Basel Excursions

Sailboat on the Rhine, Basel © 123rf.com
Most Popular Hotels in Basel:
Hammerstrasse 46, 4058
Messeplatz 25, CH-4005
Schönaustrasse 10, CH-4058
Aeschengraben 31, 4002
 
 




Augusta Raurica, the remains of the Rhine's oldest known Roman colony (dating from 44BC), can be found 12km (7.5 miles) to the east of Basel. Discover more about this once prosperous provincial settlement at the Roman Museum, Glebenacherstrasse 17, Augst, (tel: (061) 816 2222; www.augustaraurica.ch), then explore the excavated classical theatre, temples, taverns and forum.

Another place to visit from Basel is the Vitra Design Museum, Charles-Eames-Strasse 1, Weil am Rhein (tel: (07621) 702 3200/90; www.design-museum.de) on the German side of the border. It is one of the world's foremost museums for industrial design and architecture and was designed by Frank Gehry. Other buildings in the complex were designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, Tadao Ando and Alvaro Siza.
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