to eat, go shopping and much more during this personalized and private visit. The itinerary will be designed by your local guide based on your preferences. Meet where you're staying to get familiar with the neighborhood, find out about the best places to eat, the easiest ways to get around, and the hidden gems you might have missed. By the end of the tour, you'll feel comfortable navigating the city and confident you have all the information you need to make the most of your stay. Important: This itinerary is completely customizable according to your wishes.Important: This itinerary is completely customizable according to your wishes.
Options
3 Hours Walking Tour
Duration: 3 hours Pickup included
4 Hours Walking Tour
Duration: 4 hours Pickup included
2 Hours Walking Tour
Duration: 2 hours Pickup included
6 Hours Walking Tour
Duration: 6 hours Pickup included
8 Hours Walking Tour
Duration: 8 hours Pickup included
What‘s Included
Private Walking Tour
Pick up at your accommodation (If located in the city) or cruise terminal
Help from our team to book the tickets for the desired visits.
Customization of the tour
Drink or Food ( If you want to have a break during the tour )
Local transportation around the city (it’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
Personal expenses
Tips (Optional)
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
82 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Basel private tour with Paola
Doug G,Jun 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Excellent tour. Basel is a very interesting town with lots of history. Paola was very knowledgeable and shared many interesting stories about the town, the people and the culture. She adjusted the itinerary and the pace per the needs of our group. One last thing,… I made the reservation a month before the actual tour date. Within 1 day of making the reservation, Paola reached out to me and we began planning our tour. I would highly recommend doing this tour with Paola.
Hit the highlights of Basel!
Courtney A,Jun 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Rahel was an excellent guide for our few hours spent in the city! She was very knowledgeable and showed us many hidden things that we would have missed had we walked around on our own. She also answered many of our questions about traveling around Switzerland. A lovely way to spend a morning in Basel!
Paola was amazing
Linda P,Jun 1, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Paola was amazing - a great guide, so informative, so flexible, so willing to adjust to our preferences as to what to see/do - would highly recommend!
Wonderful Basel tour and Guide
AmirHomayoon N,May 25, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Paolo is a wonderful tour guide; full of enthusiasm, energy, and knowledge. Highly recommended Basel tour.
Excellent walking tour of Basel.
Allyson M,May 13, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Our tour guide Paola was wonderful. Her love of her beautiful city of Basel came shining through and she was very attentive to our time constraint of 2 and a half hours. She tailored our tour and got us back to the train station exactly on time. She told us lots of history of this beautiful medieval city. I highly recommend Paola and Viator!!
1st time in Basel
Marianne D,Mar 21, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Lovely young lady tailored the excursion to what we needed/wanted. He had lots of information and knowledge
Beautiful Basel
n r,Jan 4, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Guide was informative and passionate about Basel. She showed us all the important sights. The experience was great. She was easy to communicate with.
Paola is the best!
Paul D,Jan 3, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Paola was an absolutely lovely tour guide! She was friendly, lively, knowledgeable and overall just a fun person! Even with English not being her first language, she spoke wonderfully and clearly. I could not imagine walking through Basel and not getting a tour from her. She changed our entire view of the city, and even showed us all the tiny details that the average person would miss. If I’m ever in Basel again, my wife and I will likely take the longer tour with her. Cannot recommend Paola enough!
She was very informative....
Kyra M,Dec 18, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00She was very informative. Only downside was a confusion to the start time so she was 20 minutes late.
Perfect guide for a delightful day!
Jill R,Dec 15, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Rahel was so informed. She knew the city well as well as all the history that told the story of Basel. We had some mobility challenges and with our transit pass we were able to navigate all the places of interest. She took note of my love of photography and use of my SLR camera. Rahel regularly positioned me for perfect foto opportunities. Over 200 pictures later I was delighted. She even recommended a local eatery for traditional dishes. We parted ways with her and went to the restaurant which just enhanced a magical day! Absolutely magnificent!!!!
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