Berlin Trip Overview
This is the most comprehensive tour in Berlin, covering all the main points of interest in the German capital and some ‘off-the-beaten-track’ spots as well – all from the comfort of your own private vehicle. Let one of our professional, local guides give you a crash course in Berlin’s history, and the inside track on one of the most exciting cities the planet.
Predominantly focusing on Berlin’s historical city centre, Mitte, thematically the tour covers Prussia, Imperial Germany, Nazism, and the Cold War – painting the bigger picture to help you understand how different periods of Berlin’s past fit together, and how they affect the city today.
In short, it’s all you need to know.
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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Berlin, Germany
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Berlin, Berlin, Germany
This is the most comprehensive tour in Berlin, covering all the main points of interest in the German capital and some ‘off-the-beaten-track’ spots as well – all from the comfort of your own private vehicle. Let one of our professional, local guides give you a crash course in Berlin’s history, and the inside track on one of the most exciting cities the planet.
Predominantly focusing on Berlin’s historical city centre, Mitte, thematically the tour covers Prussia, Imperial Germany, Nazism, and the Cold War – painting the bigger picture to help you understand how different periods of Berlin’s past fit together, and how they affect the city today.
In short, it’s all you need to know.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany
Walk through the gateways of Berlin’s most iconic monument and find out what makes the Gate the most important cultural monument in Germany.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
Stand in the shadow of 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: 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: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany
Cross the border at 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
See 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: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hitler’s Bunker, Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, 10117 Berlin Germany
Stand at the site of the bunker where history’s most notorious criminal committed suicide at the end of WWII.
Duration: 10 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: Bebelplatz 1, 10117 Berlin Germany
See the palatial 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: 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 visit Berlin’s most famous independent chocolatier: Rausch.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Unter den Linden, Berlin Germany
Cruise down Berlin’s most important historical boulevard, the royal mile, in the comfort of your own private vehicle.
Stop At: Charlottenburg Palace, Spandauer Damm 20-24 Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin Germany
Walk the stunning grounds gardens of the first Prussian royal summer palace to be built on the outskirts of Berlin.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: 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.
Duration: 15 minutes
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.
Pass By: Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28 – 30, 10117 Berlin Germany
Delve into Berlin’s former Jewish Quarter and to see the ornate golden domes of the New Synagogue – formerly the largest Jewish place of worship in Germany.
