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Basel Chocolate Workshop & Historic Old Town Tour

By Tours of Switzerland
Free cancellation available
Price is €99 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

This half-day experience in Basel combines Swiss chocolate craftsmanship with a guided exploration of the city’s historic Old Town. The tour begins with a hands-on bean-to-bar chocolate workshop, where participants learn about cocoa origins, the chocolate-making process, and the techniques used to create high-quality artisan chocolate. Guests will temper, mould, and taste different varieties while discovering Switzerland’s long tradition of chocolate innovation. After the workshop, the experience continues with a walking tour through Basel’s medieval Old Town. Highlights include the colourful streets of Spalenberg, the historic Marktplatz and red Town Hall, and the Basel Minster overlooking the Rhine. From the Pfalz terrace and the historic Mittlere Brücke, visitors enjoy panoramic views of the city, combining culture, history, and culinary tradition in one compact and engaging tour.

Activity location

  • Basel
    • Basel, Switzerland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kunstmuseum Basel
    • 16 Sankt Alban-Graben
    • 4051, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

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Basel Chocolate Workshop & Historic Old Town Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
€98.83 x 1 Adult€98.83
Total
Price is €98.83
Until Sun, 24 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Meet and Greet at Kunstmuseum (Instructions will be sent after booking.)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Chocolate Making
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Local Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Basel

  • 15m
In between the tastings, the clients will stroll through the heart of Basel and its long-lasting heritage. The guide will escort the client inside the best this small city has to offer, such as the 500-year-old Roothus (Town Hall) built from 1019 to 1700 holding some of the most distinct paintings. Or even, the house where the art of pharmacology was founded and the famous Basler Münster with a breathtaking view of Basel. This can only be continued by the city’s artistic side with the opera house and its musical Tinguely fountain.

Spalenberg

  • 1h
This experience introduces the journey of chocolate from raw cocoa beans to the finished bar. Cocoa grows in tropical regions, where the beans are harvested, fermented, and dried before reaching chocolate makers. In a bean-to-bar workshop, the entire transformation is carefully controlled in small batches to develop specific flavours and quality. You’ll learn how the beans are roasted, cracked, and ground into cocoa mass, then refined and mixed before the important tempering process that gives chocolate its smooth texture and shine. Guests will also mould their own chocolate and taste different varieties, discovering how cocoa origin and percentage influence flavour. Switzerland’s long tradition of chocolate craftsmanship makes this both a cultural and culinary experience.

Basel's Old Town

  • 1h
Basel’s Old Town reflects more than two thousand years of history shaped by trade, culture, and its strategic location along the Rhine. Our walk begins in the medieval streets of Spalenberg, where colourful houses and narrow lanes preserve the city’s historic character. At Marktplatz, the red Rathaus has served as Basel’s political centre for over 500 years. The route then leads to the Basel Minster, built of red sandstone and overlooking the river. From the nearby Pfalz terrace, panoramic views reveal the Old Town and surrounding districts. The tour concludes at the historic Mittlere Brücke, which for centuries connected the two sides of the city and remains one of Basel’s most iconic viewpoints.

Kunstmuseum Basel

  • 15m
Your guide will return you safely to Kunstmuseum, Basel.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Basel
    • Basel, Switzerland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Kunstmuseum Basel
    • 16 Sankt Alban-Graben
    • 4051, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

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