Rhine Falls Coach Tour incl. entry tickets from Zurich
Description
Marvel at the Rhine Falls, Europe's biggest waterfall, on this half-day tour from Zurich. Travel to Northern Switzerland, a beautiful wine growing region with charming farming villages and scenic landscape near the German border. Admire the medieval Laufen Castle before reaching majestic Rhine Falls. Enjoy approx. 1 ¾ hours to admire and capture photos of the powerful falls, and in summer, take a thrilling boat ride to get a closer look at them (optional, summer only, subject to availability). The duration of this excursion make this scenic tour easy to squeeze into a tight schedule.
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Itinerary
After pickup from Central Zurich (Sihlquai Bus Station), drive through the picturesque landscape with gently rolling vineyards and charming farming villages to reach the splendid medieval Castle Laufen!
Enjoy approx. 1 ¾ hours of leisure time at the mighty Rhine Falls, one of Switzerland's major attractions. Delight in unique views of Europe's biggest waterfalls from the panoramic lift and see how an average of 700'000 liters of water per second plunge across a width of 150 meters into the basin below. A beautiful, short stroll on the Belvedere panoramic trail takes you to the viewing platform right above the falls where you feel the spindrift of the rumbling waters. Take an optional boat ride (summer only) close to the falls. Visit the Historama at the patriarchal castle to learn more about the interesting history of this unique place.
The return journey passes by the picturesque town of Schaffhausen with its well-known Munot Fortress from the 16th century. The way then continues for a short stretch through Germany before you arrive back in the city centre of Zürich.
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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
- Passport is required for the return journey from Rhine Falls via Germany to Zurich
- Optional boat ride: CHF 12 per adult / CHF 8 per child (April to October, subject to availability, payable on site by cash or credit card)
- The boat ride is not suitable for guests with reduced mobility or strollers
Reviews(421)
An excellent guide, will good knowledge about the history of the region and efficient with our time.
Beautiful ride, great guide (Victor) and bus driver (Carlos). Falls are beautiful and the 15 minute boat trip to the base of the falls is definitely worth it.
The falls are wonderful and the countryside views on the trip are also beautiful. Our guide, Victor was great!
Thanks to our delightful, caring guide Sandra, we learned so much about Switzerland on our trip to the Rhine Falls. Highly recommend this company and trip!
A great 1/2 day tour! We were back by 12:30 and still had plenty of time for exploring the town for shopping.
Our tour guide was amazing. She gave us many details and fun facts about Switzerland on the bus trip. The fallls were beautiful. The trip was even better than expected. One thing to be mindful is there are lots of stairs. But, highly recommend!
We enjoyed the ride outside the city. Learned many things about the area and country. The river was beautiful and impressive.
Franz our driver guide had heaps of interesting facts about Switzerland that he shared during the journey. The falls where fantastic, so glad we went.
Well organised, with an efficient tour guide who was both helpful & well informed. Coach was very comfortable & the additional advice about Zürich was very useful
The falls are so much more than I expected. The castle was nice. I wish I had climbed to the top of the opposite tower.
