From Zurich: Train tour with Swiss chocolate, cheese, and cookie tasting
Enjoy a guided train tour with chocolate, cheese, and Kambly biscuits. The experience includes tastings, live production views, scenic rides, and a local Swiss geographer as your guide.
Any questions?Alpi answers right away
Tour stops
11 stops
You meet your guide at Zurich Main Station.
Discover ZurichYou take the train via Zug towards the canton of Lucerne.
You visit the visitor centre with exhibitions, insights into production and tastings.
You continue by train via Lucerne to Escholzmatt.
Discover LucerneYou take the train to Escholzmatt, then change to a bus for the onward journey to Marbach.
You watch the cheesemakers at work and see traditional cheese being made.
You explore interactive stations, watch films about production and enjoy tastings.
On the return journey, you take the train via Langnau.
On the return journey, you take the train via Burgdorf.
On the return journey, you take the train via Olten.
You return to Zurich by train and end the tour at the meeting point.
Discover Zurich
Highlights
- Visit a chocolate factory museum with exhibits and tastings
- Discover cheese making in a mountain cheese dairy
- Learn how the famous Swiss cheese holes develop
- Travel by regional trains through lake areas and the alpine foothills
- Experience Switzerland beyond typical sightseeing
- Enjoy train journeys as part of your adventure
Description
This guided train tour connects three culinary experiences in Central Switzerland. You travel by public transport and visit a chocolate factory, a mountain cheese dairy, and the Kambly experience in the Emmental.
At the chocolate factory, you follow the journey of cocoa from the bean to the finished treat. Interactive exhibits, insights into production, and tastings introduce you to the world of Swiss chocolate.
At the mountain cheese dairy, you watch traditional cheese making in action. You'll learn how the holes in Swiss cheese form and discover handmade mozzarella made from cow and buffalo milk. The Kambly experience offers interactive stations, films about production, and tastings.
Inclusions
Guided day trip using Switzerland's public transport
Geography expert Dave as your guide
Visit to the chocolate factory museum
Small voucher for a café or chocolate shop
Visit to the Mountain Dairy (cheese factory) with live production views
Kambly experience with tasting
Tickets for all trips on this tour
Lunch at the bistro next to the cheese dairy or in the village
Dinner in the train restaurant on the return journey
Adjustments to your interests and needs
catering
Meeting point
Zürich Hauptbahnhof (bitte vereinbare den genauen Treffpunkt nach der Buchung mit dem Anbieter)
Bahnhofplatz, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland
Important information
- Bring along: passport or photo ID, comfortable shoes, camera, weather-appropriate clothing
- If you don’t have a Swiss Travel Pass and need help buying your ticket, the provider can assist you.
Provider
Operated by
Swiss D Tours
Verified provider
