Aargau-Basel Region Travel Guide

Tourist Guide
Basel which includes a house and street scenes
Basel featuring a pond and street scenes
Aargau-Basel Region
Basel showing a fountain, outdoor art and a statue or sculpture
Photo provided by Basel Tourismus/ Cinerent Open Air AG
Photo provided by Basel Tourismus/ Cinerent Open Air AG

Where to stay in Aargau-Basel Region

Basel showing modern architecture

Basel City Centre

4.5/5(10 area reviews)

Museums, art galleries and historical sites highlight some notable features of Basel City Centre. Make a stop by Basler Muenster or Basel Cathedral while you're visiting, and jump aboard the metro at Marktplatz Tram Stop or University Tram Stop to get around town.

Basel City Centre
Basel showing street scenes and a house

Old Town

Museums, art galleries and live music are just a few things travellers like about Old Town. Sights like White and Blue House and Basel Town Hall are spots to explore, and you can get around the greater Basel area at Marktplatz Tram Stop.

Old Town
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Sankt Alban

4/5(2 area reviews)

While visiting Sankt Alban, you might make a stop by sights like St. Jakobshalle and St. Jakob-Park.

Sankt Alban
Basel showing street scenes and a house

Altstadt Grossbasel

If you're spending time in Altstadt Grossbasel, you might enjoy attractions like Basel Town Hall and Marktplatz. You might also enjoy the neighbourhood's ample dining options before hopping on the metro at Marktplatz Tram Stop to see more of the city.

Altstadt Grossbasel
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Sankt Jakob

If you're spending some time in Sankt Jakob, St. Jakob-Park and St. Jakob-Park Shopping Centre are top sights worth seeing.

Sankt Jakob
Basel Art Museum featuring night scenes and street scenes

Vorstädte

If you're spending time in Vorstädte, you might enjoy attractions like Theater Basel and Basel Art Museum. You might also enjoy the neighbourhood's ample dining options before hopping on the metro at University Tram Stop to see more of the city.

Vorstädte
Radisson Blu Hotel, Basel
Radisson Blu Hotel, Basel
4 out of 5
Steinentorstrasse 25, Basel, BS
The price is AU$298 per night from 1 Feb to 2 Feb
AU$298
includes taxes & fees
1 Feb - 2 Feb
Stay at this 4-star spa hotel in Basel. Enjoy free WiFi, a full-service spa, and breakfast (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. Popular ...
8.4/10 Very Good! (365 reviews)
"Very good stay, they seemed to be light on staff particularly on the front desk at check in time. They have kiosks to check you in but if there was a problem the staff there were very busy. Very happy with the stay and will stay again"

Reviewed on 6 Jan. 2025

Radisson Blu Hotel, Basel
Basel Marriott Hotel
Basel Marriott Hotel
4 out of 5
Messeplatz 25, Basel, BS
The price is AU$284 per night from 17 Jan to 18 Jan
AU$284
includes taxes & fees
17 Jan - 18 Jan
Stay at this 4-star eco-certified hotel in Basel. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and 24-hour room service. Our guests praise the helpful staff in our ...
8.6/10 Excellent! (583 reviews)
Great time!
"Basel is a quaint city. Rooms were clean. Easy public transportation to downtown and zoo. The hotel bar had a great attentive bartender and breakfast was a good spread every day."

Reviewed on 3 Jan. 2025

Basel Marriott Hotel
B&B Hotel Basel
B&B Hotel Basel
3 out of 5
St Jakobs Strasse 193-195, Basel
The price is AU$153 per night from 20 Jan to 21 Jan
AU$153
includes taxes & fees
20 Jan - 21 Jan
Stay at this 3-star hotel in Basel. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and parking (surcharge). Popular attractions St. Jakobshalle and St. Jakob-Park are ...
7.8/10 Good! (181 reviews)
"Staff was very helpful and nice. Public transportation was easily accessible and navigable"

Reviewed on 7 Jan. 2025

B&B Hotel Basel
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Aparthotel Adagio Basel City
Aparthotel Adagio Basel City
4.5 out of 5
Hammerstrasse 46, Basel, BS
Stay at this 4.5-star luxury aparthotel in Basel. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and a free area shuttle. Our guests praise the helpful staff and the ...
8.6/10 Excellent! (649 reviews)
"The hotel is clean comfortable, and nice. It’s in a good location and close to a tram stop. The only thing that isn’t excellent is that the WiFi is painful slow less than 3 mbps in the room."

Reviewed on 16 Dec. 2024

Aparthotel Adagio Basel City
Aparthotel Adagio Access Saint Louis Bâle
Aparthotel Adagio Access Saint Louis Bâle
3 out of 5
92 Avenue de Bale, Saint-Louis, Haut-Rhin
Stay at this 3-star aparthotel in Saint-Louis. Enjoy free WiFi, breakfast (surcharge), and parking (surcharge). Our guests praise the helpful staff in our reviews. ...
7.8/10 Good! (746 reviews)
"We stayed for 3 nights in December, the breakfast was good and never busy, staff checking us in wet friendly and polite and spoke multiple languages. The areas itself is ok, it's near a tram stop into the centre of Basel and within close enough proximity to local amenities such as the Co-op to stock ..."

Reviewed on 18 Dec. 2024

Aparthotel Adagio Access Saint Louis Bâle
VISIONAPARTMENTS Basel Nauenstrasse
VISIONAPARTMENTS Basel Nauenstrasse
3 out of 5
55 Nauenstrasse, Basel, BS
Stay at this 3-star apartment in Basel. Enjoy free WiFi, an outdoor pool, and breakfast (surcharge). Popular attractions BIS Tower and Via Gottardo are located ...
7.2/10 Good! (27 reviews)
"I like these apartments, they are an easy walk from the station. They are simple but smartly done. The sound proofing on the windows is excellent and if you are in a room at the front of the building you need it. The TV reception is a bit sketchy for the foreign channels but the WiFi is good enough ..."

Reviewed on 17 Sep. 2024

VISIONAPARTMENTS Basel Nauenstrasse
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Popular places to visit

Marktplatz

Marktplatz

4.5/5(2 reviews)

You can enjoy retail therapy at Marktplatz during your visit to Basel. Experience the area's museums and art scene.

Marktplatz
Basel Zoo showing snow, cuddly or friendly animals and marine life

Basel Zoo

5/5(2 reviews)

Spend hours walking around one of the country’s most impressive zoos .Marvel at the thousands of animals roaming around their large enclosures.

Basel Zoo
Basel Art Museum which includes street scenes

Basel Art Museum

Appreciate a vast assortment of impressive works spanning several centuries on the gallery walls of the country’s largest art museum.

Basel Art Museum
Basel showing a city and a river or creek

Basler Muenster

4.5/5(3 reviews)

Admire its exquisite architecture, peer from the towers over the city or just soak up the atmosphere of Basel’s most important house of worship.

Basler Muenster
Beyeler Foundation

Beyeler Foundation

5/5(2 reviews)

Art enthusiasts set up a foundation to collect modernist pieces in the 1980s. Now, a large complex with a scenic garden hosts the inspiring collection.

Beyeler Foundation

St. Jakobshalle

Catch an event at St. Jakobshalle during your trip to Basel. Experience the museums and art scene in this walkable area.

St. Jakobshalle

Cities near Aargau-Basel Region

Weil am Rhein

Weil am Rhein

Photo "Waldshut-Tiengen" by Simisa (CC BY-SA) / Cropped from original
Photo by Simisa (CC BY-SA)

Waldshut-Tiengen