Basel City Sightseeing Bus Tour
Basel, Switzerland
- 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
See the sights of Basel by City Sightseeing bus, and hop on and off around town to visit the landmarks, museums, and Basel attractions that interest you most. The perfect way to sightsee at your own pace, the bus tour follows a central route, passing the cultural center Kaserne Basel, the Roche Towers, and even the Stücki Park shopping mall. Learn about each site from the audio commentary as you ride.
- Hear the stories of Basel through an audio headset as you ride
- Use complimentary shopping vouchers for select Basel stores
- Save your energy for sightseeing as you travel around town by bus
- Hop on and off whenever and wherever you like in central Basel
What's Included
- App for your smartphone Android or Apple
- Vouchers for stores in Basel
- Headsets to hear the guide clearly
- Gratuities
- Entrance fees for museums
Meeting and Pickup
Departure Point
- You may start this tour at any of the stops listed.
Itinerary
Basel Citytour
1 Stop
7 Points of Interest
Duration: 2 hours
Operating Schedule: First departure every day at 11.00am next to Tinguely Fountain, Bus Parking around the corner: Address Steinenberg 4. Next Departure at 13.25. You can catch the bus also at 12 bus-stops around the tour.
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BaselCitytour. Bus-Stop 01 - Tinguely Brunnen
Points of interest passed by on this route
Museum Tinguely
Spalen Gate
Kaserne Basel
Offene Kirche Elisabethen
Dreilaendereck Border Triangle
Bar Les Trois Rois
St. Johanns Park
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Most travelers can participate
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Bus trip was comfortable. The bus is not open air on the top level so taking photos can be difficult. It was a pleasant experience. Bus driver was helpful and happy. Commentary was good.
It’s not a two hour tour. Ours was 1 1/2 hours, and that included a 10 minute detour to pick up others at the train station. Our driver skipped our last stop (a 10 minute walk by an old guard tower and a park near the river). It would have been nice to drive by the zoo.
Response from Host, Sep 2026
I am trying to understand what happened. The tour normally lasts a full two hours. We will check the GPS coordinates and discuss your tour with the driver. I regret that the tour was cut short.
A great way to see Basel and get familiar with the city! I enjoyed being able to sit back, relax, and see so many of the sights in a short amount of time. Perfect for a first-time visitor who wants a good overview of Basel. 🇨🇭
I bought a ticket on this tour at the last minute. Viator's website said that you can pick up the tour at multiple points so I went to a location (which was wrong). The tour operator had different directions starting from a specific point but only listed on the ticket. So, I obviously missed the tour and they did not allow a refund. Just beware and triangulate your sources. In my view, it's Viator's error but they will only issue a refund if the tour operator offers it.
Response from Host, Sep 2026
I regret that Viator labels this tour as "hop-on, hop-off." We cannot change that. However, the initial starting point is listed as Steinenberg 6. That information should also appear on the ticket. Send me a mail to m.trummer@busmiete.ch and we refund your ticketcosts. thank you for understanding.
The driver drove fast, and didn't slow for any of the main sites!
the connections are old, and our ear pieces wouldn't stay connected, that's if it worked at all!
Response from Host, Sep 2026
Thank you for the feedback. We have discussed the matter with the driver. The tray tables are replaced regularly; I apologize if your seat was still equipped with an older one. Thank you for your understanding.
This tour will drive you ALL over Basel and you’ll see and get to learn about a LOT of Basel history. You’ll need the app or get headphones when you enter the bus and listen to the info as you drive - it automatically updates to each new location and is very informative. The bus is hot in summer, and it is really more or less two hours inside a bus, but it was a great way for us to see some sights of Basel in the short time we had in the city.
Do not use unless you speak German the company is no help what so ever no one answers and if you don’t speak their language they can’t help you
Response from Host, Jun 2026
Hi
Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with this incident. We answer all questions in German and English.
The audio guide is available in 8 languages.
Perhaps the problem is with Viator support? If so, you can also purchase a ticket on the bus.
Great way to get an overview of the city. Plenty of time for photos. This is not a hop on hop off. Also dont mix this up with the walking city tour.
Very informative and thorough audio tour. The only negative was that the windows were too dirty to take photos.
Excellent clean & cool city, very serene, kindly do not miss this comfy tour, only 1 hour by train from Zurich HB Central Railway Station. It's a tri-juncture of Switzerland, France & Germany, don't miss, it's an absolute must, excellent surroundings.
Great 2 hour tour of the city. Would highly recommend to get a good layout and overview history of Basel.
A definite must to see around Basel. It was an audio tour which was perfect. Very informative .
A tip if you book this tour be sure to board at the first stop as the bus is full and unable to board any passengers any stops
Very good and informative overview of the city of Basel. The bus was comfortable (and warm). And the audio was clear and the content was interesting.
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.
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.
Great quick overview of Basel. Inconsistent information however- told should ride from stop one. Other info said we could join at any point
Very poor tour. Way too much down time on recorded narrative. Could have told so much more on sights we were passing in the city. Driver was terrible. She just went through the motions of driving. Didn’t tell us how to connect our iPads. We’ve never used them before. No expression on her face. She certainly didn’t to be there. No interaction. Made us feel like we were an inconvenience. Not a way to welcome visitors to Basel. Total waste of our time and money.
Good way to get overview of the city. We had expected a stop for a food tasting as advertised. This was not done. Overall a good experience.
Kind of blah- not engaging- iPad was glitchy. Crowded- and some of the passengers had very very strong perfume/ cologne -
Bus was overbooked. Units in bus were broken and stopped working constantly.
Girl on bus who was in charge seemed mad because we brought our tickets through this site and said we should have bought them through the city transport.
The tour was very interesting. We learned a lot about Basal. The driver was amazing. Not sure how she maneuvered through the streets. Gave us a good taste of what Basal is
We viewed historic sights and enjoyed audio commentary. The tour was very enjoyable and well worth the nominal cost.
We drove past many interesting places but stopped to look at the river and a bunch of warehouses. It was boring.
Your instructions say meet at the Tinguely Fountain. No one was there to tell us the meeting place was across the street. Fortunately the City Walk leader told us the meeting place was NOT at the fountain but across the street at a bus.
It showed the option when booking the tour as a hop on, hop off, but there really isn’t enough time to do that, due to the lack of available buses to catch again. Also, turns out if you book through the site, you get a discount if you have a Basel card. That was not an option for us, which doesn’t seem quite fair. The narration often didn’t match what we were looking at. Often we were past whatever it was we were supposed to be seeing. Also, many things couldn’t be seen from the bus, without needing to jump to the other side, or craning our necks to look up. If I could get my money back, that would be great, but I doubt that would ever happen. No one was there, to help people use the tablet, which was hard for some of the elderly, and those that didn’t speak the language. We were supposed to get a lackerly …we did not. However, the driver did an excellent job maneuvering the bus around the city.
The headphones are small and there was a weird smell. The reviews for the building were pretty good.
Easy pickup and drop off. We were only here for two days and this your was a great overview of what Basel has to offer. The price was reasonable too.
Not a true Hop ON Hop OFF tour. Very poor tour. There's no time to make photos. Only ten minutes on stop #3, is a complete joke. I would not advise this tour to anyone.
This was an enjoyable, comfortable tour . Basel is a beautiful City. My travel companion left her purse on the bus and we were able to retrieve it when the dricver was finished for the day. How thankful and pleased in his effort to get the purse back to her.
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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