Biel
Biel is the largest bilingual city in Switzerland and the cradle for the Swiss watch-maker tradition. It is also the ideal starting point for a day trip in the 3-lake region or to the Jura. Biel is a city full of sights and situated along the longest waterway in Switzerland. Why not rest your feet and take a boat ride to Biel – you’ll be there in less than 3 hours and enjoy the rushing waters of the rivers and lakes along the way.
Not to be missed while in Biel
• Tours of St. Peter’s Island
• a trip to Papillorama, a recreation of the daytime and nighttime rain forest, in Kerzers
• Twannback and Taubenloch Gorge
• the Winzer villages (wine tasting and treber sausages)
• a boat trip on the three lakes
• Vinifuni
• beautiful midieval cities like Erlach, Twann, and Murten
• day trips in the three lake region
Please contact Biel Tourism for further information about city tours
Please contact Bielersee Schiffahrt BSG for furtner information about a boat trip on the Aare River or the Three Lake Region
Biel Seeland Tourism
Bahnhofplatz 1741
2501 Biel
Phone: +41 (0) 32 329 84 84
info@biel-seeland.ch
www.biel-seeland.ch
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