Here are some articles I’ve written about Swiss food destinations by canton. Each is based on my own experience visiting these food-focused places, such as markets, restaurants, museums and more. I have also included articles about food specialties from these regions, so you know what to look for when you’re there. I hope this information will give you some ideas for planning your next culinary excursion in Switzerland.

Appenzell

• Mountain restaurants
  • Berggasthaus Äscher-Wildkirchli
  • Säntisgipfel Restaurant
• Beer – Why You Should Visit the Home of Appenzeller Bier
• Specialty – Pfilenbrot

Basel

• Specialties – 10 Traditional Foods from Basel, Switzerland

Bern

• Culinary hike – Scenic Vineyard Trail from Biel/Bienne to La Neuveville
• Cheese
  • Emmentaler Schaukäserei (Affoltern)
  • Fromage Mauerhofer (Burgdorf)
• Experiences
  • The Kambly Experience: A Swiss Biscuit Paradise (Trubschachen)
  • Meiringen, Switzerland: The Birthplace of Meringue?
  • Tropenhaus Frutigen: Tropical Fruit and Caviar in the Swiss Alps (Frutigen)
• Museum – Ballenberg, Swiss Open-Air Museum (Hofstetten bei Brienz)
• Mountain restaurant – Métairie de Morat (Cormoret)

Fribourg

• Table d’Hôtes – Laure’s Kitchen: A Hidden Gem for Home-Cooked Meals in Châtel-St-Denis
• Specialty – Cuchaule (saffron bread)

Genève

• Farm – Ferme de Budé: Urban and Organic Farming in Geneva
• Market – La Halle de Rive
• Chocolate – Marmites
• Specialty – Cardons

Graubünden

• Culinary hike – Culinary Trails and Crystal Blue Lakes in Flims
• Destionation – Davos Klosters
• Experience – Make Alpine Cheese and Discover Regional Foods in Parpan, Switzerland
• Specialties
  • Bütschella
  • Churer Röteli
  • Tatsch
  • Thusner Hosenknöpfe
• Shopping – Where to find Bündner Nusstorte in Scuol (Scuol)
• Restaurants
  • CheCha Restaurant & Club (St. Moritz)
  • Hotel Palazzo Salis (Soglio)
  • Rolf Fliegauf’s Ecco Restaurant (St. Moritz)
  • Schloss Schauenstein (Fürstenau)
  • Waldhaus-Sils (Sils im Engadin)
• Mountain restaurant – Alphütte Fops (Lenzerheide)

Jura

• Specialty – Saucisse d’Ajoie
• Chocolate – CHEZ Camille Bloch (Courtelary)

Neuchâtel

• Cooking classes: Les Laboratoires Culinaires
• Mountain restaurant – La Buvette des Pradières-Dessus
• Museums
  • Mines d’asphalte (Travers)
  • Museum of Vine and Wine at Château de Boudry (Boudry)
  • Maison de l’Absinthe (Môtiers)
• Shopping – Where to Shop for Local Swiss Foods in Neuchâtel
• Cheese – Fromagerie Les Martel (Les Pont-des-Martels)
• Specialties
  • Absinthe
  • Bleuchâtel Cheese
  • Pain de Pâques
  • Sèches au beurre 
• Wine
  • Oeil-de-Perdrix
  • Neuchâtel Non Filtré

Nidwalden

• Restaurant – Taverne 1879 at the Bürgenstock Resort

Solothurn

• Culinary hike – Beer Hikes: Solothurn’s Buechibärger Trail

St. Gallen

• Mountain restaurant: Berghotel Seebenalp
• Specialty: St. Galler Bratwurst

Ticino

• Specialty: Farina Bóna

Uri

• Specialties – 9 Traditional Foods from Switzerland’s Canton Uri

Vaud

• Cooking classes – Alimentarium (Vevey)
• Museum – Musée de la Vigne et du Vin at Aigle Castle
• Restaurants
  • La Table d’Edgard at the Lausanne Palace
  • Anne-Sophie Pic at the Beau-Rivage Palace
• Shopping – Helvetimart (Lausanne)
• Specialties
  • Bouchon Vaudois
  • Boutefas

Valais

• Mountain restaurants
  • Cabane des Violettes (Crans-Montana)
  • Buvette de Pépinet (Crans-Montana)
• Museum – Musée du Vin and the Vineyard Trail: From Sierre to Salgesch in Valais
• Beer – WhiteFrontier Brewery (Martigny)

Zürich

• Cooking classes
  • Sherly’s Kitchen
  • Hiltl Akademie
• Restaurant – Mövenpick Wein’s 20/20 Restaurant
• Specialty – Tirggel

If you have a suggestions for a Swiss food destination or regional specialty that I should add to this list, please don’t hesitate to contact me or leave a comment below. Thanks! -Heddi

Updated: August 14, 2019