The Basel City Guides answer the questions every visitor ends up asking: which museums to save for which day when most of them close on Monday, how locals float down the Rhine in summer, where to eat well without paying station prices and how to slip over to France or Germany for an afternoon. Each guide is a short, opinionated list that tells you why a place is worth it, what to order or look at and one practical tip, and it opens in your browser as soon as you pay.
About the Basel City Guides
- 140 places
- 6 guides
- Works offline
- Print or PDF
- Instant access
- Free updates
The six Basel guides
Food guide
23 places
Wood-panelled Beizen serving rösti and Geschnetzeltes, a 1929 market hall under a dome by the station, kiosks on the Rhine and Läckerli you can taste before you buy.
Things to do guide
24 places
Six art museums, a medieval paper mill and an apothecary museum, old-town gates and viewpoints, the Rhine as locals use it and the free card that halves most museum tickets.
Family guide
24 places
Parks with water play, a ferry pushed across by the current alone, outdoor pools and the river, museums where kids get to press the buttons and places to eat when everyone is hungry.
Nightlife guide
25 places
After-work drinks on Rheingasse and Ochsengasse, a jazz club with international acts, clubs in old industrial sites and the Rhine buvettes after dark.
Day trips guide
20 places
Three countries within an hour, Roman ruins and castles by tram or S-Bahn, Colmar and Freiburg by regional train, Lucerne and Bern, then lakes and mountains.
Budget guide
24 places
The BaselCard that makes trams free, museums with free first Sundays, a Rhine ferry for small change, a free animal park and meals that leave your wallet intact.
Why an interactive guide beats a list
Tick places off
Mark each place as done and watch your progress, so you always know what is left.
Your own notes
Write notes on any place and add your own finds. They stay on your phone.
One tap to Maps
Every place opens in Google Maps, and the day route puts your picks in a sensible order.
Open now, near me
Filter by what is open right now or what is closest to you.
Works offline
Open the guide once with a connection and it keeps working without data.
Print it or save as PDF
On a computer, print any guide or save it as a PDF to take with you.
Three places from the guides
Markthalle Basel
Steinentorberg 20, next to Basel SBB station
A market hall from 1929 under an enormous concrete dome, now filled with food stalls from around the world, from tacos and curries to Ethiopian plates, plus a craft beer bar. The best-value sit-down meal near the station. From the food guide.
Mittlere Brücke
Between Schifflände and Kleinbasel
Basel’s oldest Rhine crossing, standing where a bridge already stood in 1226. Stop at the small chapel halfway across, hung with love locks, and look upstream to the Münster for the city’s classic view. From the things to do guide.
Rheinbad Breite
St. Alban-Rheinweg, Breite
A timber bathhouse from 1898 built out over the river, with a bar and a little sauna. In summer it is the easy, safe way to swim in the Rhine with the locals; in the cold months people come for the sauna. From the budget guide.
Finish the game, start the guide
World City Trail’s Basel scavenger hunt, escape game and audio tour lead you through the old town. Once the last clue is solved, the guides take over: lunch under the dome of the Markthalle, a ferry across the Rhine to Kleinbasel, after-work drinks on Rheingasse or a regional train to Colmar the next morning.
Basel guides: your questions
What do the Basel City Guides cover?
Six guides with 140 places in all: food, things to do, family, nightlife, day trips and budget. For each place you get the reason to go, the neighbourhood, notes on opening times and one practical tip.
How do I receive the guides?
As soon as your payment goes through, the links appear on your order page and in the confirmation email. They open in the browser of any phone or laptop, with no app to install and no account to create.
Which languages are the Basel guides in?
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. You can switch between them inside the guide whenever you like.
Will the guides work offline in Basel?
Yes. Open each guide once while connected and it keeps working without data, ticks and notes included. Only the map links need a connection.
How much do the guides cost?
One guide is CHF 4.49, two are CHF 7.99, four are CHF 14.49 and all six are CHF 17.99; with a World City Trail game, the food guide drops to CHF 3.49 and all six to CHF 13.49.
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