Basel; Sunday, 30 August, 2015

After breakfast I headed back out into town for a bit more of a wander around, including popping into the tourist information centre to see what else there was to do. I picked up a leaflet for the self-guided tram tour that uses the circular route 15/16 to take in a significant part of the city, including some spectacular climbs up into the hills around the south of the city centre.

The round trip took about an hour and after a brief stop for a morning coffee I headed up into the university district to visit the Spalentor – one of the former city gates and one of the most spectacular, before heading over to the neighbouring botanical gardens to look around that.

By the time I’d had a quick spot of lunch in town the temperature was starting to get quite unpleasant so I decided the easiest way to deal with this, given its Switzerland, was to head to the top of the nearest mountain.

Thankfully that was a short train and connecting bus ride away in the town of Reigoldswil where I took the cable car up to the top of the mountain to Wasserfallen.

I had a drink at one of the cafes at the top of the mountain whilst taking in the views, and the beautiful cool breeze that was making the temperature much more bearable.

After a quick walk around the top of the mountain I headed back down and caught the buses back into Basel, stopping off at the Eastern most former city gate to have a look around that, before heading back to the hotel to freshen up.

Refreshed I headed back out into town for dinner, deciding on a very nice Anatolian restaurant in the old part of town, before having a wander up to the Münster to take in the views over the Rhine at night before heading back to the hotel.