Good day trips from Basel?
 

Hello, <BR>We'll be staying in Basel for a week and I would welcome any suggestions for good day trips from the city. We won't have a car though... <BR> <BR>Thanks for your suggestions!

<BR>We loved our recent trip to Interlaken -- it was about an hour train-ride out of Basel. <BR> <BR>You can also go into France -- we liked Colmar much better than Strasbourg.

Geoff: Basel, my home town! If you are interested in modern art, don't miss the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen. A must. Right now a Mark Rothko exhibition. The permanent collection is great too. www.beyeler.com <BR>Tram Nr. 6 from the city center to the stop "Riehen-Dorf". <BR>Also, the Tinguely Museum, great and a lot of fun. www.tinguely.ch <BR>In town. You can walk along the Rhine from tram stop Wettsteinplatz, Tram Nr. 2. <BR>You'll find a lot of useful info at Basel's official website: www.baseltourismus.ch (English site too). <BR>Don't miss the old part of the city with the Rathaus and the Münster, the Museum of Fine Arts. Walk up the Spalenberg off Marktplatz. Very scenic with narrow streets. <BR>Within one or two hours or a little more, you will be in Berne, Lucerne, Zurich, Solothurn. Interlaken would be some 2h30min. though. Have a nice stay!

We had a weather interuption of a Rhine Cruise some years back and wound up in Basel for four days. We trained to Lucerne one of the days. It was magnificent!!! I don't remember how long it took, but remember it as an easy train ride and a wonderful city. don't miss it!

Freiburg, old university town with Muenster church, can be easily reached by train <BR>Badenweiler, Roman spa and modern thermal spa/pool plus old castle ruin, winetasting <BR>Colmar <BR>Zurich <BR>Black Forest <BR>Lake Lucerne <BR>Everything can be easily reached by train. Also offered are bus tours, which are usually quite inexpensive. They may take you into a mountains, you hike, and they pick you up on the other side of the mountain.