Berlin Trip Overview
Berlin is one of the most exciting cities on the planet and has also been the stage for some of the most momentous and tragic events in recent history. This excursion is designed for wheelchair users and those with mobility problems, showing you the very best of the German capital in the time that you have ashore, and removing the stress of making special travel arrangements.
We will pick you up directly from your cruise ship in a wheelchair and mobility scooter accessible vehicle and transport you to Berlin for a tour of the city with one of our professional guides, and then drive you back to port.
Our excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing these tours for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure.
Additional Info
Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
Explore Berlin Promoted Experiences
What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Germany, Germany
Berlin is one of the most exciting cities on the planet and has also been the stage for some of the most momentous and tragic events in recent history. This excursion is designed for wheelchair users and those with mobility problems, showing you the very best of the German capital in the time that you have ashore, and removing the stress of making special travel arrangements.
We will pick you up directly from your cruise ship in a wheelchair and mobility scooter accessible vehicle and transport you to Berlin for a tour of the city with one of our professional guides, and then drive you back to port.
Our excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing these tours for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
See the German parliament building, burned down after Hitler’s rise to power, now a bold symbol of modern German democracy.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany
Pass through the gateways of Berlin’s most iconic monument and find out what makes the Gate the most important cultural monument in Germany.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial – Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
Journey through the iconic concrete stellae, bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism, and hear the stories of the everyday bravery of the persecuted.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hitler’s Bunker (Fuhrerbunker), Wilhelmstrasse 77, 10117 Berlin Germany
Visit the site of the bunker where history’s most notorious criminal committed suicide at the end of WWII.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany
Cross the border at the most famous crossing point between East and West over the Wall, the frontline of the Cold War, where spies roamed and US and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Topography of Terror, Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, 10963 Berlin Germany
Witness the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo. See the excavated torture cells, and come face-to-face with the Cold War’s most brutal symbol: The Berlin Wall.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Museum Island, Museum Island, Berlin
Marvel at the stunning structures and imperial splendor of this UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site. See the Old Museum, the Berlin City Palace, the Berlin Cathedral and more.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin Germany
Bathe in the architectural splendor of Berlin’s most beautiful square. See the French and German Domes and the Concert House and Berlin’s most famous independent chocolatier: Rausch.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Bebelplatz 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
See the buildings that epitomized Frederick the Great’s 18th-century Berlin, and visit the site of the Nazi Book Burning that took place on the 10th May 1933.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Charlottenburg Palace, Spandauer Damm 20-24 Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin Germany
Spend some time exploring the stunning grounds and gardens of the first Prussian royal summer palace to be built on the outskirts of Berlin.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Kurfurstendamm, 10707 Berlin Germany
Cruise through the former British Sector along West Berlin’s version of the Champs-Élysées.
Pass By: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin Germany
Witness the devastation caused by US and British bombing raids during WWII at the preserved ruins of this late 19th-century church, and visit the New Church next door, decorated with hundreds of thousands of fragments of blue stained glass.
Pass By: Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 100, 10557 Berlin Germany
Drive through the lush greenery of Berlin’s vast central park and see various embassies on the Tiergartenstraße, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Memorial for Victims of the National Socialist Euthanasia Program.
Pass By: Victory Column (Siegessaule), Grosser Stern 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
Catch the sun glinting of the golden angel Victoria, goddess of victory, as you circle around Prussia’s emphatic monument to its triumphs in the Wars of Unification.
Pass By: Alexanderplatz, 10178 Berlin Germany
Pass by the heart of pre-WWII Berlin and in the shadow of the second tallest building in Europe: the Television Tower.
