Berlin Historical Walking Tour: Highlights and Hidden Sites
Meet your expert local guide outside Friedrichstrasse train station in central Berlin and start your walk through the city while your guide will provide a detailed account of the Berlin’s fascinating and oftentimes troubled history. Learn about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party and what life was like during the Third Reich. See where Hitler’s bunker was located and visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Also, find out how Germany was divided while walking through Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Walk under the famous Brandenburg Gate, one of Berlin’s most important monuments. A symbol of division between Berlin and Germany during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity. Also, see the Reichstag Building, the meeting place of the German Parliament. Your tour ends here.
Highlights
- ✓Discover top Berlin attractions with your guide including Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag parliament building and Checkpoint Charlie
- ✓Get an up-close look at the remains of the Berlin Wall
- ✓Find out what life was like during WW2 and the Cold War
- ✓See where Hitler's former bunker is located
What you'll see & do
- ✓Start your tour from our central meeting point
- ✓Learn about this Cold War international checkpoint- also known as the Traenenpalast
- ✓National memorial site reflecting on war and tyranny
- ✓The location where Marx, Engels and Einstein studied and taught
- ✓Biggest church in Berlin, Lustgarten, City Palace (Stadt Schloss) and the Humboldt Forum
- ✓Learn about Islamic art, the Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus
- ✓Learn about the Ancient Egyptian collection on a World UNESCO Heritage site
- ✓Learn about the first museum built in Berlin and the very famous architect, Karl Schinkel
- ✓The brand new Humboldt Forum. See the reconstructed Hohenzollern family palace
- ✓Be enchanted by the beauty of the 18th century square
- ✓Stand on the location where the Nazi's burned tens of thousands of books in 1933
- ✓The beautiful opera house built under Friedrich the Great in 1743
- ✓The spectacular Schinkel concert house completed in 1821
- ✓From the period of Berlin's religious tolerance, the Calvinist French Cathedral and the Lutheran German Cathedral
- ✓Cold War civilian and military checkpoint, location of tank stand-off in 1961 between Soviet and American armed forces
- ✓See a 200m long piece of the Berlin Wall
- ✓Hermann Göring's airforce ministry, East German house of ministers, German Finance Ministry
- ✓Stand above the location where Hitler spent the last days of WW2- the site of Hilter's bunker
- ✓Walk through the Memorial dedicated to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- ✓German house of Parliament and government quarter
- ✓American Embassy, French Embassy, Hotel Adlon, Academy of Fine Arts
- ✓The American and French Embassy and the famous Hotel Adlon can all be seen from this square
What's included
- ✓Local English-speaking Expert Guide
- ✓3-hour walking tour
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
IMPORTANT; Please be at meeting point 15 minutes before tour begins
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Berlin Historical Walking Tour: Highlights and Hidden Sites
Meet your expert local guide outside Friedrichstrasse train station in central Berlin and start your walk through the city while your guide will provide a detailed account of the Berlin’s fascinating and oftentimes troubled history. Learn about Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party and what life was like during the Third Reich. See where Hitler’s bunker was located and visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Also, find out how Germany was divided while walking through Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Walk under the famous Brandenburg Gate, one of Berlin’s most important monuments. A symbol of division between Berlin and Germany during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace and unity. Also, see the Reichstag Building, the meeting place of the German Parliament. Your tour ends here.
Highlights
- ✓Discover top Berlin attractions with your guide including Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag parliament building and Checkpoint Charlie
- ✓Get an up-close look at the remains of the Berlin Wall
- ✓Find out what life was like during WW2 and the Cold War
- ✓See where Hitler's former bunker is located
What you'll see & do
- ✓Start your tour from our central meeting point
- ✓Learn about this Cold War international checkpoint- also known as the Traenenpalast
- ✓National memorial site reflecting on war and tyranny
- ✓The location where Marx, Engels and Einstein studied and taught
- ✓Biggest church in Berlin, Lustgarten, City Palace (Stadt Schloss) and the Humboldt Forum
- ✓Learn about Islamic art, the Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus
- ✓Learn about the Ancient Egyptian collection on a World UNESCO Heritage site
- ✓Learn about the first museum built in Berlin and the very famous architect, Karl Schinkel
- ✓The brand new Humboldt Forum. See the reconstructed Hohenzollern family palace
- ✓Be enchanted by the beauty of the 18th century square
- ✓Stand on the location where the Nazi's burned tens of thousands of books in 1933
- ✓The beautiful opera house built under Friedrich the Great in 1743
- ✓The spectacular Schinkel concert house completed in 1821
- ✓From the period of Berlin's religious tolerance, the Calvinist French Cathedral and the Lutheran German Cathedral
- ✓Cold War civilian and military checkpoint, location of tank stand-off in 1961 between Soviet and American armed forces
- ✓See a 200m long piece of the Berlin Wall
- ✓Hermann Göring's airforce ministry, East German house of ministers, German Finance Ministry
- ✓Stand above the location where Hitler spent the last days of WW2- the site of Hilter's bunker
- ✓Walk through the Memorial dedicated to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- ✓German house of Parliament and government quarter
- ✓American Embassy, French Embassy, Hotel Adlon, Academy of Fine Arts
- ✓The American and French Embassy and the famous Hotel Adlon can all be seen from this square
What's included
- ✓Local English-speaking Expert Guide
- ✓3-hour walking tour
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
IMPORTANT; Please be at meeting point 15 minutes before tour begins
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.