In late April, I will have 3 -4 days to spend in the Basel area before boarding a river cruise to Amsterdam. We're open to renting a car and traveling a bit in Switzerland or other close areas. What are some highlights that we should consider?
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I would spend time visiting the many neighborhoods of Basel +/- a daytrip to Bern (1.5 hours by train).
Basel has a MULTITUDE of museums and a lively walkable old town.
Plenty of cafes along the river, a cathedral, awesome Rathaus, and cool tethered boat system to cross the river!
Luzern is 2 hours by train, but often OVERRUN by tourists. Nuff said.
Use the train site/app to estimate travel time and cost.
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Nederland, CO
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Freiburg Germany and Colmar France are both easily accessible by train from Basel and would make wonderful day trips!.
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Georgia
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Our family enjoyed visiting Freiburg Germany which is a 45 minute train ride away. I hope you have a really great time wherever you choose to spend your time.
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Some great suggestions already.
If you have any interest in cars or trains, Mulhouse has a world-class car museum (Musée National de l'Automoile) and an excellent train museum (Cite du Train). Mulhouse is otherwise pretty dire, but very close to Basel by train.