Cheese Trips · CITY TOURS
Every trip has one free day too few. These 5 city cheese tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Ride through Zurich with a local English- or German-speaking driver while eating traditional cheese fondue and drinking wine. The 90-minute private tour covers the old town, Limmat, lake, Bahnhofstrasse, Paradeplatz, and Opera House. Guides such as Marco, Bruno, and Stefano are known for lively city stories.
“Views and lunch fundue and wine..,!!! The best in Zurich”
Set out from Kleiwegplein for a one-hour open boat ride through Gouda’s historic canals. Your skipper guides you along the old north-south water route, past nine historic sites and sections missed by other cruises. English and Dutch are offered, though language support may vary.
“Heel enthousiaste gids met veel weetjes over de geschiedenis van Gouda. Echte aanrader!”
Spend 90 minutes aboard Le Confluence or L’Officiel, gliding through Lyon with a charcuterie and cheese board and one glass of wine or soft drink. A hostess points out Fourvière Basilica, Croix-Rousse, the conservatory, and Confluence. Check your email for the exact boat and meeting point.
“La tabla de quesos y embutidos bien, el vino no tanto”
Join Jennifer, a Canadian guide who lives in Alkmaar, for a 2.5-hour English walking tour. Watch cheese trading and carrying at the Friday market, taste local cheese, and explore canals, landmarks, and the medieval center in a group of no more than six.
“This was a great tour of the city, and Jennifer was able to get us in a prime viewing spot of the cheese market. Alkmaar was a fun, small city to explore for the morning. We’d love to spend more time there later.”
Travel from Bern to Thun by train, stroll its old town, cruise Lake Thun, visit St. Beatus Caves, and finish in Interlaken with cheese or chocolate. A private local guide, train tickets, boat fare, cave entry, and tasting are included. Joana and Juliana have led this route.
“The landscape of Thun Lake is out of a fairytale. We had a nice cruise and took the lunch on board. Beatus caves requires some fitness readiness as it's quite steep but slowly you can do it. Our guide Joana was very kind and friendly which made the experience even better”
Pick a dairy, a cellar, a boat or a bench with a bowl of curd on it.
