Culinary Tour from Zurich with Traditional Swiss Cheese Fondue Dinner
Description
Enjoy traditional Swiss sweet treats and tasty local delicacies on this 5-hour small-group gourmet food tour from Zurich. Travel along the beautiful Lake Zurich to Kilchberg and browse the assortment of Swiss chocolates at the world's biggest Lindt Chocolate Shop. Ride a cable car up to a popular viewpoint and walk through the forest to a restaurant high on the hillside. With stunning views over Zurich and the lake below, enjoy an appetizer, sip a glass of wine and sit down to a sumptuous 3-course meal including traditional Swiss cheese fondue.
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Itinerary
Head to Zurich's Sihlquai Bus Station in the afternoon, hop aboard your minibus and — with engaging commentary from your informative guide — head out along the Sihl River to begin your tour.
Continue south along Lake Zurich to the small town of Kilchberg, home of the headquarters of the world-famous chocolate factory Lindt & Sprüngli. Step inside the newly opened Lindt Home of Chocolate and take a moment to inhale the delectable scent. Work your way through row after row of brightly colored wrapping and don’t forget to buy some souvenir chocolate for family and friends back home.
Hop back aboard your minibus and continue to Adliswil, where the only aerial cable car in the canton of Zürich takes you to the hilltop station "Felsenegg". Located on the Albis chain, this area is one of the most popular recreational zones of greater Zurich.
It is only a short hike through the magical forest to get to the restaurant overlooking Lake Zurich. Enjoy the breathtaking view on the terrace and delight in a choice of appetizers while you freshen up with a glass of white wine in summer or warming-up with the freshly prepared "Glühwein", a traditional hot, spicy wine in winter. Then step inside the cozy Swiss restaurant and get seated at the traditionally decorated table. An assorted bowl of salad is followed by the outstanding original Swiss cheese fondue. To complete your culinary experience a homemade chocolate cake is served.
Satisfied in all sense, hop back aboard your minibus for the drive back to Zurich, where your guide drops you off again at the Sihlquai Bus Station.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please wear comfortable shoes, as there will be a 5-minute walk with moderate uphill and downhill sections
- Please note: Guests have access to the Lindt Home of Chocolate shop, where they can see the famous chocolate fountain in the shop hall and browse for treats. There is no option to visit the factory itself
- Not suitable for infants under 6 years, exceptions only on request
- Routing may be subject to change without prior notice due to construction or public events
Reviews(58)
We enjoyed the experience, food was good, but a lot of $$ for what you received. Lindt factory shop was first stop, nice to buy something only available there. Our guide was great, he was friendly and informative. The restaurant was very warm. We had snow whilst there. The gondola and walk to restaurant was really enjoyable. I would recommend, but is expensive.
Our guide Peter was fabulous! This was such a fun tour as well as an amazing food experience. Peter gave a great tour of the city and made it come alive for us. We loved the funicular to the restaurant and the fondue was amazing! Wish I could give this more than five stars!
Konrad was a fantastic guide who really brought us all together and took us on a wonderful foodie trip around Zurich. Would highly recommend this to anyone doing a solo trip
Our tour guide, Peter, was very knowledgeable, friendly and funny. We had several stops before we were able to get some beautiful sunset pictures. The fondue was delicious also.
The event was purely delicious and delightful. Small goup gave us a chance to bond. The guide was friendly and informative!
Conrad was wonderful if I could, I would give him six. The fondue was amazing along with the view. Definitely would recommend this tour.
The Lindt Chocolate Factory was yummy. There is a bit of an uphill hike to the restaurant. But the view is awesome. Would have liked to have other meat and or veggies to dip, other than just bread.
This was the most fun! We enjoyed our chief and all the other participants. We still use the same recipe to make the 3 pastas of Rome! Also the drinks were fabulous 😍! Book this experience!
Knowledgeable, cordial guide. Enjoyed the short visit to the Lindt chocolate home and store. This gives enough exposure so one can decide if they want to return and do the tour. Of course the highlight was the tram ride up the mountain and the cheese fondue dinner at the restaurant on top. Views to Zürich and up and down the lake are incredible!
Monika was an excellent tour guide, driver, and helper with all things along the way. She gave us information on the bus all along our trip with fun facts about the neighborhoods in Zurich. We stopped and walked around the pier for a nice feel of Lake Zurich and its many boats. The Lindt Chocolate shop stop is just for shopping but we focused on buying only the flavors not available in the U.S. It's also worth seeing the chocolate fountain ;) The rest of the trip was so magical. We took a cable car ride up to hiking trails that take you to different towns. We walked only about 5 minutes to Felsenegg where we had our dinner with a lovely panoramic view of the lake and Zurich's surrounding areas. The restaurant is nestled up on a hill that has no access to cars and is in the middle of a farming town. We had a pre-dinner drink, some finger food, a salad, and then the traditional Swiss fondue with bread. Chocolate cake was for dessert. The weather was extremely nice and it was a very enjoyable evening. Monika was a wonderful host with so much information about life in Switzerland. We enjoyed this evening so much.
