Private Walking Tour: Berlin Highlights and Hidden Sights
Discover Berlin’s highlights and main attractions on a private walking tour of Germany's capital. Your private guide will tailor the tour to meet your interests, so you can choose to see top sights such as the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag parliament building and Checkpoint Charlie or on lesser-known places and hidden gems that group sightseeing tours often miss. Learn fascinating facts about Berlin's turbulent history during World War II and the Cold War, and listen as your guide explains what life was like for Berlin’s citizens during those times. Choose between a morning and afternoon departure with a duration of three or four hours.
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Stop At: Berlin, Berlin
After meeting your private guide at your hotel, set off on your private walking tour of Berlin, customized to your interests for a personalized Berlin experience. As you walk, your expert local guide will tell you about the modern German capital and how it has overcome its tumultuous past, from being the capital of the Prussian Kingdom, the German Empiure, Nazi Germany and then East Germany and today, the capital of the reunified Berlin and Germany. Learn about the tumultous years of the 20th Century and see sites such as Museums Island, the beautiful Gendarmenmarkt, the royal boulevard "Unter den Linden", the new city palace: Humboldt Forum, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall the death strip area, Hitler's bunker, Memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe, the Reichstag- government quarter, SS, Gestapo HQ, site of the Nazi book burning, and even go the location where daring escapes took place over, under and through the Berlin Wall. Join us for a comprehensive tour of Berlin!
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany
Walk through the Brandenburger gate and learn about it's amazing past
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Memorial of the Berlin Wall, Bernauer Strasse 111, 13355 Berlin Germany
See the Berlin Wall and learn about why it was built, escapes over, under and through it, life in East and West Berlin during the division and how it came down in 1989.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany
The militray checkpoint for the allies during the Cold War. Who was Charlie- CIA vs KGB, Cold War epicentre, Berlin has got it all!. Learn about the Soviet US tank standoff in 1961, which brought the world to the brink of a nulear war....
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin Germany
Beautiful square where you see 2 stunning churches and the impressive "Koncert Haus"
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hitler's Bunker, Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, 10117 Berlin Germany
Stand above the bunker where Hitler and many others committed suicide in 1945 and learn how the German's come to terms with this horrific past today.
Duration: 9 minutes
Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany
Take some photos of the grandios house of parliament, the Reichstag and learn about what this building has been used over the last 120 years. Hear the storya of suspicious Reichstag fire which destroyed the interior in 1933 which Hitler used as a pretext to help him dismantle democracy in Germany in 1933 and smash the resistance against him.
Duration: 7 minutes
Informacion Adicional
"Wheelchair accessible"
"Stroller accessible"
"Service animals allowed"
"Near public transportation"
"Transportation is wheelchair accessible"
"Surfaces are wheelchair accessible"
"Most travelers can participate"
"Face masks required for travelers in public areas"
"Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff"
"Social distancing enforced throughout experience"
"Guides required to regularly wash hands"
"This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability"
Duration: 4 Hours
Start location: Traveler pickup is offered
Cancellations and refunds:
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.