HALF DAY CITY TOUR OF BERLIN

City tour by bus through Berlin's city center and the district of Kreuzberg including a walk through the Brandenburg Gate.

Tour information

Discover Berlin at its best and see all the highlights of the western and eastern city center! This comprehensive half day city tour takes you not only to the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Television Tower and all the other famous sights, but also to the places where the city was once divided and where the Nazis planned their war. Our guides will give you an idea of what it feels like to live in this thriving city today and how life is changing for Berliners as the city grows together and has become the capital of reunited Germany. The tour includes at least two photo stops and short walks at places of interest.

Tour description

This tour covers all the major sights of Berlin. Delve into the Nazi past and the history of the city’s division and let us show you the famous shopping boulevards Kurfürstendamm and Unter den Linden. You will also get a feeling for the differences between the East and the West seeing residential quarters with a bustling street life on both sides of the former Wall.

You will see

the city center of former East Berlin with the Televison Tower
St. Nicholas Quarter and St. Mary’s Church from Berlin’s beginnings in the 13th century
the Red Town Hall, seat of Berlin’s mayor
Museum Island, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage with 5 famous museums
palaces and representative buildings from Prussian times on the boulevard Unter den Linden
the reconstructed City Palace
beautiful Gendarmenmarkt square flanked by two domes
“Topography of Terror”, documentation center at the site of former SS and Gestapo headquarters of the Nazis
Checkpoint Charlie, hot spot of the Cold War and site of the tank confrontation in 1961
Brandenburg Gate and Paris Square with the famous Hotel Adlon
the Government Quarter with the Reichstag building
the seat of the Federal President at Bellevue Castle
the site of the bunker where Hitler committed suicide
Potsdamer Square with its fascinating modern architecture
Victory Column with its golden angel above the trees of Tiergarten park
the famous boulevard Kurfürstendamm with luxury shops and fancy restaurants
the ruins of Memorial Church
Karl-Marx-Allee with representative socialist architecture from the 1950s
the in-scene district Kreuzberg
“East Side Gallery”, the longest remaining part of the wall

Please note that this is only a suggestion as you will be able to choose between other sights like the Wall Memorial at Bernauer Strasse, the former airport Tempelhof (site of the Berlin Air Lift) or Charlottenburg Castle to replace any of the sights mentioned above. The guide will perform the tour according to your wishes. Special requests, the places for photo stops as well as the drop-off location can be agreed on during the tour with the guide.