-bash: alias: /path/to/folder: not found Mac OS Sierra, 10.12.3

I inserted this line into my .bash_profile:

alias myfolder="cd ~/path/to/folder"


But when I type this into Terminal:

source ~/.bash_profile


I get this error:

-bash: alias: Users/myuser/path/to/folder: not found


Basically, I want to be able to type "myfolder" from anywhere in the directory structure and have it change to that alias path. But I haven't been able to get it to work.

EDIT: Sorry, I was already using the cd command. Edited the question to reflect this.
You are mixing bash alias, macOS alias and (soft-)link.

The bash alias requires some executable to be called but a path to a folder is no executable.

So use alias myfolder='cd ~/path/to/folder' in your .bash_profile to change to the desired directory. ~/path/to/folder has to be a valid path of course - or it won't work.