Basel: Självguidad mattur

The tour is varied; the restaurants varied and well chosen. The staff at the individual food stations very helpful. Generous tasting.

There is a great amount of distance between each of the 4 stops. You need to investigate which public transporatation works. There is a lot of walking. Each place has interesting takes on how to do their food. Basically food bites. Klar a has the most amount of food choices but their opening times varying. Check your timing. We were there during times when many of the vendors were closed.

This was an ok way of trying places we might not have seen BUT not a lot of food. We had to buy extras. I think that’s the idea, and likely why businesses buy into it. I did like the eco friendly place - something different. No drink was offered though. There was also no beverage in the last stop (almond cake). Fave place was the Food Hall. Plenty of choice. And lovely home made lemonade. I wouldn’t recommend it to friends if I’m honest.

The food tour was not quite what we were expecting. A coffee and small cake at the first stop, an option to fill a couple of jars from a selection of bulk items at the next. The 3rd stop - Klara’s - did have the option to sample 3 items of international food and a small drink. The last stop at Jakobs Basler Leckerly took about 30 seconds - just giving us a couple of sample bags of sweet cakes and no other effective conversation. To be fair the only person that took any time with us was stop 2 at Basel unverpackt. She spent time explaining their no waste policy and showed us the range of products available. We struggle to recommend this tour.

I really enjoyed this activity. You walk past many of the city's attractions and come into contact with locals. You will also get a piece of Basel's (food) culture with delicacies from Swiss cuisine (not to mention Asian cuisine in the food court). 100% value for money and a fun activity! *Please note that Klara does not offer hot cuisine between 14 and 18. So go here early in the day or later in the day.

Bear in mind that you will do a lot of walking. At one point searched for taxi stand. Found taxi driver but not willing to drive us to uverpackt "you can walk, it is just around the corner". NO IT WASN'T, took another 20 minutes however it was the best shop on the tour , enjoyed filling our small glass jar with organic treats. Backerel Kult just OK, however staff very Plesant and helpful, could have got a cappuccino anywhere with biscuit. Klara was not as pictured and could only order certain things off stall like booths and could only go to certain booths, not very clean either. Jakob's Basler Leckerly, proprietor, tossed their famous sweet treat to us with nothing more, not even a welcome how are you! And the treat was dry and not very tasty. Overall, not worth the money.

Quite enjoyable. We started off at Backerei KULT where Julep greeted us with a smile. She was so nice, explaining how it unfolds. Basel unverpackt was a super cool & interesting store, very friendly staff. Klara is the crowning jewel in the tour. Joshua was very helpful. Jakob’s Basler Leckerly wasn’t the friendliest, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. But the first three make this tour still worth it.

Enjoyed the experience. There is quite a bit of walking. I enjoy walking through areas I have never seen, so loved it. Great bakery. The market like place has lots of choices for you .

This tour was interesting. It is possible to split the tour over two days. We did part of the tour in the morning - coffee and cake followed by a tour of the eco-friendly store and then the sweet treat store. There is some walking to complete so having data on the cell phone allowed us to use google maps - very helpful. The last stop was a food court. The selection was broad and the food was very good. Alcoholic drinks were not included but one could purchase those separately. We went to the food court in the evening. It is well populated by families and young professionals on their way home.

The self-guided tour takes us to unusual places in Basel. Exciting, interesting, enriching. We were greeted and given friendly and competent advice at every location and we really enjoyed the tour. Please note - it starts at the Kult bakery in St. Johann!