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Private tour in Zurich Monica J
Zurich Highlights & Swiss Chocolate - 3 Hours Tour
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Hi, and welcome! I am Swiss, grew up in Switzerland and South Africa, and have lived in Zurich for more than 30 years. With a background in History and Sociology, I enjoy helping visitors understand my city and my country beyond the obvious sights, through Swiss culture, society, everyday life and history. I have been working as a tour guide since 2019, but my professional life has taken me in many different directions. I have worked as an editor, an entrepreneur and a communications specialist for the Swiss government, as well as a fruit picker, bartender and rose seller. I am curious by nature and have a particular interest in architecture, beautiful places, local culture and good food. I enjoy sharing both the well-known sights and the smaller details, stories and observations that make a place memorable. My tours are informative but relaxed, with plenty of room for questions, conversation and your own interests. My goal is that you leave the places we visit not only having seen them, but feeling that you understand them a little better. I am also an experienced driver and am happy to tailor tours to your interests whenever possible.
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See Zurich’s Essential Sights, Enjoy Panoramic Views and Discover the Story of Swiss Chocolate on a Relaxed Private Walking Tour
Overview of your Zurich tour
Discover Zurich in three hours on a relaxed private walking tour combining the city’s essential sights with panoramic views, beautiful stained-glass windows and excellent Swiss chocolate. Explore the Old Town, including Lindenhof, St. Peter’s Church, Grossmünster, Fraumünster, several guild halls and Bahnhofstrasse, and ride the historic Polybahn funicular to the ETH terrace for sweeping views over the city. Along the way, discover how Zurich became the place it is today, with stories about the Reformation, banking, trades guilds, Swiss culture and everyday life. At selected stops, taste a few high-quality Swiss chocolate treats like the champagne truffle and learn why Switzerland became famous for it – from milk chocolate to today’s bean-to-bar chocolate makers. This tour offers a well-balanced introduction to Zurich, Switzerland and Swiss chocolate, with plenty of time for questions, conversation and simply enjoying the city. It ends at Bellevue square by the lake.
Your Zurich tour itinerary
HB/Central Polybahn funicular ETH (Einsteins university) Niederdorf Grossmünster Fraumünster (Chagall windows) St. Peter Lindenhof Bahnhofstrasse/Paradeplatz Bellevue/Lake Zurich - End of the tour The itinerary may be adapted depending on the meeting point. Please note that the tour time and stops can be shortend with hotel-pick-up and drop-off. The tour can be customized according to your interests where possible. Options: - 2.5 hrs without chocolate tasting (no charge for tasting and discount on tour price) - Jewish history focus - Reformation history focus (Zurich was a center of the Reformation and the Anabaptist movement) - See the locker of Albert Einstein at ETH - Modern Zurich beyond the Old Town - see different neighborhoods and ride the clean an safe public transport - Visit local shops and designers
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Type: Walking
Iconic red public funicular railway from 1886 - just recently renewed.
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Central Polybahn, Zürich, Switzerland
In front of the entrance of the Polybahn funicular at Central square just across the bridge from the main railway station HB. Or I can pick you up at your Hotel in the city center.
- You can request a specific meeting location (for example, your hotel) during the checkout.
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