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Gruyeres medieval village with Cheese and Chocolate tasting private tour from Geneva

Geneva
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration: 8 hours
Activity Level: Easy
Experience: Adventure, Family, Foodie, Historical, Nature
Language: English, Deutsche
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour

Overview

Private tour to Gruyeres is a journey to the real Switzerland. The Gruyères area is known worldwide for its cheese, which has been produced here since the 12th century. During the tour in a modern cheese factory, you can see how this most popular cheese in Switzerland is produced. The tour includes a visit to the factory and Gruyere cheese tasting. To end the day on a sweet note, you'll visit the renowned Chocolaterie Cailler.

What's included

  • Professional licensed guide
  • Pick-up and drop-off
  • Train tickets
  • All fees and taxes
  • Entry Fees to factories
  • Lunch and drinks (own expense)
  • Personal Expenses

Highlights

Castle of Gruyères
The Castle of Gruyères, located in the medieval town of Gruyères, Fribourg, is one of the most famous in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Geneva
Geneva is a city in Switzerland that lies at the southern tip of expansive Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Surrounded by the Alps and Jura mountains, the city has views of dramatic Mont Blanc. Headquarters of Europe’s United Nations and the Red Cross, it’s a global hub for diplomacy and banking. French influence is widespread, from the language to gastronomy and bohemian districts like Carouge.
Gruyères village
Gruyères is a medieval town in the Fribourg canton of Switzerland. It's known for production of the cheese of the same name. The 13th-century Château de Gruyères is a hilltop fortress with a multimedia history show and ornate rooms. Inside the small St. Germain Castle, the H.R. Giger Museum shows artwork relating to the film “Alien.” The Tibet Museum displays Buddhist sculptures and ritual objects of the Himalayas.
La Maison du Gruyère
La Maison du Gruyère is a village cheese dairy providing the opportunity of viewing the hand-made production of the cheese "Le Gruyère AOP" and much more… Do you know the history, century-old expertise and the different production stages of a Gruyère AOP? The specifications, with their quality and traceability requirements? The ageing periods and the cellar treatment during its minimum 5 months of ripening? The interactive display « Gruyère AOP, a journey to the heart of the senses » plays on the five senses to plunge visitors into the world of Gruyère AOP and reveal all its secrets.
Maison Cailler
For more than one century Cailler is calling Gruyère, in the heart of the Swiss Alps, its home. To this day, Maison Cailler continues to produce the finest chocolate creations, with fresh milk from local dairies, sustainable cocoa, finest ingredients and in-depth knowledge of the art of chocolate-making.

Itinerary

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Your guide will pick you up at your centrally located hotel in Geneva.

Head to Gruyere by a train while seeing Swiss sceneries as much as possible with informative explanations.

Start your tour with a cheese factory and learn how the cheeses are made. Taste various labeled cheeses, including Gruyere.

After cheese tasting, you will have a 2-hour walking tour of Gruyère’s old town.

Option for lunch in the village at a typical chalet.

Continue with chocolate softness visiting a famous factory. Discover the secrets of making Swiss Chocolate and enjoy a tasting.

At the end of the tour on your way back to Geneva, enjoy the Swiss countryside and be charmed by the real Switzerland, its green fields, its cows and Mountains.

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