Location: Bern
Top Things to do in Bern
Things to do in Bern, Canton of Bern: The Best Cultural Tours
A powerful force since medieval times, the thriving Swiss capital is an appealing city of museums and collections. Bernmobil is the capital's transit service. A BernCard is valid on trams and buses that serve the city. A free bike service is also an option for getting around. The Historical Museum and the Collection of the Bern Museum of Fine Arts house the art and architecture of millennia. The Einstein House and the Paul Klee Center showcase the work of two of Bern's famous former inhabitants.
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1. Best Introduction Tour of Bern with a Local
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
This Experience is provided by a private local. Enjoy this enchanting and colourful city, the capital of Switzerland, with a local who will show you all of their favourite spots. Discover the best of Bern, be venturing to off-the-beaten-path tracks to see Bern and experience it with a local! You will feel as if you've stumbled into a city from another era and getting to know more about the local culture, the local spots where people like to go for a coffee or for having dinner! You will get introduced to the city as if you just met your best friend from overseas and he would be showing you his city!
Inclusions: A local that wants to show you his city!
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Reviewed By Fenton2018
Our guide, Florence, was very pleasant & knowledgeable. Communication was excellent & the walking tour was most enjoyable & we got to see all the highlights. We can highly recommend it to anyone visiting Basel
2. 1 Hour Private Walk of Bern
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
This experience is offered by a private local. You only have an hour to fall in love with Bern? Challenge accepted! Discover Bern during a short but sweet excursion, in which you will learn the most interesting facts about the city, the local lifestyle and the modern transformation of the city. We will meet at Loebegge and will go on our stroll from there :-) Discover what the everyday life of a local looks like and learn where the city gets its characteristic ambience from, by seeing it through the eyes of a local. Walking through the city, you will discover exactly what makes Bern special! This is also your chance to get insider tips about the best cafes, restaurants and bars to visit during your time here and learn how to make the most out of your visit. This is the perfect experience for someone visiting the city for the first time, or someone that wants to rediscover it!
Inclusions: A local that wants to show you his city
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Reviewed By Fenton2018
Our guide, Florence, was very pleasant & knowledgeable. Communication was excellent & the walking tour was most enjoyable & we got to see all the highlights. We can highly recommend it to anyone visiting Basel
3. 5 day Private Tour of Central Switzerland including Luzern, Grindelwald & Zurich
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
This tour shows you simply a real mix of the best places to see in Central Switzerland. There is the perfect combination of cities, towns and villages such as Grindelwald, Luzern, Bern and Zurich and then a myriad of breath-taking natural places such as mountains, lakes, gorges, waterfalls to visit. Plus some typical Swiss food and drink experiences
Inclusions: Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch
Exclusions: Admission to places eg Waterfalls, Mountains, Museums. Some will be subsdised.
Reviewed By nashuagallagher
We went on a private tour with Chris from Typically Swiss Tours in the first month that we moved to Zurich. We are a family of four with tween-aged children, we don’t drive and have very little lay of the land. Chris was very enthusiastic, helpful and flexible to accommodate all of these factors and designed a custom tour for us that delighted, informed and made for an unforgettable day. We drove to the Bernese Oberland region for a day of sightseeing before heading to Luzern to indulge in some artisanal chocolate. Breathtaking vistas and a minor sugar high were expected, but we got to experience all of this and so much more thanks to Chris’s attention to detail - with him taking the time to understand our expectations, likes and dislikes that resulted in a thoughtful itinerary that was rewarding for the whole family. In fact we moved the date a couple of times because Chris was determined that we should get the best views and experience possible. We had a sense of what to expect from the day but the small detours are what made it such a memorable experience. This saw us overlooking the milky mineralized waters of Aareschlucht (Aare gorge), a minor literary detour to see where the fictional Sherlock Holmes met his demise, lunch at a historical hotel surrounded by a dazzling teal lake, a peek at town-life and some of the trades that have sustained them for generations, a whip around the fabled ruins of Duke Gessler of William Tell fame, and finishing at the marvellous Aeschbach chocolatier, where the staff were informative and friendly and the chocolate was simply divine. We highly recommend Typically Swiss Tours. We gained a lot of knowledge and know-how on how to navigate our new life in Switzerland, and benefited from local insight to pair with the history of the land. We drove in comfort, saw far more of the region than we could have imagined in one day, and really enjoyed Chris’s company. This is a must-do for all newcomers and anyone on holiday who wants to make the most of their time in Switzerland.
4. Berne the Capital and Cheese paradise Emmental (Private Tour)
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
Discover our beautiful capital which is part of the World Heritage List and visit a typical farm in the Emmental Cheese area. In the morning we leave Zurich and make our way to Berne – the capital of Switzerland. Guided tour in the old part of town, where we will find the famous Zytglogge – a landmark medieval tower in Berne from the early 13th century, which has served the city as a guard tower, prison, clock tower and has been and still is th centre of the urban life. Discover where Albert Einstein lived, and admire the beautiful view over the historical city centre – which is part of Unesco. Lunch on the way. In the afternoon we continue to the area of Emmental, where the typical Swiss Cheese Emmental comes from. We visit one of the farms, and learn about the life and work of the farmers’ family. Discover how the cheese is made, and learn how many liters of milk a cow gives per day. You will be surprised!
Inclusions: Professional guides
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Reviewed By 913makeh
Excellent service. Here amazing help and support. Many thanks to Swiss Epic Tours. Great location, really pleasant and clean rooms, but the thing that makes this such a good place to stay are the staff. All of the people are incredibly helpful and generous with their time and advice. We travelled with two six year olds and lots of luggage and despite the stairs up to the elevator this was one of the nicest places we stayed in the four weeks
5. Bern Small-Group Day Trip from Zurich Including Cheese Tasting
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4.6 based on 41 reviews
Discover the delights of Bern and the surrounding countryside on a day trip from Zurich. Enjoy the rural charms of the lush, mountainous Swiss landscape. Stop at the Kambly Experience to see how Switzerland’s finest biscuits are made. Take a guided tour around the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Bern Old Town, and learn about the art of making Emmental cheese during a visit to a show dairy, which will include a cheese tasting. Numbers limited to 16 people, ensuring a small-group experience.
Inclusions: Transportation in comfortable Mercedes minibus, free WIFI included, Professional multilingual guide, Visit to Kambly Experience with biscuit tasting, Guided tour of Berne Old Town, Visit to Emmentaler show dairy, incl. audio-visual museum “King’s Way” and cheese tasting, Goodie bag incl. typical Swiss products
Exclusions: Gratuities, Hotel drop off, Food and drinks, unless specified
Reviewed By Swiss_Miss_K
Great Trip to the Appenzellerland with the Mountain, Cheese and Chocolate Tour. Got delicious cheese and chocolate to taste, scenery is very pretty, very typical. Can highly recommend the trip.
6. Bern Like a Local: Customized Private Tour
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4.3 based on 6 reviews
Get to know the city through the eyes of a passionate local. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it up to the local for an insightful introduction to the city. Make travel about the people you meet not just the places you see.
Inclusions: Local guide "Lokafyer", Customized private walking tour
Exclusions: Personal expenses, Tips and gratuities (optional), Optional activity costs, Food and drinks, Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)
7. Bern Capital City Private Tour
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3.0 based on 4 reviews
Spend a half day in Bern, the capital city of Switzerland with your private tour guide. Your walking tour will give you a complete overview of the spots of the city center. Your tourguide will show you the garden of roses with a fantastical view over the entire city, walk below the UNESCO-protected arcades, visit the bears closed to the Aare river and stand in front of the Swiss parliament building. The tour will lead you to historical buildings, storys and you will visit Albert Einstein's house.
Inclusions: all taxes, fees and handling charges, local guide operated by Swiss Travel Guide for your party only, all transportation fees for tram and bus (transfer between the points)
Exclusions: food and drinks, personal expenses during the tour
8. GAILY TOUR in BERN - Gay & Lesbian Tour
Bern • Gay Friendly Tour & Einstein's Secrets Bern by Night • Gay Tour • Gay or Lesbian Friendly Tour Guide and/or Driver • Every Entrance Fee or Tasting described in the program
Inclusions: Guaranteed to skip the long lines, Local guide, Private tour
Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Gratuities
Reviewed By Francha_12
This city tour was very interesting and fascinating. I liked to hear all the knowledge and information our tour-guide Viviana could provide us with. She did this in a very good way, so we didn't felt to be in school, but together with a very good friend who knew a great deal about everything we saw around us. In this way also a very good start for our 2 weeks in Palermo to know, where we would like to explore more o go back to. Thank you very much Viviana, that was just marvellous! François + Esteban
9. Best of Bern in 60 minutes - Discover the city with a Local!
This Experience is provided by a private Local. You only have an hour to fall in love with Bern? Challenge accepted! Discover Bern during a short but sweet excursion, in which you will learn the most interesting facts about the city, the local lifestyle and the modern transformation of the city. We will meet at Loebegge and will go on our stroll from there :-) Discover what the everyday life of a local looks like and learn where the city gets its characteristic ambience from, by seeing it through the eyes of a local. Walking through the city, you will discover exactly what makes Bern special! This is also your chance to get insider tips about the best cafes, restaurants and bars to visit during your time here and learn how to make the most out of your visit. This is the perfect experience for someone visiting the city for the first time, or someone that wants to rediscover it!
Inclusions: A local that will show you his/her city!
Exclusions:
Reviewed By Fenton2018
Our guide, Florence, was very pleasant & knowledgeable. Communication was excellent & the walking tour was most enjoyable & we got to see all the highlights. We can highly recommend it to anyone visiting Basel
10. Discover Art in Bern with a Local
This experience is provided by a private local. Find out the different cultural and artistic characteristics that makes this city unique, and enjoy the buzzing community and city ambience! Whether you are visiting Bern as a returning tourist who wants to get to know the city a bit better, or if this is your first time, this Experience is for you! While walking the streets of Bern and looking at the amazing, unique street art, or getting to know more about the city’s galleries and museums, you will hear about street-art artists as well as contemporary artists and their close connection to Bern. I will share with you the art and cultural world of my city, where you will see, hear, and experience how colourful and multifaceted Bern is!
Inclusions: A local that wants to show you his city!
Exclusions:
Reviewed By Fenton2018
Our guide, Florence, was very pleasant & knowledgeable. Communication was excellent & the walking tour was most enjoyable & we got to see all the highlights. We can highly recommend it to anyone visiting Basel
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