13 Audio Tours in Switzerland: What Each One Costs

1.Zurich City Tour with Audio Commentary

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 372 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $44Our pick

See Zurich’s Old Town, lake, churches, villas, and Alpine views from a comfortable audio-guided trolley in about two hours.

“You need to redeem a paper ticket from Box office which was not clear to many people. Late departure by 10 min. Initially commentary did not match where we were. The stop along way scheduled ten minutes was over 15 minutes. Then last part was stuck idling in traffic for over 25 minutes - yes that can’t be avoided but nearly 1/4 tour with traffic should be advised. Would have been good to have a higher up point for photo opportunity”

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2.The Best of Basel’s Hidden Treasures: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Explore Basel’s old town, Rhine views, fountains, museums, and landmarks with a flexible $11.99 offline audio walking tour.

“Easy to follow instructions. Clearly spoken and easy to understand. Knowledgeable commentary and was an Easy walk”

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3.Revealing Lucerne: Self-Guided Audio City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 20 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $13

Explore Lucerne’s churches, bridges, frescoed squares, and Lion Monument with a flexible English audio walking tour for $13.29.

“It was boring and difficult to follow because it was too slow. It had a repetitive soundtrack which was disturbing and it talked too much about murals.”

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4.Self-Guided Audio City Tour in Bern

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 17 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $13

Explore Bern’s fountains, clock tower, cathedral, BearPark, and Old Town at your own pace with this detailed English audio walking tour.

“Extremely thorough self-paced audio tour. Give yourselves plenty of time. We stopped a few times to shop and to grab a bite, and we only made it through 1/3 of the 150+ segments of the audio tour. Good thing it didn’t cut off after three hours like it said it would. Had to go to McDonalds at time of tour to get free WiFi to download the audio tour - the link was not available until the start time we signed up for.”

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5.Self-Guided Audio City Tour in Zurich

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 15 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $13

Explore Zurich’s Old Town at your own pace with an affordable audio tour covering churches, monuments, Roman baths, and river views.

“It was my first time in Zürich and I wanted an in depth experience at my own pace. I also had marked on my phone a few sites or stores I wanted to see as well. This was perfect! I was able to skip aspects I did not want to see very easily and go to additional places without needing to backtrack. I appreciated the thoroughness and the fact that I got a written transcript of the audio. For the price, it was an easy choice. You do need to make sure to have internet and I recommend a good pair of walking shoes because you are going to walk…”

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6.Bern Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 14 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $11

Explore Bern’s old town with a flexible app-led scavenger hunt, audio stories, riddles, and local tips for $11.82 per person.

“Hallo Wir haben unsere Tour abgeschlossen. Können sie uns eine Rangliste unserer Teams zusenden? Danke, Lieber Gruss Rahel Stuber”

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7.Self-Guided Audio Tour to the Dark Side of Zurich

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $13

Explore Zurich’s darker past on a flexible audio walk covering witches, executions, hidden streets, and medieval justice for $13.22.

“This definitely got you walking around the town more than we would normally have, but the audio has a lot of filler facts or list of facts that don’t really add to the experience. I think it’s okay to do if you’re looking for some interesting facts about the city and it gives you an insight to the darker side of the city. I think it was just too dark for me because I’m sensitive to human rights, and there doesn’t seem to have been much of that back then.”

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8.Self-Guided Audio Tour to the Many Faces of Geneva

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $13

Explore Geneva’s landmarks through stories of sin, virtue, religion, and reform on this flexible English audio walking tour.

“It was very informative and fun walking through the city! Good directions with pictures help. Hot day so we took some breaks and then kept going.”

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9.Unusual Audio Tour of Geneva

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $26Top rated

Explore Geneva’s key sights with a funny English audio tour, flexible pacing, historic stops, and a chocolate tasting finale.

“Fantástic audiovisuel tour and we learned a lot and very interesting topics We have made also many nice pictures during the tour I recommend to wear flat and comfortable shoes to visit the old streets of Geneva I higly recommend this experience”

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10.Beautiful Bern’s Legends: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Explore Bern’s Old Town with an affordable self-guided audio tour covering the Clock Tower, Einstein House, cathedral, fountains, and city views.

“Phenomenal. I'm so happy I booked this. I've been to Bern before, but now I feel like I truly know the Old Town. I can't wait to use these tours in other cities!”

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11.A Self-Guided Audio Tour of Geneva’s Old Town

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 7 reviews · 50 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Review of Geneva’s self-guided Old Town audio tour, with route details, app tips, costs, and advice on who will enjoy it most.

“The tour is great. You can stop and start as you like. We learned a lot and were happy for the tour. Only issue is I paid twice because when I downloaded the app I hadn’t yet gotten the Viator email with code and instructions. So if you buy through trip advisor, wait a few minutes and follow instructions in the email. When you download the app, it asks you to pay but the email has a code.”

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12.The Lives and Legends of Lucerne: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.) · from $9Best value

Explore Lucerne’s bridges, fountains, lakefront, and churches at your own pace with this affordable offline audio walking tour.

“Great overview of the city of Lucerne. We enjoyed walking around and learning about the history. There is parking at the train station which is where the tour starts.”

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13.Audio tour to discover Geneva while tasting its Chocolates

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1 reviews · 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)

Explore Geneva by phone, from the Flower Clock to Saint-Pierre Cathedral, with five chocolateries and a flexible self-guided audio tour.

“Great activity. We were able to see the best places in Geneva at our own rythm, while enjoying some wonderful chocolate. We recommend this wonderful activity.”

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