Basel's Farmer's Market, Cheese, Chocolate, and Pastry Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

3 hours

Mobile ticket

History, art, treats, and pastries are waiting for you in Basel. Our Basel tasting tour offers the opportunity of a lifetime to discover significant places that bring forth the signature tastes of Switzerland. Start the journey by admiring historical landmarks that have endured the test of time. Then, dive further into understanding culture by indulging yourself with cheeses and eventually appreciating the process of making Swiss AOP cheeses. We will also take you to chocolate and pastry shops selling notable chocolates and traditional Swiss spice biscuits. End the tour by embracing the natural flavors you can only taste in Switzerland.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Local specialty tasting

Farmer's market seasonal tasting

Cheese Tasting

Chocolate Tasting

All taxes and fees

Local expert guide

Lunch

What To Expect

Basel Minster

Our discovery will let you travel back in time by exploring the city of Basel and Swiss food. The guide will lead you through Swiss delights and historical events that define the city and Switzerland. Be amazed by the Munster Cathedral and the 500-year-old Roothus (Town Hall) that houses several unique paintings. Make a remarkable memory of observing the iconic Tinguely Fountain. Along the way, you will head directly to a traditional Swiss sweetshop to taste the authentic treats of Switzerland.

1 hour•Admission Not Applicable

Basel's Old Town

Since Switzerland is known for its cheese, you will go beyond the usual tourist destinations in Basel to discover the process of making various kinds of Swiss cheese. Learn from a sommelier and master cheese ager to cherish the mild and strong flavors of young and aged Basel’s cheese. Try the country's pride called Gruyère AOP cheese, including other famous cheeses in Switzerland. By the end of the cheese tasting, you will admire the natural taste of a cheese free from preservatives, food colorings, and flavor enhancers.

20 minutes•Admission Included

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Basel's Farmer's Market, Cheese, Chocolate, and Pastry Tour

Reviews

4.31

96 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

I was disappointed with...
thomasandDeborah m,
Jun 15, 2025
- Viator
3.00
I was disappointed with tour, . Wanted to hear more info on Basel . Disappointed in guides cheese and chocolate shop. Would have loved to buy some chocolate to take home, but it wasn’t a store. He didn’t offer us water during cheese/chicolate tour and there was only one chair to sit down in store. When we went to bakery, had to sit on a window ledge to eat pastry. This tour was not worth the money . He was late for our tour(he did email and let us know) and left us after tour to get back to hotel. Wouldn’t recommend this tour to anyone . Debbie marx
It is not a typical food...
Pamela B,
Jun 11, 2025
- Viator
4.00
It is not a typical food tour. It is also a private tour. We were taken to a shop owned by the tour guide. Very knowledgeable about cheeses and chocolate. Tastings of cheeses wonderful. Scant on the chocolate tasting though. Would suggest increase hospitality to offer chairs to sit and water to drink. Then we began our walking tour. Very informative of old part of Basel. Stopped at a bakery and selected a pastry. Probably the best I had tasted during our travels. But again no place to sit and eat our pastry.
To Long to Stand in the Cheese and Chocolate Shop
DianandJesd P,
Jun 6, 2025
- Viator
4.00
This tour was given by a very nice young man who took us to a pastry shop then to his store to taste cheeses and chocolate beans. He was very knowledgeable about where the cheeses came from and the flavors of each. A couple came in and spent quite a bit of time buying cheese in the middle of our tour. It was really a long time to stand without any chairs. We bought some cheese. We expected to be trying more chocolate pastries, not just chocolate beans with a couple of bites of chocolate. He did not have chocolate available to buy except one kid which we did not want. I hate to say this because he was so nice but I probably would not do this tour again.
Poor service
Michael W,
May 29, 2025
- Viator
1.00
Terrible co cancelled at the last minute 6.22 pm the nite before while I was enroute suprised Viatour recommended them
Chocolate cheese pastry tour of Basel.
MaxGilman,
May 25, 2025
- Viator
2.00
This is not the typical culinary walking tour, although advertised as such. One pastry purchased per person (there was just two of us) to eat as we walked. No knowledge of what we could choose from. Then walked and took two trams with some history of the city to end up at a small shop owned by the guide with one chair to sit in total, with slivers given of 7 cheeses with explanation of some of how they are made. Then for the chocolate , half hour explanation of where the Cacao comes from with tasting of the nub of four cacao beans and two small squares of actual chocolate bars. This was not what we signed up for based upon the tour description and the pictures and even some of the reviews. Buyer beware.