Walking Tours
2 hours
Free cancellation
Not sure? You can cancel this reservation up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
from
$34.28
per adult
Free Walk Zurich
Free Walk Zurich
5
City Tours • Historical & Heritage Tours • Bike Tours • Walking Tours
Read more
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Monday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Friday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 12:30 AM
Full view
About
Explore Zurich, Switzerland's little big multicultural city. Discover how a small city founded during the Roman times became today's discreet financial empire. Learn about its religious heritage, its episodes of turmoil and about the challenges and major changes Zurich is facing today. We offer a Downtown tour every day at 11am (Paradeplatz 8, next to Credit Suisse) and many more tours, check our website for all dates.
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Awards
Travelers' Choice
2022
Suggest edits to improve what we show.
Improve this listingTours and Tickets by Free Walk Zurich
Full-day Tours
2 hours
Free cancellation
Not sure? You can cancel this reservation up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
Recommended by 100% of travelers
This number is based on the percentage of all Tripadvisor reviews for this product that have a bubble rating of 4 or higher
from
$217.12
per group
Travelers talk about
(82 reviews)
(74 reviews)
(36 reviews)
Contribute
Detailed Reviews: Reviews order informed by descriptiveness of user-identified themes such as cleanliness, atmosphere, general tips and location information.
Popular mentions
5.0
1,165 reviews
Excellent
993
Very good
143
Average
18
Poor
9
Terrible
2
YoaRobe
Florida114 contributions
Jul 2022 • Couples
We had a great time during our tour. Our guide, Esther, was awesome! She was very knowledgeable of the history of the city and explained everything with lots of details. It was a pleasure to learn so much about Zurich in the two hours the tour takes, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to learn a little bit more about the city. Of course, being a free tour means you don’t need to pay a fee, but it’s really recommended to leave a good tip to the guide. They will always appreciate it, especially when they make these two hours run by so fast with the amount of interesting information you get during that time.
Written July 17, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Randi A
Annapolis, MD2 contributions
Sep 2022
My husband and I, along with dear friends of ours from Maryland, spent last Friday morning with Josef, our tour guide.from FWZ. Our interest was in learning more about the Jewish history of Zurich, and Switzerland in general, and Josef was the perfect resource! He had extensive knowledge of Jewish life, both past and present, his english was impeccable, and he was warm and engaging. I highly recommend him for anyone interested in learning more about Jewish life in Zurich, as well as general history of the city. We have traveled extensively, and often hire a guide whose focus is on the Jewish history of whichever city we are in. Josef was a real standout!
Written September 12, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Joan W
Toronto, Canada24 contributions
Aug 2022
This was a great background for Day 1 of Zurich. Thoroughly enjoyed the areas walked in and explored. The group was big (a Saturday, maybe that meant larger) and background noise was loud. The group was split into 2 english and 1 spanish. We joined 1 english (with more historical data) but could not hear the presenter. We then hurriedly joined the 2nd english speaker, who had a louder voice. Thoroughly enjoyed his presentation throughout the tour.
Always recommend starting with a free walking tour to get your sense of the city when you arrive.
Always recommend starting with a free walking tour to get your sense of the city when you arrive.
Written August 9, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Amy Y
Auckland, New Zealand48 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
We did the downtown tour with Emre and it was fantastic. A great taster of Zurich's history and culture. Emre was super knowledgeable, told interesting stories and kept a really large group engaged for the whole tour. He even timed it perfectly to end as the rain arrived! I'd highly recommend this tour and Emre as a wonderful guide
Written June 5, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Karolina W
6 contributions
Sep 2021 • Couples
We attended the 11 o'clock Downtown Zurich tour in english with Joseph. He gave us lots of interesting anegdotes about the city and its history, as well as some tips as for where to eat in the city. I think the trip covers the essentials in the centre and I would recommend it to everyone visiting Zurich for the first time.
Written September 5, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Mark E
Dayton, OH10 contributions
Jun 2022
In Zurich, we enjoyed a wonderful, free walking tour (through the Office of Tourism) with Josef, a Swiss native. He did a great job of escorting us to various historic sites in the old city, entertained us with his sense of humor and great stories, and patiently engaged the entire (large) group of tourists from around the world. Heartily recommend this tour!
Written June 24, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Lala_Tink2008
Coleford, UK657 contributions
Nov 2021
Staying in Zurich for a few days, we wanted to get a look at this city and it's place in Europe.
We met our guide Julian (Sorry if name is wrong!) at Parade Platz where he explained about the tour. We walked around for around 2 hours looking at many sights, mostly in the 'Allstad' part of town. Zurich is a city of contrasts between old and new and it's a very peaceful place especially for a city. The day we took the tour, the silence was broken by many sirens as there was an accident which a car landed in the river Limmat. We were told about Swiss politics/recycling/banking and general life as a citizen in this beautiful country.
Zurich is a town of many contrasts, but is definitely worth a look on your travels. Just remember your pennies as it's not cheap, but there are bargains to be found like eating at the Coop on Bahnhofstrasse, the most expensive shopping street in Europe. This was recommended by Julian by the way...
We met our guide Julian (Sorry if name is wrong!) at Parade Platz where he explained about the tour. We walked around for around 2 hours looking at many sights, mostly in the 'Allstad' part of town. Zurich is a city of contrasts between old and new and it's a very peaceful place especially for a city. The day we took the tour, the silence was broken by many sirens as there was an accident which a car landed in the river Limmat. We were told about Swiss politics/recycling/banking and general life as a citizen in this beautiful country.
Zurich is a town of many contrasts, but is definitely worth a look on your travels. Just remember your pennies as it's not cheap, but there are bargains to be found like eating at the Coop on Bahnhofstrasse, the most expensive shopping street in Europe. This was recommended by Julian by the way...
Written November 21, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Chris_KO
Koblenz, Germany1,672 contributions
Aug 2022 • Solo
After participating in free walking tours in more than 30 cities around the world I would give the tour in Zürich an average rating in comparison.
Though our guide was nice and knowledgeable, I felt that we spent too much time walking and too little time talking and explaining. I didn’t really learn a lot about the history of the city and missed some suggestions about what to do during my stay. It surely didn’t help that there were more than 40 people on the tour - other companies use to split the group or limit the number of participants.
Though our guide was nice and knowledgeable, I felt that we spent too much time walking and too little time talking and explaining. I didn’t really learn a lot about the history of the city and missed some suggestions about what to do during my stay. It surely didn’t help that there were more than 40 people on the tour - other companies use to split the group or limit the number of participants.
Written August 16, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Marina
5 contributions
Aug 2021 • Solo
I went on a walking tour of Zurich in Spanish with Daniel and I learnt a lot and found the tour very entertaining. Daniel made the experience fun and was open to questions and to give extra info and tips of places to visit after the tour. I very much recommend this tour to get an overview of the main sites of the city and historical information.
Written August 21, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
simon_bewick
Corsier, Switzerland4 contributions
May 2021 • Family
We really booked last minute and Got great service both with organising the trip and with our guide. Prompt feedback on organising tour, accommodating the needs of our family (special chocolate stop for the kids) and arranging the meet-up. Our guide, Emre, was really good. He lived his whole life in Zürich, Was truly passionate about the city and its history and was really flexible trying to engage the kids, however difficult that may be. He was also very happy to talk about Himself and Switzerland more generally. Highly recommended.
Written May 17, 2021
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Norma Delia
Mexico City, Mexico1 contribution
que tal Silvana, donde das los tours y como funciona? gracias
Dani D
2 contributions
¿Sigue habiendo tours a pesar del Corona Virus?
SÍ, los tours siguen llevándose a cabo sin ningún tipo de modificación. Te recomiendo echar un vistazo al horario, disponible en freewalk.ch/zurich/tours para poder ver todos los tours disponibles.
Los tours, sobretodo en esta época del año, no están masificados, por lo que el grupo nunca será tan grande como para suponer un riesgo mayor al que supondría dar un paseo por la calle.
¡Te esperamos a las 11am en Paradeplatz!
Fdo: Free Walk Zürich
What is the fair tip to give?
Sara
1 contribution
Hello! We were 4 and tipped 50 euro. You can tip more or less (if you like or do not like).
where does it start and time of tour?
Fred
Zurich, Switzerland1 contribution
It is Paradeplatz in Zurich by Credit Suisse bank
Carolina K
Teresopolis, RJ91 contributions
Você teve que fazer alguma reserva? Onde foi o ponto de encontro? Não estou conseguindo achar as informações na internet.
Pablo D
Buenos Aires, Argentina49 contributions
Por donde lo reservaste? He entrado a la pagina de esta empresa y solo veo fechas para Abril solamente...... Gracias
olatz y
San Sebastian - Donostia, Spain5 contributions
No hemos necesitado reserva. Tienes los horarios en el documento descargable de su web y con presentarte en el lugar de la cita es suficiente
Viviana C
Buenos Aires, Argentina127 contributions
Hola buenos dias . como nos anotamos ?? en 30 dias estamos ahi ..gracias
Hola! Estoy buscando por internet información sobre el tour en español, pero no me sale. Sabrías decirme desde dónde y a qué hora sale el tour en español? Y habría que apuntarse o basta con estar en el punto de encuentro a la hora exacta? Te lo agradezco!!!!