Private Berlin 2hr Express Tour

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2 hours (approximately)
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Offered in: German and 2 more

Short on time in Berlin? This express private guided tour is the most comprehensive 2 hr Berlin tour available, encompassing all of the city's unique history, with our guides remaining flexible for you on tour days.

Whether you are traveling with your family, a group of friends, or on business, this private guided tour is the ideal way to see Berlin and hear the stories of the cities amazing history.

Learn about Frederick the Great and the Hohenzollern Dynasty, the formation of the German nation under Bismarck in 1871, Berlin and the effects of World War 1. Hear about the chaos of the Weimar Republic, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, World War II, the Berlin Wall, and Berlin’s current role as the capital of a reunified Germany.

What's Included

Experienced Guide

Meeting and pickup

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

You will be meet by your guide at your accommodation or chosen meeting point before visiting

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Meeting point
Brandenburg Gate

You will be meet by your guide at your accommodation or chosen meeting point.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 2 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Pariser Platz

    Berlins most prestigious square. Located at the end of Unter den Linden, and the location of the Brandenburg Gate.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Reichstag Building

    The German House of Parliament, and infamous due to the fire that enabled Hitler to take total control. It was fought over during the Battle of Berlin between the Germans and the Soviets, and now topped with a glass copula designed by British architect Sir Norman Foster.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Brandenburg Gate

    The royal entrance to Berlin of the Hohenzollern family and one of 18 former city gates . It survived Napoleon, WWII and then was trapped in the middle of the Berlin Wall for almost 30 years. A former symbol of division, today "The Gate" stands as a symbol of a reunified Germany.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 4
    The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

    This massive site covered with stone stelae is the central Germany memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

    20 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 5
    Fuhrerbunker

    Currently a parking lot with a simple sign The location where Hitler spent his final days, married, and then committed suicide during the final days of WWII in Europe.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 6
    Potsdamer Platz

    One of the busiest traffic intersections in Europe in the 1920s, but destroyed almost completely during WWII, and rebuilt as Berlin’s most modern precinct during the 1990s and early 2000s.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 7
    Memorial of the Berlin Wall

    One of three remaining stretches of the Berlin Wall, situated on the site of the former SS and Gestapo headquarters of Nazi Germany were situated and directly across from the monolith former Nazi Luftwaffe headquarters.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 8
    Checkpoint Charlie

    The famous frontline and Allied Checkpoint manned by the Americans and Soviets during the Cold War.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 9
    Gendarmenmarkt

    The most beautiful square in Berlin. Home to the French and German Cathedrals, the Concert House, beautiful gardens and statues.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 10
    Bebelplatz

    First known as Frederick’s Forum, after Prussia's Frederick the Great, it is now home to the Humboldt University, the Opera House, the Royal Library, and Hedwig’s Cathedral. It was also infamously the site of the Nazi book burnings on May 10, 1933.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 11
    Unter Den Linden

    The royal boulevard of Berlin, connecting the Brandenburg Gate to Museums Island and the City Palace.

    10 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 12
    Museum Island

    A UNESCO World Heritage Site with six world-class museums, as well as the Berlin Cathedral and the newly rebuilt Hohenzollern city palace.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Private and Luxury
Private Sightseeing Tours
Historical Tours
Walking Tours
City Tours
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