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Everything is possible - from guided walking tours and coach tours to palace visits and museum visits in Berlin, Potsdam and the Federal State of Brandenburg.
In cooperation with our partner Jan Benedict Werner - Berlin Experience, the Best Western Hotel Steglitz International offers exclusive sightseeing tours and excursions. All programmes are accompanied by professional local guides.
Everything is possible - from guided walking tours and coach tours to palace visits and museum visits in Berlin, Potsdam and the Federal State of Brandenburg.
Experience the German capital in all its fascinating facets on guided walking and coach tours. A city at the centre of German history and a European metropolis that claims world renown for its architecture and its museums. Don't miss the former Prussian Kings' second town of residence: Potsdam on the Havel river - a city characterized by unique cultural landscapes with palaces, palace gardens, lakes and waterways.
Jan Benedict Werner - Berlin Experience specializes in all services that make high quality sightseeing tours possible:
the booking of committed and knowledgeable, professional local guides, careful planning of tour programmes and coach and limousine hire.
In addition to the tour programmes advertised below, tours can also be specially designed on request, according to your preferences.
Tour programmes:
Classic Tours:
Get to know Berlin - coach tour
Potsdam - town of residence of the former Prussian Kings
The main German Government District - guided walking tour
The new Potsdamer Platz - guided walking tour
Berlin’s historical City Centre - guided walking tour
Berlin, Hackesche Höfe - guided walking tour
Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg - guided walking tour
City Lights - Berlin at night, coach tour
Special Interest tours:
World Cultural Heritage: The Berlin Museum Island - guided walking tour and visit of the Pergamon Museum
Berlin as German Capital - coach trip
Berlin as a showcase of modern architecture - coach trip
The Airforce Museum of the German Armed Forces in Berlin-Gatow
Battleground Berlin: The German Capital during World War II
Memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen
Divided Berlin: At the front of the Cold War - history coach trip
The Berlin Wall - guided walking tour
Excursions to the Federal State of Brandenburg:
Spreewald - day excursion
Chorin Monastery and Niederfinow Canal Lift - day excursion
Classic tours:
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Get to know Berlin - coach tour
Discover Berlin's major sights on an entertaining tour. Short guided walks and photo stops will be included. Berlin has a large variety of interesting sights, so that beside the regular three-hour tour, full-day tours and programmes over several days can be arranged.
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Potsdam - beautiful town of residence of the Prussian Kings - 5h coach trip
You will explore the historic centre of town and its major sights, see the exteriors of the palaces "Sanssouci" and "Cecilienhof". A guided walk of the main palace gardens of Sanssouci will be included. Option: inclusion of a guided tour of the interior of one of the palaces (by pre-arrangement only, requires an additional hour). Day excursions are also possible.
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The main German Government District - guided walking tour
The new main Government District, including the exterior of the Reichstag building and the Federal Chancellery, will be examined in detail. Learn more about the historical background of Berlin as German Capital and current developments. A stop at the nearby Brandenburg Gate, or at the new Central Station Hauptbahnhof can be included. Duration 2 - 3 hours.
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The new Potsdamer Platz - guided walking tour
This walking tour provides detailed information on recent large-scale urban development around Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz. Optionally, the neighbouring Culture Forum and the Embassy Quarter can also be visited. Duration 2 hours. |
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Berlin’s historical City Centre - guided walking tour
This tour covers the most famous sights in the city centre such as Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden Boulevard, Gendarmenmarkt, and the cradle of Berlin: The Nicholas‘ Quarter. Learn more about the Prussian history of Berlin. Duration 2-3 hours. |
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Berlin, Hackesche Höfe - guided walking tour
Around Hackescher Markt, in the old Jewish Quarter, a sense of old Berlin has lingered: old apartment buildings combined with former courtyard factories have remained, but today there are new cafés, galleries and fashion designers to discover. Duration 2 hours. |
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Berlin, Prenzlauer Berg - guided walking tour
19th century blocks of flats, artists and students - Prenzlauer Berg has a special buoyant atmosphere. The tour leads to the old water-tower on Knaackstraße, to Kollwitzplatz, to the cultural centre "Kulturbrauerei" and to Kastanienallee. Duration 2 hours. |
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City Lights - Berlin at night
Let the magic of an evening coach trip put a spell on you. The sights of Berlin look excitingly different at night. With short guided walks. Duration 2-3 hours.
Special Interest tours:
World Cultural Heritage: The Berlin Museum Island - guided walking tour
This tour provides detailed information on the Museum Island, its impressive museum buildings and about the extensive collections. A guided tour of the Pergamon Museum (with Pergamon Altar, Ishtar Gate, etc.) is included. The Museums are closed on Mondays. Duration 2½ hours. |
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Berlin as German Capital - coach trip
Special coach trip. The new main Government District will be examined in detail, including the exterior of the Reichstag building and the Federal Chancellery. Learn more about the historical background of Berlin as German Capital and current developments. Duration 3 hours. |
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Berlin as a showcase of modern architecture - coach trip
This special tour gives an overview of the major projects and recent urban development in Berlin. Internationally acclaimed architects have contributed spectacular designs. Duration 3½ hours. |
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The Airforce Museum of the German Armed Forces in Berlin-Gatow
The Luftwaffenmuseum displays a unique collection of both Warsaw Pact and NATO military planes, helicopters and fighter jets, SAM and radar systems. Closed on Mondays. Pre-arrangement required. Duration (incl. transfer) 5 hours.
Battleground Berlin: The German Capital during World War II
The following places will be visited: the former Supreme Command of the Army (OKW) with the German Resistance memorial, Wilhelmstraße, the Plötzensee Memorial, the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park. Duration 4 hours. |
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Memorial of the former Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen
The National Socialist Terror Regime and the system of the Nazi concentration camps will be described. A guided tour will be held on the site of the former KZ Sachsenhausen north of Berlin - today a Memorial with exhibitions. Duration (incl. transfer) 5 hours.
Divided Berlin: At the front of the Cold War - history coach trip
You will visit the Berlin Airlift Memorial, former Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Straße, as well as other sites closely related to the Cold War and the Allied Museum (closed on Wednesdays). Duration 3½ hours. |
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The Berlin Wall - guided walking tour
This walking tour leads from Brandenburg Gate along the former border between East- and West-Berlin, to Potsdamer Platz and to the former Allied Checkpoint Charlie. Along the way, you will see original remains of the Berlin Wall. Duration 2 hours. |
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Excursions to the Federal State of Brandenburg:
Spreewald
The Spree Forest is a fascinating landscape at the source of the Spree river, in the south-eastern part of the Federal State of Brandenburg. The Spree Forest can be visited on a day tour from Berlin. During a relaxing boat ride with a traditional Spreewald punt, some of the approximately 350 beautiful natural waterways can be discovered.
Chorin Monastery and Niederfinow Canal Lift
This day tour covers two interesting sights situated north-east of Berlin. The ruins of the Cistercian monastery of Chorin, an important monument of 13th century gothic architecture, and the nearby Niederfinow Canal Lift on the Oder-Havel-Canal will be visited. A boat tour of the canal lift can be arranged. |
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Prices:
Local Guide Services :
Jan Benedict Werner - Berlin Experience exclusively hires professional local guides who provide tour commentary of high quality. A tour of 2 to 3 hours will be charged with 180 € incl. German VAT. Any additional hour will be charged with 60 €, any additional half-hour with 30 €, including VAT.
These prices are valid for guided walking tours and coach tours in English language. Guides who also speak other languages are available on request.
Coach and limousine hire:
Jan Benedict Werner - Berlin Experience hires coaches and limousines on request and places great value on high quality and safety standards. All coaches and limousines are air-conditioned. The prices include professional chauffeurs and drivers and also include German VAT, but exclude guide services. A 2-hour-minimum hire is required.
Limousines:
Mercedes Benz E-Class limousine or similar quality (e. g. Audi A 6, BMW 5)
Up to 2 persons, (and space for driver and 1 guide):
176 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 58 € / any additional half-hour 29 €
Mercedes Benz S-Class limousine or similar quality (e. g. Audi A 8, BMW 7)
Up to 2 persons, (and space for driver and 1 guide):
200 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 67 € / any additional half-hour 33.50 €
Mini-Bus for up to 6 persons (and space for driver and 1 guide):
169 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 56 € / any additional half-hour 28 €
Coaches:
Up to 16 persons (plus 1 guide):
205 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 68 € / any additional half-hour 34 €
Up to 30 persons (plus 1 guide):
252€ for 2 hours, any additional hour 84 € / any additional half-hour 42 €
Up to 40 persons (plus 1 guide):
274 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 92 € / any additional half-hour 46 €
Up to 49 persons (plus 1 guide):
295 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 99 € / any additional half-hour 49.50 €
Up to 57 persons (plus 1 guide):
353 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 118 € / any additional half-hour 59 €
Up to 70 persons (plus 1 guide, doubledecker, only if available):
440 € for 2 hours, any additional hour 146 € / any additional half-hour 73 €