Food & Drink in Switzerland
Here’s what to eat and where to eat it during your time in Switzerland.
Swiss chocolate
Indulge in Switzerland’s finest chocolate at the best chocolate factories, workshops, and chocolate themed city walks.
- Easy
- 1.5 h
- 3.3 k
- 10m
- 8m
Visit the best chocolate shops in Zürich while seeing the best parts of city on this self-guided walking tour.
- Zurich Region
- Zürich City
Swiss Cheese
Learn about Swiss cheese making in a fun way at this dairy where you can watch live cheese making, sample the local cheese, and make your own alpine herbal mix to take home.
- Eastern Switzerland
- Appenzell
Learn how gruyère, the most popular cheese in Switzerland, is made at this working dairy with small interactive museum.
- Lake Geneva Region
- Fribourg
Learn about Swiss cheese making through history at this working dairy and museum, with a fun multimedia tour and live cheese making.
- Bern Region, Emmental
Swiss Recipes
Make your favorite Swiss food at home using these cookbooks with classic Swiss recipes (in English) and learn about the history of Swiss cuisine and food culture.
How to make Swiss cheese fondue, with tips for beginners like what cheese and wine to use, equipment, a simple recipe, troubleshooting, and accompaniments.
Easy to follow recipes for classic Swiss dishes like Rösti, Bircher Müesli, and Älpermagronen, explaining special ingredients and techniques that might not be obvious to the non Swiss cook.
Dining out
In Switzerland, you don’t have to always hike to get the big views. You can simply ride to the top of a mountain and enjoy a nice meal from a panorama terrace. Here are a few we recommend that are suitable for families.
Learn about what food to expect when dining out in the Swiss alps at mountain restaurants and huts.
Swiss Picnic
Most hikes have official “Feuerstelle” picnic areas, with fire pits, grills, wood, kindling, and sometimes an ax so you can chop your own wood. Here are our favorites in Switzerland.
We love cooking over an open fire, especially in the Swiss alps. Sausages are an obvious choice but can get a little boring if you go hiking every weekend. So here are few other ideas that are easy and still fit in your backpack.
