Basel City Tour: Discover History and Culture in 2 Hours

Discover Basel’s rich history and iconic landmarks on a 2-hour sightseeing bus tour. Explore architecture, art, and stories of famous personalities.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Basel City Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: The first departure is daily at 11:00 AM from the Tinguely Fountain, with bus parking located around the corner at Steinenberg 4. The next departure is at 1:25 PM. The bus can also be boarded at any of the 12 stops along the tour.
1. Basel City Tour. Bus Stop 01 - Tinguely Brunnen
Departure is…

What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Vouchers for stores in Basel
  • Gratuities
  • App for your smartphone Android or Apple
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees for museums
Additional Information

Hop aboard and discover Basel in 2 hours! The city of Basel is full of interesting tourist attractions. With its rich, multifaceted history and unique tri-national location, Basel is a city of international reputation and prestige. Its architecture, high art, the famous carnival, and international trade fairs are renowned worldwide and attract countless…

Cancellation Policy

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

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Valentino_y
Nov 30, 2025
One of Switzerland's best places to visit in life time. - Basel is a great Swiss city rich in heritage, historical, old buildings + new and modern architectural skyline. Transportation in the city is very convenient and efficient. Don't miss coming to Basel.
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Balkrishnashroff
Nov 12, 2025
Best way to see entire Basel in two hours !! - We bought our tickets from Tourist Information Office just 15 minutes before the bus ride. The bus stopped about 100 meters from the office. This two hours bus ride is the best way to see Basel and then then decide afterwards where to go. In the bus they have got iPad and audio in different languages with every seat. The commentary was giving full information about each and every place. Thy stopped the bus at two places for 10 minutes each. The first stop was good at riverfront but, second stop was nothing much. It looked like a toilet break. Overall enjoyable ride.
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Juancarlos_m
Oct 26, 2025
It's nice, good... - It is nice, good general information of the city, and helps you know what you want to delve into
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Jespinosa53
Nov 26, 2025
Highly recommended. - Good option to get to know Basel if you are short time in the city, the bus takes you to the most interesting places.
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Icosiumcirta
Nov 15, 2025
Two pleasant hours with city tour Basel - Very pleasant day with City Tours! Bus clean, panoramic and with tablets. Great value for money with 50% discount if you have the basel card I recommend!
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Experience665921
Oct 12, 2025
Worth the time - We had a great time on this tour. The audio in combination with an ipad video worked well. The tour provided a great overview of Basel. However, it would have been better if the tour had pointed out major tourist attractions, so that we would know where to visit on the coming days of our stay here. The audio mostly concentrated on history and commerce. We got the feeling that the audio only mentioned places that may have sponsored the tour. Otherwise it was great.
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Maureen_d
Sep 20, 2025
Great quick overview of... - Great quick overview of Basel. Inconsistent information however- told should ride from stop one. Other info said we could join at any point
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Amanda_b
Nov 1, 2025
Average - The bus had about 50% of the devices working for the tour. Think the driver was also in a bad mood and done road rage.
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178alaynej
Oct 6, 2025
Not great - Each seat had a monitor and a headset to hear facts about different parts of town. All automated, no interaction w driver. Some devices didn’t work. Hard to tell what building or site we were supposed to looking at. Too much of history lesson. I would hope there is a better tour available
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Faye
Jul 14, 2025
Poor instructions of where to meet we missed bus. We had our tickets checked and sat at a bench signifying “City Tour” - Went to the fountain where it says to meet up. Sat on a bench that had a sign above it saying “City Tour”. A lady came to us to see if we were her English speaking guests, AND we showed her our mobile tickets. When it was time to leave we found out this was a walking tour. We had MISSED ours. Went to the address ALSO on the information section…..it’s a building where you can buy the tickets. We were told the ACTUAL meeting place was across the street from Tinguely Fountain.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).