Enjoy an all-day city tour of Berlin with a private driver/guide. Pick up from your hotel or apartment is at 9:00 am. Get an in-depth overview of all the highlights of the city and pick your choice of additional activity. Each tour is customized according to your interests!
Highlights
From 8 hours to 9 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 8 hours to 9 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Driver/guide
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Gratuities
Food and drinks
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Enjoy an all-day city tour of Berlin with a private driver/guide. Pick up from your hotel or apartment is at 9:00 am. Get an in-depth overview of all the highlights of the city and pick your choice of additional activity. Each tour is customized according to your interests!
Highlights
From 8 hours to 9 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 8 hours to 9 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Private tour
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Driver/guide
Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Gratuities
Food and drinks
Itinerary
1
Potsdamer Platz
You will see the famous Sony Center with its stunning architecture done by Helmut Jahn, as well as the remains of the Esplanade Hotel (Emperor's Hall).
10 minutes
2
Topography of Terror
The former headquarter of the Gestapo and the SS are gone, but the foundation can still be seen, as well as a documentation center. Also at this location, you will have the opportunity to see what's left of the original Berlin Wall.
30 minutes
3
Checkpoint Charlie
This is the most famous of the border crossings between East and West Berlin. What you see is a replica of the original station as it looked in the 1960s.
10 minutes
4
Gendarmenmarkt
Berlin's most beautiful square with the German and the French Dome at either end. Inbetween the Theater (Konzerthaus) built by Friedrich Schinkel.
5 minutes
5
Brandenburg Gate
The most famous landmark of Berlin, nay, of Germany!
10 minutes
6
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
A very touching memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, built by Peter Eisenmann. If you like, you can also visit the documentation center which is quite moving. But as with all places in this tour: you decide what to see and what to skip!
20 minutes
7
Reichstag Building
A very impressive building, today the home of the German Parliament. If you like to visit inside, we need at least 2 weeks notice, and you need to give us your full name and dob!
20 minutes
8
Tiergarten
A beautiful park in the center of Berlin. There is a lake, a beer garden, a zoo, many ponds and monuments, the memorial to the Sinti and Roma, and much more.
9
Victory Column (Siegessaule)
This large monument (in memory of three wars won by Prussia in the 19th century) originally stood in front of the Reichstag. It was moved here by Albert Speer during the Nazi reign. If you want to climb up, there is an extra charge.
10
Charlottenburg Palace
Of the many many palaces built by the Hohenzollern in Berlin, this one is the largest that survived the war. You will get out to take photos in the beautiful entrance yard. If you want to visit inside, there is an extra charge.
10 minutes
11
Olympiastadion Berlin
This famous stadium was built for the 1936 Olympic Games. Today the street running along it is named after Jesse Owen! The five Olympic rings above the entrance gate make a beautiful motif for your pictures. If you want to go inside, there is an extra charge.
10 minutes
12
Kurfurstendamm
The world's largest boulevard is the main shopping street in West Berlin. There are also lots of hotels and restaurants. It is quite wide and has about 50 of the original impressive buildings left. The others were destroyed in the war and have been replaced by modern buildings.
13
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
This once huge church is only a ruin today, It has been preserved in this state to remind us of the atrocities of war. If you want to visit inside, entrance is free.
14
Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)
Continental Europe's largest and most luxurious department store. Don't miss the delicatessen section on the 6th floor. Try an Italian appetizer, oysters and champagne, or a dessert from Leysieffer!
30 minutes
15
Museumsdienst Berlin
This building was once the largest building in the world. It's four stories high, but also four stories deep. It closed a couple of years ago as an airport, and now the runway is Berlin's largest park.
10 minutes
16
Kreuzberg
You will drive through Kreuzberg, Berlin's hip and multi-ethnic neighborhood. Around Tempelhof airport, there was little damage in the war, so this is one of the only places where you can still get an idea of what Berlin looked like in the 1930s.
17
Unter den Linden
The street begins at Brandenburg Gate and ends at the Humboldt Forum. You'll find lots of historic buildings along its path: the New Guard House, the Humboldt University, the Opera House, the Crown Princess Palace, and the Old Armory, today the Historic Museum.
18
Humboldt Box
The Humboldt Box is gone, but the former Hohenzollern Palace has been rebuilt in its place.
10 minutes
19
Berliner Dom
This is Germany's largest Protestant Church, modeled after St. Peters in Rome. If you want to go inside (and see many of the Hohenzollern royals in their sarcophagi), there is an extra charge.
20
Museum Island
You will step out to take a picture in front of the Old Museum. There are five museums, altogether, on this island, built during different eras. If you want to visit one (we would recommend the Neues Museum), there will be an extra charge, and you would have to use the audio guides.
10 minutes
21
Hackescher Markt
The former barn section, the Jewish quarter, is today called "Mitte". You will find lots of cafés, restaurants, historic buildings, stumbling stones to remind you of the former neighbors killed by the Nazis, and the Hackesche Höfe, a beautiful series of court yards. If you like, visit the Otto Weidt-Museum (free).
30 minutes
22
Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum
Unfortunately only the facade and the dome remain of this beautiful synagoge built in 1866.
23
Alter Judischer Friedhof (Old Jewish Cemetery)
The old Jewish Cemetery was desecrated by the Nazis. They also buried Berliners who were killed during the bomb raids. Only a few tomb stones remain along the wall. Moses Mendelsohn's grave has been restored. Closed on Saturdays.
15 minutes
24
Berliner Fernsehturm
Berlin's highest building!
25
Karl-Marx-Allee
This street was designed by the East-German rulers to be wide enough for their yearly military parades. You can still see some communist architecture, many of the buildings a landmark today.
26
East Side Gallery
A must see, the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall that's left standing. Over 100 artists painted the different sections. Don't miss the "Brotherly Kiss" based on a photo by Brezhnev and Honecker.
10 minutes
27
Memorial of the Berlin Wall
A reminder of the Wall that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.