Location: Basel
Top Things to do in Basel
What to do and see in Basel, Canton of Basel: The Best Things to do Good for Couples
Located on the Rhine River near the borders of France and Germany, Basel contains the country's highest concentration of museums. The culture-centric city, site of the world's most influential art market each June, is also home to the lovely Munster Cathedral, made of red sandstone with a multi-colored tile roof. Green spaces abound, including the popular zoological gardens in the city center. Switzerland's largest site of Roman ruins, Augusta Raurica, are an easy day trip to the east.
Restaurants in Basel
1. Xocotour Suisse
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5.0 based on 43 reviews
An entertaining and deliciously sweet walking tour around Basel’s or Zürich's charming old towns where some of the city's most irresistible chocolatey corners are discovered. While learning about Swiss chocolate history, participants get to try many fine local specialties. The tour also includes a sit-down connoisseur tasting session and a sweet give-away to take back home.
2. One Hour Escape
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5.0 based on 276 reviews
A popular interactive adventure game in the center of Basel. You and your friends get locked in an unknown room full of unsolved mysterious mazes. For one hour you will become a part of the story, trick the Master Thief, steal the treasure and escape! You have only 60 minutes to break out and only your team to rely on! Are you smart enough to solve all riddles and find your way out?
Reviewed By jhusak - Riehen, Switzerland
The One Hour Escape 'Meisterdieb' is great fun. We were a party of 5 (4 adults, 1 kid) and not very experienced but with our swarm intelligence we managed to escape in time before the 'Meisterdieb' returned from his one hour journey out of his apartment. Some of the riddles exceeded the scope of the room and included real world items / activities ... a truly surprising experience. Besides the nice story and the fun, we experienced the One Hour Escpae room as a professional setup, well organized and monitored and you felt yourself always safe. I can recommend this to everyone who wants to experience a Room Escape Adventure. This was is classified as 'medium level' of difficulty and it was solvable. We left the venue with a great experience and with a smile after solving the riddle.
3. THAI*Massage Basel: ThanTawan
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5.0 based on 36 reviews
We are open after 18-01-21. Covid Update: We always treat one guest per massage room only. Our team follows the Swiss hygiene and anti-infection guidelines. In combination with contactless temperature controls, hourly for our staff and at entering for our guests, we are providing a safe & low-risk environment at our Massage Studio ThanTawan Basel. Please be advised that we will not treat guests with fever symptoms. Over 10 years best Thai Massage in Basel. In our calm & peaceful massage practice we provide individual massage rooms for our guests to ensure a quiet, relaxed and health-giving atmosphere. Only if you want to have a massage together with a friend or partner (couples massage) two guests are in one room. Thaimassage vitalizes and enhances self-healing processes, energizes and harmonizes your spirits and reconciles the mental and physical well-being. Visit us in the delightful city of Basel Stadt at Gundeli.
4. Kannika Thai Massage
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 12 reviews
Ich biete in Original Thailandischem Ambiente: Thai Massage Aroma oil Massage Sport Massage Krauterstempel Massage Hot stone Massage Und Paar Massagen Keine Erotik Massagen!
5. Merian Garten
6. Flohmarkt Petersplatz
7. Jean Tinguely Museum
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4.5 based on 844 reviews
Reviewed By RCSColumbus - Columbus, United States
We had never heard of Jean Tinguely before visiting Basel but we were so smitten by his amazing Carnival Fountain downtown that we were curious to see more. The Museum Tinguely is a beautiful piece of architecture, perfectly designed to display the kinetic sculptures the artist is best known for. Some are as large as an entire gallery; some you can walk through; virtually all can be activated at the press of a button. Whether you come away appreciating him as an artist or not you will certainly fall for his incredible blend of engineering, mechanical whimsy and pure imagination. Who else would ever think to weld all of these found objects into such lively contraptions? Some even seem to have personalities. You can't help but smile and even laugh out loud at a few of them. My wife, daughter and I were mesmerized as were all the other visitors we saw at the museum that day.
8. Fine Arts Museum Basel - Kunstmuseum
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4.5 based on 1,185 reviews
The Kunstmuseum Basel is home to one of the largest and oldest public museum collections in Europe with works from the early fifteenth century to the present.
Reviewed By travelling-model - Hong Kong, China
This museum is even better than the art Museum in Zuich. It has the largest art collections in Switzerland. You can found Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrant, Claude Monet, Edouard Manet, Vincent Van Gough, Paul Gaugin, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Dali, Paul Klee, Marc Chargall, Andy Warhol etc. It definitely a big feast of your eyes. Don't miss this one if you have a chance.
9. Basel Minster
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4.5 based on 2,060 reviews
Reviewed By gregoryd762
The only red stone minster we have seen so far, this beautiful cathedral set in its own square is very impressive.We have climbed many minsters, duomos and cathedrals, so found this climb relatively easy. Great views from the narrow platform. Unfortunately, we didnt realise there were other steps to go higher. Maybe next time, as there is so much to see in Basel.
10. Zoo Basel
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4.5 based on 1,874 reviews
Reviewed By oldmathsy - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We were pleasantly surprised by the zoo in Basel! It’s a short walk from the central station, but is also well-connected by tram. The main highlights were: - The penguin walk. (The kids went wild!) - The enclosed area with gorillas, orang-utans and chimpanzees. - The beautiful enclosure with giraffes. This was half-a-day very well spent.
