Private Tour
Private Swiss Chocolate, Cheese, Mountain Santis Tour with Pickup
Overview
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Experience Appenzell, a very traditional area of Switzerland on a full-day tour from Zurich. Explore the culture and traditions with an experienced tour guide.
Visit the Chocolarium of Maestrani and enjoy a one-hour sweet journey in the Interactive tour and sample the chocolate.
Try fine Swiss cheese at a traditional cheese factory, take a guided hike through the beautiful winter landscape and ride an aerial cable car to the top of Säntis Mountain. From here you have a wonderful view over the magnificent Swiss Alps.
This is private tour, customized to your wishes and have extra attention from your guide.
- Full-day cheese and chocolate tour to the Swiss mountains
- Private tour, only your group will participate
- Guided private tour to Appenzell in a luxury vehicle
- Enjoy a chocolate tasting and interactive factory tour
- Visit a cheese factory with cheese tasting
- Take the aerial cable car up the mountain Säntis
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The total duration includes the travel from meeting and pick-up to attractions to attractions.
Pictures copyrights: Roger Oberholzer, Rene Niederer, Daniel Ammann, Alan Meier, Maestrani, Appenzeller Schaukäserei
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Personal Tour Guide
Private transportation with Hotel pickup and drop-off
Aerial cable car to mountain Säntis
1 bottled water per person
Chocolarium Tour and chocolate tasting included
Environmentally friendly vehicle with hybrid engine, including free WIFI
Appenzeller Cheese factory Tour including museum and cheese tasting
Lunch
Any private expenses
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
What To Expect
Experience an interactive factory tour. Step into this exciting and authentic chocolate fantasy world and see how this Swiss delicacy is made. Watch the chocolate production, Meet with the show confectioner and of course sample the delicious chocolate. In the factory outlet store you can buy all different kind of Swiss chocolates. Treat yourself to several samples and make your own bar. If you love chocolate, you've come to the right place!
Appenzeller Schaukaserei
Visit the interesting cheese factory at the Appenzeller show dairy in Stein AR, you can find out how Switzerland's tastiest cheese is made from natural Swiss milk and herbs. Marvel at the impressive cellar, where up to 12,500 wheels of cheese are stored, and try to guess the most secret ingredients of the world-famous Appenzeller cheese during a cheese tasting. Audio guide available in 8 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Here you also have time to enjoy a snack or meal in the restaurant.
Options
Private Swiss Chocolate, Cheese, Mountain Santis Tour with Pickup
Pickup included
Reviews
10 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Excellent Tour Guide. Not personalized chocolate or cheese tours
Orlando C,
Jun 8, 2025
- Viator
3.00Martin, our tour guide was excellent. He gave us a lot of information about the region and swiss culture. He drove us safely and professionally through the winding and hilly roads. The appenzeller tows is super cute and you can buy good quality cheeses and liquors from the region. The main reason for giving this tour an average qualification is because the chocolate and cheese tours are self guided, especially the cheese tour is super disappointed. You go and watch son videos and see the factory through a crystal wall. No one explain you anything. Not even what are the type of cheeses that you are going to taste in the sample tasting. I don’t think that the price you are paying for the tour which is about 1000 USD is consistent with the experience. If you want to watch a video you go to youtube. This experience must be improved.
Wonderful tour & EXCELLENT guide
Sally D,
Apr 11, 2025
- Viator
5.00What an amazing day of all things Swiss! Chocolate, cheese, Swiss Alps, churches, villages, shopping and eating traditional Swiss food. Martin, our private guide (trip pilot) was awesome!! He had us laughing, learning and enjoying our day in the Zurich area!! We highly recommend him and the tour 😊
Well worth it!
Peter O,
Apr 2, 2025
- Viator
5.00Excellent insights on chocolate and cheese. Then visiting small towns and finally Mountain Santis which was magnificent and inspiring. Martin did a fantastic job showing and sharing with us the Swiss culture.
Delightful Zurich day!
Anne W,
Nov 3, 2024
- Viator
5.00We enjoyed a perfect day with our guide Martin! We learned so much about Swiss culture and history along the way as we traveled from experience to experience. The day was the perfect combination of local culture, amazing food, and the beautiful outdoor experience at Mt Santis. Martin was very professional and most personable, easily adjusting to our style and desired experiences. Highly recommend this tour with Martin!
View the mountain, taste the chocolate and move away from the cheese.
Arla A,
Sep 16, 2024
- Viator
5.00We took a drive to Appenzell and to Mt. Santis for a view of the mountains and some residual snow. Beautiful scenery that is worth the drive. We had lunch in a local Swiss restaurant that is owned and operated by fiesty lady who cooked good food. The chocolate factory tour was informative and a delight for all the samples available but the production line was shutdown during our tour. We did our purchase of chocolates here. The cheese factory tour could be more engaging. The samples were given in a small box with the explanation of the age from left to right. We were given small bags to bring home some herbs. What is the connection with cheese?!?!
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