- 8 hours and 30 minutes
HR Giger Museum Tour with Aliens
Embark on a day trip from Geneva to Gruyère and step into HR Giger’s eerie universe. Explore haunting paintings, surreal sculptures, and sip otherworldly drinks at the legendary Alien Bar.
In just 1.5 hours from Geneva, descend into the shadowy universe of HR Giger in Gruyère. Creator of the Alien creature, Giger’s art is a chilling blend of nightmares and beauty. Explore the museum and witness his evolution from the 1970s to the 2000s, where every painting, sculpture, and design whispers of otherworldly visions. The rooms pulse with surreal forms that blur the line between flesh and machine, leaving you in awe and unease. After wandering his dark galleries, step into the HR Giger Bar, an eerie cathedral of biomechanical architecture. Sip a sinister drink beneath vaulted ribs and alien forms, as if inside the creature’s lair. This unforgettable day trip invites you to confront the macabre genius of an artist whose creations still haunt cinema, art, and dreams.
Itinerary

Walk around the medieval town Gruyére! Visit it’s 800yo Castle. Have a lunch at one of it’s restaurants with a picturesque view to the Suiss Alps. Taste the best national dishes of Switzerland, “fromage fondu, raclette, rösti, quish”!


Pick-up
- Ibis Styles Annemasse-Geneve
- ibis Annemasse
- Alpes Geneve
- Hotel Arc En Ciel
- Atalante Hotel
- Novotel Annemasse Centre Porte De Geneve
- Campanile Annemasse Centre – Gare
- Hotel du Centre Annemasse
- Park & Suites Confort Annemasse
- Oskar Hotel
- ibis Archamps Porte de Geneve
- Ibis Budget Archamps Porte de Geneve
- La Reserve Geneve-Hotel, Spa and Villas
- Ibis Styles Geneve Carouge
- Hotel le Drize
- Ramada Encore by Wyndham Geneva
- Nash Airport Hotel
- Ibis Geneve Aeroport
- Ibis Budget Geneve Aeroport
- Crowne Plaza Geneva, an IHG Hotel
- Hotel Phoenix
- Nash Pratik Hotel
- Novotel Suites Geneve Aeroport Hotel
- Maison Le Fort
- Jiva Hill Resort
- Appart’City Confort Geneve Aeroport Ferney Voltaire
- m3 Hotel Ferney Geneva Airport
- hotelF1 Geneve Aeroport Ferney Voltaire
- L’Hotel de France
- Campanile Geneve – Aeroport/Palexpo
- Stars Geneve Aeroport
- Novotel Geneve Airport France
- Residence La Reserve
- Kyriad Direct Annemasse – Geneve
- Geneva Residence
- Hotel Porte de Geneve
- Hotel Mercure Annemasse Porte de Geneve
- Appart’City Geneve Gaillard
- Hotel Pax
- Meiningen
- Hotel Rotary Geneva – MGallery
- Des Tourelles
- The New Midi Hotel
- Hotel Adriatica
- Hotel Cristal Design
- Hotel de la Cigogne
- Holiday Inn Express Geneva Airport
- CitizenM Geneva Centre
- Hôtel Central
- Hotel Les Armures
- Hotel Les Nations
- Hotel Beau-Site
- SQHI Grand Pre
- Bel’Esperance
- Hotel Montana
- Hotel Eden Geneve
- Hotel President Wilson, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Geneva
- Suisse Hotel
- Hotel St-Gervais
- InterContinental Geneve, an IHG Hotel
- Hotel Metropole Geneve
- Hotel Bernina Geneve
- Grand Hotel Saint-Gervais
- Residence Laffitte
- Hotel Les Arcades
- Novotel Geneve Centre
- Eastwest Hotel
- Residence St James
- Hotel Excelsior
- Hotel Hermitage
- Hotel N’vY
- Hotel de Geneve
- Tiffany Hotel
- The Ambassador
- Cite Universitaire de Geneve
- The Woodward
- VISIONAPARTMENTS Living Hotel Geneve-Gare
- Hotel Strasbourg
- Mon Repos Hotel
- Hotel Beau-Rivage Geneve
- ibis Geneve Centre Lac
- Hotel Auteuil – Manotel Geneva
- Hotel Forget Me Not
- Design Hotel F6
- Hotel Omar Kahyam
- Hotel Cornavin
- Hotel Lido
- Hotel Luserna
- Hotel d’Alleves
- Hotel Diplomate
- Residence Cite-Verdaine
- Hotel Churchill
- Hotel Longemalle
- ibis Geneve Centre Gare
- Hotel Astoria
- NH Geneva City
- Hotel du Parc des Eaux-Vives
- Ibis Geneve Centre Nations
- International et Terminus
- Foyer Saint-Justin
- Drake Longchamp
- Hotel D Geneva
- Ruby Claire Hotel Geneva
- La Cour des Augustins – Boutique Gallery Design Hotel
- Hotel Leprince
- Home Swiss Hotel
- Hotel Rhodania
- Hotel Sagitta & Residence
- Hotel Century
- Hotel Rousseau
- MEININGER Hotel Geneve Centre Charmilles
- Warwick Geneva
- VISIONAPARTMENTS Living Hotel Mont-Blanc
- Geneva Marriott Hotel
- Du Cerf
- Genprop SA
- Le Cenacle
- Atel – Calvy
- Hotel Moderne
- Comedie
- Hotel Aida
- Hotel Edelweiss
- Hotel Bristol Geneve
- Hotel Carmen
- M3 Hotel & Residence Geneva City
- Hostellerie de la Vendee
- ibis budget Geneve Petit Lancy
- Ibis Geneve Petit Lancy
- Hilton Geneva Hotel & Conference Centre
- ibis Styles Geneve Palexpo Aeroport Hotel
- ibis budget Geneve Palexpo Aeroport
- Residence du Grand-Saconnex
- NH Geneva Airport
- Nash Suites Hotel
- Movenpick Hotel & Casino Geneva
- Mercure Geneva Airport
- Hotel Des Horlogers
- Hotel Premiere Classe Geneve Aeroport Prevessin
- Premiere Classe Geneve – Saint Genis Pouilly
- Ibis Budget Geneve Saint Genis Pouilly
- Hotel initial by balladins Geneve/Saint-Genis Pouilly
- Kyriad Geneve – Saint Genis Pouilly
- Ibis St Genis Pouilly Geneve
- Savoie Hotel
- Hotel Le Soli
- Domaine De Chateauvieux
- Median Geneve Aeroport Hotel Thoiry
- Best Western Park Hotel Geneve-Thoiry
- Aparthotel Adagio Geneve Saint Genis Pouilly
- Stars Geneve Aeroport Hotel Thoiry
- Geneve Cottage
- Lake Geneva Hotel
- Veyrier-Saleve Hotel
- Geneva Airport
Experience type
Day tour / activity
Booking in advance
Duration
8 hours
Difficulty
Supported accessibility
Know before you go
Please note
- Infant seats available
- Animals or pets allowed
- Stroller / pram accessible
- Infants must not sit on laps
- No public transportation nearby
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Activities are taking place mostly indoors, suitable for any weather conditions
- This tour will have a maximum of 6 travelers
- Lactose free and gluten free food options are available in the area
- Tours with shared travel option will need a minimum of 4 participants to operate. In case of less participant numbers, travellers will be offered private option or alternative travel dates.
- Please report if you have any allergies to food
- We will pick you up from your chosen Hotel. The driver will contact you upon arrival. You will be returned to your Hotel at the end of the tour.
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