Private guided tour to Engelberg with artisan cheese and chocolate making lesson from Basel

Basel, Switzerland
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Overview
Duration
8h
Languages
English, German
Voucher type
mobile
What To Expect

Spend a day with the typical Swiss assets: cheese and chocolate. Travel with your private guide to Engelberg and visit Switzerland's only cheese factory within a Monastery. The modern architecture of the cheese factory stresses the historical setting in a breathtaking manner. Get an introduction about the cheese making process directly at the cheese factory and taste cheese while you and the cheese maker work at producing cheese specialties like the famous "Engelberger Klosterglocke".In the afternoon, you will transfer to the industrial area of Root, outside the city center of Lucerne. With your private tour guide you will visit the chocolate factory "Aeschbach", where you will get an insider view to the fine art of chocolate. Taste chocolate during the entire exhibition and finalize your day by creating your own chocolate bar. Your tour guide will accompany you on this tour from the starting point and answer your questions about the country and its people. Your local tour guide will know the way around the city and will also show you a few enjoyable places untouched by tourists.

What to remember

Important info

  • The tour operator will contact you after your booking to organize the tour in detail
  • A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • The Swiss Travel Pass is the all-in-one ticket for using trains, buses and boats throughout Switzerland
  • If you choose the Swiss Travel Pass option, please be sure to carry the Pass with you: without a valid travel pass, you can not join the tour unless you fully pay all fees
included
What's included
included-item
Private local and professional guide. Transportation fees for train to Engelberg and Root. Entrance fees to the cheese factory and the chocolate factory. Creation of your own cheese. Creation of your own chocolate bar
excluded
What's not included
excluded-items
Food and drinks (except all the tasting which is included). Personal expenses during the tour
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Know Before You Go
Highlights

Visit Switzerland's only cheese factory within a monastery. See, smell, taste cheese and create your own. Explore a chocolate factory with your guide. See, smell, taste chocolate and create your own chocolate bar

Cancellation Policy
can-cancel You can cancel your tour until 2 days in advance
Provider
SwissTravelGuide
Meeting Point
  • Meet your tour guide at the lobby of your hotel or at your residence