The Great Tour of Zurich

Mediocre. The bus was clean and we did see the countryside and lake however... I have been on good tours to help me learn about a city after I've explored a bit myself but this one was slow considering how expensive it was. The tour guide seemed quite bored with his job. If I could do it over I would skip this one.

At the meeting point it was confusing what bus to take. It was not made clear that two tours are combined on the bus for the drive through Zurich. After boarding the bus the two tours make the Zurich stop together and then when you get to the castle the two groups split, one does the boat tour and the other continues on the bus. The guide did not speak very good English and was hard to understand at times.

This was too much of a rush and unplanned trip. Please factor in tourist comfort and expectation to make the experience entertaining and not mundane.

The great tour of Zurich is very comprehensive tour, I have been to major part of the city and had 2 hours cruise on the lake Zurich, it is Si beautiful and by the end of the trip, I also had a bit time to walk to train station through the centre of the Zurich, and discovered a bit more of it.

I had only one day in Zurich, so I wanted to take a quick tour to acquaint me with the highlights of the city, a tour that would leave me with a little more free time to explore afterwards. This tour did just that. I appreciated that the tour moved pretty quickly through different spots, and was pleasantly surprised at the amount of scenery we ended up being to take in. The boat ride back was absolutely beautiful. For the price this was definitely worth booking, but I'd only recommend it if you have a full day, so that you can also do some more wandering and exploring afterwards.

Tour was awful. Bus ride around Zurich simply named buildings we passed by, did not provide any history or interesting facts about the city there's the museum, there's the college, there's the chocolate factory. Ride to Rapperswil was not scenic as advertised, but on a grimy walled off interstate. Once we arrived at the castle in Rapperswil, it began to storm with lightening and thunder and torrential rain. Instead of using common sense to the lead us back to the restaurant at which we were supposed to have lunch, the tour guide Thomas instead caroled us into looping the long away around to still try and view the rose gardens! In a storm! The worst by far was the guides behavior at the restaurant with which he or his company was clearly partnered. You have exactly one hour in Rapperswil if you are leaving on the recommended boat tour back to Zurich. In this hour, you are supposed to visit the castle, visit the rose gardens, and eat lunch. This is obviously impossible, especially in a thunderstorm. However, our guide was adamant that we would have time in the ten minutes before our boat left to eat lunch in his partnered restaurant so we dubiously entered. Not only did the guide not have a single table reserved for his group of 15-20 forcing us to sit with strangers, soaking wet but when we then finally told him that there was no way we had time to eat before our boat left, he demanded that we order something or stand outside to wait for our boat in the middle of a storm. Shocked and appalled at his shady and greedy business practices. Would NEVER recommend.

Nice tour around town and then going to the small town outside of Zurich was very nice. Good guide who made the trip interesting and educational. Loved the slow boat trip back. Time to just relax and enjoy the Swiss countryside.

Tour was too rushed both the walk through Zurich and to the church and castle in Raspirill, barely time to even turn your head to look around

This was a great way to see Zurich on day one of our trip. it gave us great ideas on where to return for the following days. The boat ride was very nice as well. Well worth it!!

If you have just a morning or just one afternoon, this tour will only give you highlights of Zurich.