Zurich Open Top Bus, Chocolate and Cheese Factory Tour Appenzell

The open top bus was a bus with a fold back roof not what was expected. The city tour was average at best. Due to conflicting information about arrival times back to Zurich did not do the cheese factory. But given there was an 1.5 gap between the city tour and the cheese factory which was not advised I gave up

This was the first tour my wife and I booked while traveling to Switzerland for the first time. We really enjoyed the smaller size of this tour group and our guide, Gabriel. He was friendly and explained everything very well. We also had plenty of free time to explore the area. Unfortunately, the city tour was canceled but the chocolate and cheese tour was definitely worth it and we’d highly recommend.

The actual tour started at 12:30 even though the tour stated it started at 10:00am. At 10:00 am, we got on a bus that took us around Zurich for an hour and then dropped us off at 11:00am and told us to wait for the next bus for our tour! First of all, we did not want a tour of Zürich. We wanted what we paid for and should have started at 10 as it was advertised. The 12:30 tour bus arrived, we travelled to Appenzell and were on a tight schedule. The drive through the countryside was fast and furious and taking the mountain curves could have been more enjoyable if not having to rush instead of taking curves at a high speed. If we had left at 10:00, gone to the very enjoyable places we were promised, we would have gotten back before 7:00pm and enjoyed the scenery instead of being rushed. We did have time at the cheese and chocolate places but the drive was miserable. Felt cheated of the experience to enjoy the countryside! Both bus drivers were nice and congenial and good drivers! But, the experience was not worth it for us! A day lost!

Morning open top bus was quite good. It took 55 minutes and was sufficiently extensive. The starting point was as instructed. We asked the driver where the next bus was leaving from, as the instructions were incomplete in this regard (no time, no place). On the map there was a place 2 in a completely different part of the city, maybe it was referring to the city tour, I don't know. The driver said the same place as morning and in about an hour, a small white bus. This was true. If the city tour had started at 11:00 we would have had plenty of time to catch this bus then too - it's worth considering changing the schedule - because the afternoon trip started at 12:30. A wait of more than an hour is too long, especially if there is uncertainty. The afternoon tour to the chocolate factory, cheese factory and village was really nice. We were the only participants on the tour. The driver was really nice and knowledgeable. The best part of the day. Both the cheese factory and especially the chocolate factory are very suitable for children. Village was really beautiful.

Only issue that we had was that after the city tour we had no In formation as to departure time for cheese and chocolate tour and waited 1 1/2 hrs for bus. Both parts of these tours were interesting and our guides were great