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Zurich Old Town Self Guided Tour of Saints and Sausages
Zurich
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Somewhere in this old town, a printer served sausage during Lent and accidentally launched a revolution. A princess was offered a kingdom and chose a convent instead, then used it to rule the city for five centuries. And two saints were beheaded by the Romans, picked up their own heads, and walked away.
This self guided audio tour takes you through seventeen stops across Zurich's old town, from Roman bathhouse ruins hidden beneath a toy shop to the financial square that was once a swine market. Stand on the hilltop where women in armor bluffed an army into retreat. See Chagall's stained glass at Fraumünster. Learn why Swiss clocks pause for exactly one second, and end with fondue rules, cho...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Hauptbahnhof
This is a self-guided audio tour on your self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for your company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
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Zurich town hall
Zurich Old Town Self Guided Tour of Saints and Sausages
Zurich
About
Somewhere in this old town, a printer served sausage during Lent and accidentally launched a revolution. A princess was offered a kingdom and chose a convent instead, then used it to rule the city for five centuries. And two saints were beheaded by the Romans, picked up their own heads, and walked away.
This self guided audio tour takes you through seventeen stops across Zurich's old town, from Roman bathhouse ruins hidden beneath a toy shop to the financial square that was once a swine market. Stand on the hilltop where women in armor bluffed an army into retreat. See Chagall's stained glass at Fraumünster. Learn why Swiss clocks pause for exactly one second, and end with fondue rules, cho...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 4 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 8 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don’t love the tour, write to us for a full refund.
1-year access to audio on iOS & Android. Listen to the tour anytime, as many times as you like
Audio and written guide included
Offline access to the tour (no internet connection needed) once tour is downloaded
Images to identify stops and in app interactive map for navigation
Any physical devices or headphones
Human tour guide at location
Meeting Points
Departure
Hauptbahnhof
This is a self-guided audio tour on your self-guided tour app. To activate the tour, check your email for instructions from us sent right after booking. Can’t find it? Search for your company in your email inbox and spam folder. OR contact us via support.
Return
Zurich town hall
Itinerary
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Hauptbahnhof
Discover why Swiss clocks pause for exactly one second and how a pastry named an entire railway line.
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Meet the armored woman who led Zurich's defense when the city's fighting men were away.
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Lindenhof Hill
Survey the city's oldest hilltop and spot two universities that produced 21 Nobel Prize winners
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Grabstein Lucius (Archäologisches Fenster)
Read the gravestone that preserves the very first written record of the name Zurich.
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St. Peter's Church
Look up at Europe's largest church clock face and learn why a watchman rang the bell every fifteen minutes.
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Peer through glass at Roman bathhouse ruins discovered beneath a toy shop nearly two thousand years later.
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Paradeplatz
Stand where a swine market became the headquarters of Swiss global banking.
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Fraumunster Church
Learn how a princess chose a convent over a kingdom and ruled Zurich for five centuries.
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Fraumunster Church
Admire five towering stained glass windows by Marc Chagall depicting biblical stories in radiant color.
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Hans Waldmann Statue
Face the bronze statue reminding politicians that Zurich once executed a mayor for raising taxes.
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Munsterbrucke
Cross a bridge designed by the Suez Canal engineer and spot a bathhouse turned barefoot bar.
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Wasserkirche
Hear the legend of two beheaded saints who picked up their heads and walked away.
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Grossmunster
Count your steps to the church where a sausage dinner launched the Swiss Reformation.
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Limmatquai
Walk past the former guild houses that governed Zurich before modern democracy replaced them.
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Zurich town hall
Step inside a building over the river where direct democracy gives every citizen a voice.
