Luzern City Tour with Lake Cruise Private Tour from Basel

Lucerne is probably the most famous Swiss city. Surrounded by mountains and at the end of Lake Lucerne, the city is the starting point for numerous excursions.
The Lucerne cityscape is characterized by the covered, medieval Chapel Bridge, which, with its gable paintings, is one of the oldest covered wooden bridges in Europe. Another landmark of the city is the Musegg Wall, which has been preserved in its original fortified form with the exception of one tower.

Historic houses decorated with frescoes line picturesque squares in the car-free old town, such as the Weinmarkt. Lucerne is a city of squares and churches. The Jesuit Church from the 17th century is considered the first sacred baroque building in Switzerland and the two towers of the Hofkirche are an integral part of the cityscape. The dying lion, which was carved into the rock to commemorate the heroic death of the Swiss who fell in the Tuileries in 1792, is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Zentralstrasse 1, 6003 Luzern, Switzerland

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Stop At: Kapellbrücke, Luzern, Switzerland

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Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Spreuer Bridge (Spreuerbrucke), Lucerne 6002 Switzerland

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Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Mühlenplatz, Mühlenpl., 6004 Luzern, Switzerland

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Pass By: Kornmarkt, Old Center, Lucerne 6000 Switzerland

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Pass By: Hotel des Balances, Weinmarkt, 6004 Luzern, Switzerland

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Pass By: Schwanenplatz, Lucerne 6004 Switzerland

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Stop At: Old Town Lucerne, Altstadt, Lucerne 6002 Switzerland

Begin your tour by meeting your guide at your hotel and make your way to the train station in Basel. An intercity train will take you within one hour  into central Lucerne. Close to the main station, the concert hall designed by Jean Nouvel is located. Enjoy the fantastic panorama to the city center across the Reuss river and the surrounding mountains. On the walk with your tour guide, you'll continue towards the wooden "Chapel bridge", a 200m long pedestrian crossing bridge. Get informed about the history of the bridge with it's paintings. You'll continue the tour, discovering the car-free inner city circle and the old town. Your tourguide will give you information about the houses and the former importance in 16th century. Walk across the "Spreuer bridge", the second wooden bridge and take a coffee break along the "Reuss" river. 

After the break, you will continue along the city wall, which was used for defense purposes in early history. At the end, you'll find the "lion monument", a rock relief which commemorates the massacres of Swiss guards during french revolution. 

Your tourguide will lead you back to the boat station, where you'll board the panoramic yacht, which will take you out to the lake Luzern. You may listen to the headphone comments during the tour, or just ask your tourguide about directions, mountains and houses along the shore. After the one hour boat tour, you'll return to the train station in Luzern. You will travel back to Basel on an intercity train within one hour, where your tourguide will lead you back to your hotel and the tour ends. 

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Hofkirche St. Leodegar, St. Leodegarstrasse 6, 6006 Luzern, Switzerland

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Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Lion Monument, Denkmalstrasse 4, Lucerne 6006 Switzerland

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Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Lake Lucerne, Lucerne Switzerland

boat cruise on lake Lucerne

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: KKL Luzern - Lucerne Culture and Convention Centre, Europaplatz 1, Lucerne 6005 Switzerland

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9:30 AM

Traveler pickup is offered

Ports

• St. Johann cruise pier

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