Berlin Walking Tour: Discover Lost City's Secrets

Explore Old Berlin’s hidden gems and rich history on a two-hour walking tour with a historian. Uncover secrets and stories that bring the past to life.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Alexanderplatz - Visit the site of the vanished streets and buildings
  • Franziskaner Klosterkirche - Berlin’s only medieval ‘romantic’ ruin
  • St. Mary’s Church - Important church from the medieval times
  • Nicholas Quarter - Berlin’s reconstructed medieval Disneyland
What's Included
  • Services of a professional historian
  • One of the best tour guides in Berlin
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Embark on a captivating two-hour walking tour through the heart of old Berlin, where we unravel the city’s rich history through some of its squares and iconic monuments. Get ready for those delightful “a-ha, now I get it!” moments that will bring the past to life.

Delve into the secrets of “Lost Berlin,” where the medieval core was wiped away, redesigned, and reimagined. It’s like stepping into a lost city, but fear not – you will uncover the hidden gems and fascinating stories that make this part of Berlin so gripping.

Witness the profound impact of politics over the last 150 years as you explore a city that has seen buildings moved, rebuilt, replaced, and reinterpreted. The city centre is an ever-changing puzzle, and our tour is your guide to understanding how the pieces fit together in the heart of the largely re-imagined old city.

Location
Espresso House
Rathausstraße
Outside of the entrance to the Espresso House cafe
Cancellation Policy

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

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Travis
Jul 6, 2018
Sean taught us how to read Berlin like a historain - We loved Berlin Historical Walks! Sean was an exceptional guide whose modus operandi was not to take pictures of everything without cause, but to teach us what Berlin had to say. We loved finding out the degree to which Berlin is a city of moving chess pieces. Definitely would book again if I were to do it over!
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Kirill
Dec 15, 2017
Very nice tour - Sean is a professional historian. He knows every courtyard in Berlin. The rout was surprisingly interesting. I live in Berlin, but we visited some places, I never knew about. Sean feels Berlin. He told us about contradictory and irony of this city, which, by all means, accompanied the story Berlin all the time of its existence. In 4 hours we were in different periods and eras of the history. We had started in 20 century, but then we found ourselves even in Babylon. Moreover, Sean is an English native speaker and his language is very clean and proper. So it would also be good to take this tour and practise your English.
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Georgeconstantin
Nov 23, 2017
Excellent half day tour in Berlin - I have to thank Sean Stewart , the guide, for this amazing tour of Berlin. He first asked me if I have visited before the city and what I would like to see. Taking into consideration that I have saw the most iconic places in Berlin during my previous trip, I asked for an alternative walk tour. We covered all important stages: medieval / imperial / 3rd Reich and communist era. Sean is a great story teller so I have traveled in time at each point of interest, discovering the feeling of each era. He has an in-depth knowledge of Berlin and Germany’s history that helped me understand better what happened and why. To give you a glint of what is to be seen I can tell you that I have saw one water fountain used in WWII, oldest bar still in use in Berlin and a point of view where, if you turn 360 degrees, you can see buildings of imperial, nazi and communist Berlin. I felt great to discover the “Berlin of contradiction” – Sean’s expression.
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