Berlin Highlights and Hidden Sights Private Walking Tour


3 to 4 hours
Pick-up offered
Free cancellation
1 - 15
Mobile ticket

Overview

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.

Inclusions

  • Professional guide
  • Private walking tour (3 or 4 hours depending on option selected)
  • Hotel pickup and drop off

What to expect

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany

Walk through the Brandenburger gate and learn about it's amazing past

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: Fuhrerbunker, 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

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • 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

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Chad_G
May 2023

Thomas was fantastic! Friendly, funny and incredibly knowledgeable about the history and area. Recommended!

beegardener
July 2021

So glad we did this tour as soon as we arrived in Berlin for the first time with our family of 5 including 3 teenagers. Maria was knowledgeable and personable and knew her stuff. Highly recommend Maria and this tour. Very few tourists in Berlin right now so we had the main sites to ourselves. We ...

ChristianaEL_H
November 2019

What an entertaining 3 hours!! We learnt so much and had so much fun. Our guide Brian was hugely knowledgeable and extremely entertaining. The perfect combination. I would highly recommend this tour to give you an overview of the history and attractions of Berlin.

Daniela620
November 2019

The tour was interesting and our tour guide Taylor very knowledgeable with a great sense of humor. He was also good in putting the attractions in a historical context. We learned a lot and had a fun 4 hours walk in Berlin.

mark s
October 2019

We took the Berlin Main tour, lead by the wonderful Maria. Although the day started with a little drizzle, it quickly cleared up. Maria is smart, funny, and knows the city inside out, we learned for more than any guide book could give you. Indeed we enjoyed it so much we walked big elements of th...

Mary-Ellen L
October 2019

We took this tour on our second day in Berlin with our guide Maria. Her knowledge of Berlin and it’s history is amazing and we saw all the major sights in one day. We were shown more than we expected and I think this tour is very good value if you like walking and want to make the most of your ti...

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