Classical and historical interest tours
The following examples illustrate the range of options for guided tours and cultural programmes in Berlin and Potsdam. The design and duration of the programmes are flexible and can be modified according to your wishes, and all will be conducted by knowledgeable, professional tourist guides.
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Discover Berlin's major sights on an entertaining tour. Short guided walks and photo stops will be included. Berlin offers a large variety of interesting sights - besides the regular three-hour tour, fascinating full-day tours and programmes over several days can be arranged.
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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. Duration 5 hours from/to Berlin, 3 hours from/to Potsdam. It is very attractive to also include a guided tour of the interior of one of the palaces (by pre-arrangement only, requires an additional hour). Day excursions can be arranged as well.
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In the centre of Berlin, between the Potsdamer Platz area and the new Central Station, private investors and the German government have spent billions of Euros on re-development and infrastructure. A qualified guide will describe the new architecture in its urban context. The walking tour will also lead to Paris Square and the Reichstag building.
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This tour covers the famous sights in the city centre such as Gendarmenmarkt, Unter den Linden Boulevard, and the cradle of Berlin: the Nicholas' Quarter. Learn more about the magnificent buildings and the Prussian history of Berlin.
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Around Hackescher Markt, a sense of old Berlin has lingered: many old apartment buildings combined with former courtyard factories have remained, but today there are new cafés, galleries and fashion designer stores to discover, in a neighbourhood bustling with life.
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This guided walking tour provides detailed information on the Berlin Museum Island, its impressive museum buildings and about the extensive collections. A guided tour of the Pergamon Museum (with Pergamon Altar, Ishtar Gate, etc.) will be included.
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This special tour gives an overview of major projects and recent urban development in Berlin - many internationally acclaimed architects have contributed spectacular designs.
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The new main parliament and government quarter will be examined in detail, including the exteriors of the Reichstag building and the Federal Chancellery. Learn more about the historical background of Berlin as the German Capital and current developments.
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The new main parliament and government quarter, including the exteriors 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. Other government institutions, the Brandenburg Gate or the new Central Station Berlin Hauptbahnhof can be included in the tour as well.
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This programme will review the special role of Berlin during the Cold War period and the history of the Berlin Wall. During the tour, original remnants of the Berlin Wall, the Wall Memorial Bernauer Strasse, former Checkpoint Charlie and the Wall gallery "East Side Gallery" will be visited. A visit and guided tour of the Allied Museum can be included as well.
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This walking tour leads along the former inner city border between East- and West-Berlin from Brandenburg Gate to Potsdamer Platz and to the former Allied Checkpoint Charlie. Along the way you will see original remains of the Berlin Wall.
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You will visit the German Resistance Memorial Center, the Holocaust Memorial, Wilhelmstrasse, the Topography of Terror, and the Soviet War Memorial in the Treptow Park. Persecution and murder, as well as everyday life of Berliners during the war years will be described.
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During the period of the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and National Socialism and as the outpost of the West in the time of the Cold War, Berlin has been at centre stage in German history. A qualified speaker will accompany this special topical tour and review the major turning points. At the actual locations a number of historic audio clips will be played that will take tour participants back in time.
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This multimedia presentation will provide the audience with a general overview of Berlin's urban development and its role in German and international history. Interactive involvement of participants is possible on request. Suitable for attendees of meetings and conventions, students, etc.
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Experience the magic of an evening coach trip. With short guided walks.
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The Berlin Experience City Treasure Hunt is available for various interesting areas of the city centre. The programme consists of a guided walking tour combined with scavenger hunt stations. The teams will be accompanied by professional tourist guides. This interactive sightseeing makes participants much more intensely acquainted with important sights of the city of Berlin than a regular tour.
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Only in 1920 Berlin in its present size was created, when old Berlin was joined with the surrounding 7 cities and 59 villages. This tour will present interesting neighbourhoods beyond the historical city centre of Berlin.
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