Berlin History Tour: Explore Iconic Landmarks

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Explore Berlin’s historic center with an Italian guide. Discover the Berlin Wall, Brandenburg Gate, and Museums Island in a 3.5-hour tour.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Vive Berlin Tours - The tour with an Italian guide starts at the meeting point of Potsdamer Platz no. 10 (S/U-Bahn Potsdamer Platz). Look for the blue bicycle by VIVE BERLIN TOURS, you will easily recognize the flag with our logo!
Potsdamer Platz - One of the most famous and certainly, the most modern, squares in Berlin and an excellent starting point for the Italian tour to discover the best of the German capital. The guide will introduce you to the history of Berlin and show you the great and tragic changes of the city.
Sony Center - You’ll be impressed as you enter into the Sony Center building and you will see how some of the remains of the ancient square destroyed during World War II have been preserved and blend in with the building’s contemporary architecture.
Topography of Terror - Together with the guide, you will visit this symbolic place in Berlin and understand how the Nazi dictatorship is remembered today, exactly where the headquarters of the Gestapo and SS were located.
From here you can also see buildings such as the former Nazi aviation ministry, the beautiful Martin Gropius Bau museum and, especially, an original segment of the Berlin Wall.
Checkpoint Charlie - Surely this place in Berlin was for a time the hottest point of the Cold War. The guide will talk about the construction of the Berlin Wall and the division of the city in the time of the communist dictatorship.
Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus - This huge and imposing building was built by the Nazi dictatorship to house the offices of the Ministry of Aviation led by Goering. At the time of the Cold War it was the ‘home of the ministries’ of the Communist dictatorship. Today it is used as a ministry by the Federal Republic of Germany.
Fuhrerbunker - The place where the Bunker was and where Hitler spent his last days. With the guide you will understand the meaning of the place and the reasons for its present.
The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe - You will be impressed by the stories that the guide will tell you in this place of great emotion. A symbol in Berlin to remember the greatest crime committed by the German state in the time of Nazism.
Reichstag Building - The seat of the German Parliament. Visit only outside, the guide will be pleased to explain how to book a visit to the dome of the building.
Brandenburg Gate - The most famous gateway to Berlin. One of the city’s landmarks and the most photographed by visitors. The guide will tell you the story of the Brandenburg Gate, from the symbol of a king’s strength to that of the Cold War, to become one of the symbols of German reunification.
Unter den Linden - You will walk through this great avenue, once the access road to the emperor’s palace. The guide will show you how to recognize the various periods of construction and the wounds left by the war.
Bebelplatz - The square of the burning of books during the Nazi dictatorship but also the square where there is the seat of the famous Humboldt University and the Catholic Cathedral.
Book Burning Memorial at Bebelplatz - Discover, thanks to the guide’s narrations, the monument that remembers the sadly famous burning of books during the Nazi dictatorship: a propaganda action remembered today in a very significant memorial placed in the center of the square.
Humboldt University (Humboldt Universitat) - Get to know the history of this very important university and find out who its most famous students have been.
Neue Wache - A memorial at the rejection of war and its horrors: a mother cries her son, a soldier who fell in battle.
Berliner Dom - In the idea of the emperor who had it built, this impressive church must have been the equivalent of St. Peter’s for the Luetrana religion.
Museum Island - The most known island of Berlin, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The guide will finish the tour in one of the most famous places in Berlin and will give you all the directions to continue to visit the city in the best possible way. At the end of this tour you will have understood the soul of a city so complicated by such an exciting and tragic history.

What's Included

Local guide
Local taxes

What's Not Included

Food and drinks
Drinks
Hotel pickup
Transportation to/from attractions

Additional Information

A guided tour of 3.5 hours duration through the history of Berlin. The best way to get to know the historic center of Berlin accompanied by an Italian guide. Germany’s capital city, victim and witness of the most important and tragic events of the twentieth century, will be the star during this excursion. During the walk you will hear about the history of the Berlin Wall and the Brandenburg Gate. See the Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe and stop on the former site of Hitler’s bunker in Berlin. End your tour with a visit to the Museums Island (World Heritage Site since 1999), and see the Reichstag, the Gendarmenmarkt, the Opera and the Humboldt University.

Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately!

Location

Potsdamer Platz 10

Potsdamer Platz

We meet 20 minutes before the tour starts. In front of the Espresso House, at the corner with Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Walerio67

Jul 24, 2024

With Paolo, an Italian Guide to discover the real Berlin - Paolo our Guide immersed us in an experience where history, art, politics and - let me tell you - spirituality in his tireless narration involve you deeply leaving you breathless and full of food for thought even hours and hours after the tour. Top experience sincerely recommended!