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"Firsthand Switzerland — always lived, never looked up"
PERSONAL TRIP CONSULTATION
A one-on-one planning session to build your ideal Swiss hiking trip — tailored to your pace, interests, and the kind of experience you're after.
Not your typical city tour. Not a mountain hike.
Something in between.
Special: Zurich Urban Hike
Designed for curious travelers who want to experience the city actively beyond the obvious.
Explore Zurich the way locals do: along quiet paths, hidden staircases, forest edges, and panoramic viewpoints; where nature, history, and everyday life naturally connect.
This is sightseeing in motion.
And a way to experience Zurich that most visitors never discover.
Personal * Immersive * Memorable
My name is Giada
My Story
Walking has always been my way of truly arriving somewhere — not just visiting it.
There's a different kind of knowing that comes from moving through a place slowly, on foot, exploring at a pace which allows you to "take it all in" and feel your way into a place. You don't get that from a bus window.
You get it step by step.
The mountains, especially, have always felt like home to me: their scale has a way of putting everything else into perspective. As a tour guide, yoga teacher, and travel planner, I kept circling back to the same thing: experiences built on movement, curiosity, and real connection — to nature, to culture, to the people who actually live here.
For a long time, I assumed travel had already figured itself out... guidebooks, top-ten lists, curated apps, someone else doing the thinking for you.
Then it hit me, almost embarrassingly simple:
What if the real Switzerland was never something you could look up?
What if it only exists in the things you notice at slower pace - the trail nobody photographs, the ride between one famous location and another one, the local mountain cheese dairy where you can sit down and enjoy life?
I've spent years finding those places and those people myself, on foot, one trip at a time, from the highlights to the secret spots and everything in between — and that's what I want to share with you.
I've lived in Switzerland for over eight years now, and in that time, this country has become something I don't just visit, I actually know. For the past three-plus years, I've worked as a local guide, leading people through Switzerland in person, acting as a mix of "local friend" and "personal Swiss army knife" - basically doing all the planning, thinking and problem solving so my guests get to enjoy their Swiss adventure in good hands. Alongside that, I've spent two years leading yoga and hiking retreats in the Swiss Alps. I'm also a certified Swiss Travel Expert through Switzerland Tourism — so what you get isn't just personal opinion, it's firsthand experience backed by real, formal expertise. Here's what that actually means for you: I won't just hand you a map and send you off. You'll get a whole toolkit of practical knowledge to navigate Switzerland like a pro — how to read a SwissTopo map properly, how to use Switzerland Mobility to plan and adjust routes on the fly, which trains and buses actually get you where you're going, and the small local know-how that saves you time, money, and the occasional wrong turn. Think of me as your personal Swiss Army knife: whatever the situation calls for, I've got a tool for it 🇨🇭 And I haven't stopped learning myself. I'm constantly out exploring new trails, testing new apps and resources, staying current on conditions, culture, and the small local details that change year to year — because a plan built on last year's knowledge isn't good enough for me to hand you. Whether you're planning your first trip here or you've been coming back for years, I'm here to share the Switzerland I actually know — firsthand, unscripted, and built entirely around you.
