Gourmet products local specialties and wines German-Speaking Switzerland

We will take Hirschengasse to reach, at the end, a kind of boulevard, the Boutique shop, where you will find the best products from the corner and, in particular, the three varieties of the famous cheese. Another advantage of the boutique is its flexible opening times, which guarantee you at noon (until 13 p. m.) such as Sunday to find the door open.

Dating back to 1845, this romantic café with its antique decor and murals is a Zurich institution well worth a visit! Whether you're looking for a simple coffee, hot chocolate, pastry, breakfast, brunch or a glass of ice cream, you're sure to find something to your taste. Depending on the weather and your mood, you can settle into one of the café's six intoxicating neo-baroque ambiances. On the first floor, the confectionery proudly displays chocolates, colorful pastries and delectable local specialties.

This bakery chain has been a Swiss institution since 1877! During your stay in Lucerne, you'll find several Bäckerei Hug establishments. You'll be greeted with a warm welcome, and the quality is top-notch. In addition to classic pastries, the staff prepare Lucerne specialties such as sourdough bread and the famous Lucerne gingerbread. For a gourmet break at any time of day: Bäckerei Hug also serves sandwiches. Ideal for a short stopover between two city tours.

The former pharmacy on Zürichbergstrasse in the University and Platte district has been converted into a bar, café and tea room. The tradition of "curing ailments" is being continued by offering passers-by a place to enjoy excellent products that contribute to a good mood. From sweets to small homemade dishes without additives to take away or enjoy on the spot, the preparations are all tasty. In an industrial-urban chic setting, you can enjoy a delicious cappuccino, an Italian coffee or try the house cocktails.

It's hard not to fall in love with so many delicacies from all over Switzerland The Urban Food Store is the former Chäs Chäller grocery store, known in Zurich for thirty-five years. Regulars know the place because it's famous for its cheeses, and the welcome is friendly. Here, and nowhere else in the city, you'll find two-year-old Gruyère. A careful selection of regional products such as dried meats, veal sausages, vegan products, local beers and spirits and all kinds of souvenirs.

The Basler läckerli, whose origin dates back to 1720, is a small gourmandise composed of flour, honey, almond and candied fruits. It is Basel's greedy specialty: spice of incomparable finesse and finesse. The brand Läckerli Huus is now a real channel in the main cities of Switzerland. Don't miss to taste them during your visit. Presented in beautiful metal boxes or nice metal boxes, these cookies are an excellent souvenir to report or offer.

Fine chocolates with weight, gift ideas around cocoa, sweets… but also frozen chestnuts, bottles of hot wine… and lots of kindness in service. What about happiness!

In this bakery with its trendy storefront, you'll find a few tables to settle down at coffee time. Alongside the traditional Basler Leckerli, the house specialty is delicious whisky truffles. A specialty you'll want to try on your visit to the city! They can be found in other bakeries in the city, but the recipe is said to have originated here. The bakery also serves hot drinks and delicious pastries.

Founded in 1905, Merkur began by selling tea, coffee and chocolate. The Merkur shop in Basel on the Market Square is the most famous of them all, having been taken over by the chocolate maker Läderach in 2004. A real success story! You will find a magnificent collection of packaged and weighed chocolates. In summer, don't miss the milk and strawberry chocolate. A place of delicacies that can be found on the other side of the Rhine, in Germany, in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Looking for a warm and friendly tea room? Visit Teegarten Miniatures, just a stone's throw from Basel's bus station. At Béatrice's, you'll find quality teas from all over the world, all the accessories you need to enjoy them at their best, and lots of valuable advice. Here, a small lounge with a few green armchairs at the back of the store lends itself to tasting, with a pretty selection of homemade cakes for a snack break. The welcome and atmosphere are very pleasant. Ideal for a quiet tea time .

A veritable institution in Lucerne, Bachmann confectionery is a must! The family has been delighting sweet tooths for one hundred and twenty years. With ten stores scattered across the city and bright purple storefronts, you can't miss them. One on Schwanenplatz is a 750 kg wall of dripping chocolate. Each store is a veritable palace of sweets of all kinds: freshly baked bread, chocolates, pralines and Lucerne specialities. The quality of the confectionery is such that you'll want to bite into it straight away!

For over 70 years, this chocolate factory has been handcrafting its treasures. It's in the dark chocolate version that this chocolatier excels with its pralines, truffles and many other creations. The elegant boutique offers other hand-crafted treats, including delicious macaroons and a fine collection of ice creams. At Easter, bunnies and cocottes are molded the old-fashioned way, and the window displays are even more enticing.

Confiserie Teuscher has been established in Zurich for ninety years, with branches in Geneva, Berlin, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. In Storchengasse, the ancestral boutique offers an impressive selection of delicacies and the quality for which it is renowned. A chocolate lover's paradise! Tourists and locals alike appreciate the fact that it's open every day, including Sundays. Don't miss the house specialty: champagne truffles.

Mövenpick, whose slogan is "the Swiss art of ice cream", is an institution. This café, located in the modern district, welcomes you to sample its ice cream cocktails and smoothies, as well as the original flavours of its ice creams. Grapefruit, crisp espresso, walnut-maple syrup, chocolate suise and cognac are just some of the mouth-watering flavors. Taste while watching the crowds of tourists and locals pass by on one of the city's busiest sidewalks.

A shop to lick your lips! The company has been in existence since 1919 and offers fine chocolates of excellent quality. In this magnificent shop you will find a whole collection of cream truffles, apricot truffles, malaga truffles, champagne truffles, hazelnut truffles, rum truffles, honey truffles... and pralines as varied as they are divine. The small dark chocolate cones, the brioches and the little ovens that can be seen from the window invite you to taste them. The shop emanates a charm of yesteryear where the good smells attract the passers-by. A sure value.

For cheese lovers and gourmets, here's an attraction you'll love: a visit to the Emmental cheese factory. Every year, more than 300,000 visitors come to discover the secrets of cheese making. There is a restaurant on site with all the cheese specialities, including fondues! Before you leave, don't forget to visit the shop: the window is full of cheeses. You'll find the largest selection of Emmental PDO and many specialities.

You're at the heart of Tête de Moine know-how! The estate houses a museum dedicated to the tête de moine, Switzerland's emblematic cheese, and a cheese tasting room where you can discover the best cheeses awarded at the Tête de Moine festival. Don't miss the girolles d'or award-winning cheeses, including Tête de Moine Classic and Tête de Moine Reserve, both from the fromagerie de la Suze, and the organic Tête de Moine from the fromagerie Amstutz.

Praliné Scherrer is an institution in St. Gallen, located just a stone's throw from the Abbey district, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. An excellent pastry chef and chocolatier, the company has made truffles and pralines its specialties, always coming up with new and innovative gourmet recipes. Among the creations, truffles with cinnamon, mulled wine or tiramisù. All served in elegant wooden boxes. A great gift idea if you can resist the temptation to devour everything. Also very good gingerbread.

The market hall in Altenrhein is an astonishing example of the architectural design of the surrealism-influenced painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser. His work is in a way a direct application of his paintings to reality, with the predominance of nature, the significance of colour, the negation of uniformity. Golden bulbous steeples, bright colours, curved lines, uneven windows and uneven floors, coloured ceramic columns, shaded courtyards and green roofs: the artist rethinks and breaks existing codes.

Demonstration cheese fromagerie.