At Riccardi Travel, we have a small team of expert guides who deliver our tours. Below, get to know our owner and founder, Roberto Riccardi.
Ciao! My name is Roberto Riccardi and I am half Swiss half Italian. I grew up in a small village called Steinhausen and chose a career in tourism and hospitality management. After working in a range of different positions for companies in Mexico, Australia, and here in Switzerland, I wanted to create a business of my own.
My life growing up in a little village in Switzerland was fun, in a time without Instagram and Facebook we were busy racing up the hills with the kids from the neighborhood, going on hikes on weekends and making fires in the forest, playing football outside until late at night and other stupid stuff to get in trouble with our parents, which is basically the main job of every child.
School was definitely not my favorite playground, after finishing secondary school, I made the first steps into work life by doing an apprenticeship as a car mechanic. Later, I had all types of jobs, from working as a barkeeper in a ski resort in the Swiss Alps and working in construction during summer to escaping to Swiss winter and traveling through South America.
To combine study, travel and work I decided to continue my path into the hospitality industry and worked and lived abroad in Mexico & Australia. I got my degree and came to Lucerne in 2018 to work as a manager of one of the most popular cocktail bars and nightclub in town. One year later it was time to risk it and start my own company.
In 2019 I started my bike tours where I offer hidden gems tours with very unique electric bikes from Denmark. After the pandemic in 2022, I had the idea to not only offer tours in Lucerne but all over Switzerland and Riccardi Travel was born.
I am convinced that going through hard times will lead to a bright future, and will lead to more appreciation more enjoyment and gratefulness. One day we open our backpack and things which we struggled to understand make more sense looking backwards. So always look forward make the best out of any situation and enjoy the ride.