Berlin Private Full-Day Tour by Car

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8 to 9 hours (approximately)
Pickup offered
Offered in: German and 3 more

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!

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

Meeting and pickup

Pickup points
You can choose a pickup location at checkout (multiple pickup locations are available).
Pickup details:

we will pick you up from your hotel or place of residency, or train station

Itinerary

Duration: 8 to 9 hours (approximately)
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Brandenburg Gate

    The most famous landmark of Berlin, nay, of Germany!

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • 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 Admission ticket free
  • Tiergarten (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Victory Column (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 8
    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 Admission ticket free
  • 9

    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 Admission ticket free
  • Kurfurstendamm (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Kaufhaus Des Westens

    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 Admission ticket free
  • 11

    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 Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Unter Den Linden (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 12

    The Humboldt Box is gone, but the former Hohenzollern Palace has been rebuilt in its place.

    10 minutes Admission ticket free
  • Berliner Dom (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 13
    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 Admission ticket free
  • 14
    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 Admission ticket free
  • Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum (Pass by)

    Unfortunately only the facade and the dome remain of this beautiful synagoge built in 1866.

    Admission ticket free
  • 15

    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 Admission ticket free
  • Berliner Fernsehturm (Pass by)

    Berlin's highest building!

    Admission ticket free
  • (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • 16
    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 Admission ticket free
  • 17
    Memorial of the Berlin Wall

    A reminder of the Wall that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

    20 minutes Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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