Lucerne City Tour

Zurich, Switzerland

Get the best of both worlds on this full day trip to central Switzerland and Lucerne's old town. After a brief guided city tour, the rest of the day is yours for self exploration.

Sit back and enjoy a beautiful coach ride over the Albis Pass and along the Lake of the Four Cantons shores to Lucerne. Upon your arrival, a short city tour will introduce you to the main highlights including the Lion Monument, Chapel Bridge and the new Concert and Congress Hall.

Afterwards the rest of the day (approximately 6 hours) is yours to explore. Wander through the streets, over bridges and into Lucerne's museums at your leisure. Some optional activities you may wish to consider at your own expense:

• Ride the new City Train (April to October)
• Swiss lunch with Folklore Show (reservations necessary)
• Transport Museum
• Picasso Museum
• Boat trip on Lake Lucerne

Regardless of how you choose to spend your day, Lucerne is bound to reveal the romantic and inspire the photographer in you, so don't forget your camera - the opportunities are endless! Note, no Folklore Show during the Winter.

USD $61.66

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Raymond H	October 2011
A long day. 6 hours is too long to be left to your own devices. Lucerne is very tourist orientated. Worth the trip to see the amazing Lion sculpture.

Review by: Lilly	October 2011
Even though you don't have anything to do on a rainy day in Lucerne, it's still beautiful. Be prepared that this tour is just a mean of transportation to get you to Lucerne and back. Don't expect too much. If you find any cheaper way than this to go to Lucerne from Zurich, please go for it.

Review by: Sara from NZ	October 2011
Lovely township, we were there on a Sat so there was a large market on, stalls selling everything from local cheeses, fruit and veg, right down to used cow bells, handmade rocking horses and old type writers. We traveled 1st Oct 2011 and there was a lot of fog to start of the day so we didn't see much of the countryside, this tour only goes one way through the country, on the way back to Zurich it's all highways which was a shame, but we still got a sense of the place, and by the arvo the sun had burned through most of the fog and we got some great views of the mountains. The tour guide focuses a lot on Swiss economics whereas I wanted to hear a bit more Swiss history, and he did not speak Spanish so the Spanish tourists who didn't speak English didn't understand him. Worth seeing if you have the time, but maybe better as part of a larger tour - like one of the one's up the mountains, we had a bit too much spare time in the town.

Review by: Serene	August 2011
Nice shopping but only the Chpel Bridge is the only sight!!

Review by: gimtiong	July 2011
Basically the trip just provide trasportation to and backfrom Zurich to Lucerne. Anyway Lucerne City is a nice and beautiful city.

Review by: Rachna S	June 2011
My husband and I loved Lucerne! It was beautiful and the weather was great, it rained a little but remained clear for the most part. The drive to Lucerne was beautiful as well. Lucerne is truly a gem and a must see for all the visit Switzerland!

Review by: Kabir A	June 2011
Outward trip was very good, but very disappointed on the return trip. Bus started 45 minutes late than schedule time, also not enough room for the people was waiting to return to Zurich. I was forced to take my daughter on my lap and guide-lady didn't show any courteous manner rather very rude.

Review by: Ellen M	June 2011
Beautiful tour simply because Lucerne is so lovely. We were combined with a Spanish group which was a bit disconcerting. However the guide managed it all.

Review by: Stevend	June 2011
Lucern is lovely place, with a great monument, like the injured lion. That lion is a great piece of art. We visted the glacier garden, who i would recommand. The bridge is a piece of history and was great walking in it. The tour guide was greate in deed. Forgot his name, but he driveing a small black mini van

Review by: Bernard W	May 2011
Our trip was wonderful. Ernest was an excellent guide providing historical information along the way and answering all of our questions. The city of Lucerne is beautiful. The trip could be shortened by 2 hours.

Review by: Julie L	March 2011
While I really enjoyed my trip to Lucerne, there was no city tour other than going to look at a lion carved in stone. I was the only person left in the city while all the others went to Tiglis. I think it would have been better taking the train there on my own.

Review by: Brooke C	February 2011
Prepare to give yourself the tour. You are dropped off by a tour guide and left for 7hrs. Lucerne is beautiful though!

Review by: Christine A	February 2011
Excellent tour guide and a wonderful day - thanks heaps.

Review by: Joyce K	December 2010
Good time but could have had a more prominent meeting point.

Review by: Sarah P	October 2010
My friend and I recently took part in the Lucerne City Tour. Unfortunatly we did not have good weather so it kinda put a damper on our day. Lucerne is a very beautiful city but with the weather being so cold and wet we did not need the full day there. We were the only people to stay in Lucerne for the day and a little overwelmed at first. The bus dropped us off and we were on our own and told where to meet the bus at the end of the day. I am sure if it was better weather we would of had a better day. I felt if we had some more organized events while we spent the day there it would have been a better experience.

Review by: Melissa M	October 2010
Lucerne is a beautiful place to visit. My mom and I stayed behind to visit Lucerne for the whole day, while the rest of the tour group went to Mt. Rigi. We had a short introduction to Lucerne, was given a map and was free to enjoy all of Lucerne. It's a good idea to figure out what you want to do the entire time there so that you know how to spend your time well. We thought we'd be able to do the boat trip on the lake, but ran out of time just walking around. Make sure to put Lucerne on your list of places to visit while in Switzerland.

Review by: Richard R	October 2010
This was little more than bus transportation to Lucerne. Had we known this, we would have taken one of the regular trains from Zurich and had our choice of departure times. When we arrived, the check-in agent did not initially honor our Viator voucher; she made us wait 20 minutes before she could phone to verify our reservation.

Review by: Paul L, South Africa	June 2010
Loved Lucern. Loved our tour leader.

Review by: AKHIL B, United States of America	April 2010
It was really a nice trip, we had lot of fun with no issues at all. Worth doing it.

Review by: Subhendranath C, Germany	April 2010
I did not like the arrangement as the tour was guided only until we reach Lucerne i.e. until the bus drops us at Lucerne near Lucerne main station. After that, it was up to us to travel where we want. This was good so that we can explore the city ourselves but then why should I book the Lucerne tour with the operator, instead I could have taken train to Lucerne hauptbahnhof and would have definitely cost less than what I paid for the tour. I think this tour is not value for money.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	January 2010
Shopping was plentiful. Tour guide was good. It was a pretty landscape.

Review by: Enigma F, Jordan	November 2009
One of the best tours I ever had, it is amazing and very nice tour, specially going on the top 2130 Meters with this nice 75 years old train, and lurcene was an amzaing cool city and the walk was enough for us to discover many things and to make nice shopping, highly recommended

Review by: Lauren D, United States of America	November 2009
I decided to do the Lucerne City Tour because it would have been more expensive for me to just hop on a train from Zurich and go to the city for the day. The short city tour only includes you stopping at the dying Lion monument to take pictures. After that, you're dropped off in the city, given a map, and told when to return to the bus. Lucerne is a great city and it's worth a day trip, even without a guide telling you all about the history and such. If you're looking for some free time, definitely do this tour, but if you're looking for something with a tour guide all day, this isn't for you.

Review by: Sharif A	November 2009
One of the best tours I ever had, it is amazing and very nice tour, specially going on the top 2130 Meters with this nice 75 years old train, and lurcene was an amzaing cool city and the walk was enough for us to discover many things and to make nice shopping, highly recommended

Review by: Ashwinder S, India	August 2009
It was an awesome trip! We a family of 5 adults all thoroughly enjoyed the entire trip. The drive down from Zurich to Lucerne was simply beautiful! I would surely recommend others to go for it. The duration of the trip is more than enough to experience everything en-route as well as in Lucerne. Stay at Zurich, and take such day tours to all the locations. One can enjoy the best of everything!

Review by: Ashwinder Singh C	August 2009
It was an awesome trip! We a family of 5 adults all thoroughly enjoyed the entire trip. The drive down from Zurich to Lucerne was simply beautiful! I would surely recommend others to go for it. The duration of the trip is more than enough to experience everything en-route as well as in Lucerne. Stay at Zurich, and take such day tours to all the locations. One can enjoy the best of everything!

Review by: Boris C, Canada	May 2009
Very well organized tour, and excellent and friendly tour guide.

Review by: Anonymous	November 2008
Wonderful tour, but started off on wrong foot. After several e-mails and phone calls from U.S.A., I was assured that I had reserved, confirmed and reconfirmed hotel pickup from a listed hotel. On arrival at the hotel, I called to give my room as was requested by Viator. At that point, I was told the said the service no longer existed. I "pitched a fit", and they did agree to send a bus for the passengers at the hotel. All was great after that. Loved Lucerne and had good guide and bus driver.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2008
The guide was informative and it was very good.

Review by: Chan S, Malaysia	June 2008
Nice view.

Review by: Gunjan S	June 2008
Not really a tour, they pick you up at Zurich and drop you to Lucerne and give you a map. I think the Lucerne tourist information does a better job for free then the tour and then you are on your own. Once we found this out we upgraded to Mt. Pilatus and it was worth it.

Review by: Colin B, Australia	May 2008
Excellent tour with informed guide.

Review by: Amanda M, Australia	March 2008
A beautiful, clean and lovely town to visit.

Review by: Amanda S	March 2008
A beautiful, clean and lovely town to visit.

Review by: Mary J, United States of America	October 2007
I was disappointed that we did not get a small tour of Lucerne. I read the offer as having a tour of the highlights of Lucerne and then the rest of the time on your own. Our guide was eager to get rid of us and not much insight as to what was there of interest.

Review by: Nikki L, United States of America	September 2007
If we go back to Switzerland we want to stay in Lucerne. Amazing town, beautiful lake, great shops. I think this tour was probably an hour or 2 too long. We ended up sitting around waiting for the bus because the bus moves on to other places after it drops you off. The tour guide takes you to go see the Lion statue then you're on your own with the other tourists for an hour. After that hour the people who purchased the other tours move on and you stay in the city. Buy your chocolates, food, water etc. at COOP grocery store. I bought chocolate at this one tourist shop and paid 26 francs when I could have bought it for 18 at COOP. They have the same stuff all the tourist shops have but for less. Same in Zurich, go to COOP to buy all your items. Lucerne is a beautiful city with all the shops and cafes on the river. Totally worth the money.

Review by: Nikki	September 2007
If we go back to Switzerland we want to stay in Lucerne. Amazing town, beautiful lake, great shops. I think this tour was probably an hour or 2 too long. We ended up sitting around waiting for the bus because the bus moves on to other places after it drops you off. The tour guide takes you to go see the Lion statue then you're on your own with the other tourists for an hour. After that hour the people who purchased the other tours move on and you stay in the city. Buy your chocolates, food, water etc. at COOP grocery store. I bought chocolate at this one tourist shop and paid 26 francs when I could have bought it for 18 at COOP. They have the same stuff all the tourist shops have but for less. Same in Zurich, go to COOP to buy all your items. Lucerne is a beautiful city with all the shops and cafes on the river. Totally worth the money.

Review by: Anonymous	August 2007
It would be better to go by train and spend more time in the beautiful city.

Review by: Vivien H, United Kingdom	July 2007
I had a lovely day visiting this picturesque town. It was also well worth a trip to the Transport Museum and the Imax theatre.

Review by: Robert W	June 2007
The weather was bad. I think that Viator should have mentioned that the day we booked the tour for was a national holiday - almost all of the stores were closed.

Review by: Carole B, Australia	September 2006
Being off the main roads and going through the countryside is an added bonus. The day in Lucerne was wonderful and the commentary was exceptional from our tour guide. The day was perfect and we leisurely saw the old town of Lucerne. If you come to Switzerland, this is one place that should be on your itinerary.