Berlin City Hop-on Hop-off Tour: Explore Iconic Sightseeing Spots with Optional Cruise
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Experience the best of Berlin with the Berlin City Hop-on Hop-off Tour. Explore iconic sights, hop on and off at your leisure, and enjoy audio commentary in 20 languages. Join us now!

Duration: 1 day
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Berlin City Hop-on Hop-off Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: 10am first start and then every 15/22 minutes

1. Kurfürstendamm 216
Main departure point

2. KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens
near Hotel Berlin, Berlin

3. Lützowplatz
nearby Hotel Berlin, Berlin

4. Stralauer Str. 1
nearby Philharmonic Hall

5. Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Str. 1

6. Checkpoint Charlie
Checkpoint Charlie, the name was given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991). Take opportunity to visit Wall-Museum to explore history of Berlin and former GDR.

7. Gendarmenmarkt
The Gendarmenmarkt is a famous square in Berlin including the Berlin concert hall and the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by Georg Christian Unger in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after the cuirassier regiment Gens d’Armes, which had stables at the square until 1773.

8. Neptunbrunnen
TV Tower

9. Alexanderplatz

10. Europa Apotheke

11. East Side Gallery

12. Berlin Ostbahnhof

13. Rotes Rathaus

14. CityQuartier DomAquarée

15. U Museumsinsel

16. Apollo-Optik

17. Max-Liebermann-Haus

18. Sareghis GmbH

19. nextbike Berlin

20. Budapester Str. 34

21. Kurfürstendamm 23

22. arte Sommerkino Schloss Charlottenburg

23. Messegelände/ICC (Berlin)

Points of Interest

  • Brandenburg Gate

  • Museum Island

  • Potsdamer Platz

  • Unter den Linden

  • Kurfurstendamm

  • Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe)

  • Berliner Dom

  • Gendarmenmarkt

  • Charlottenburg Palace

  • Alexanderplatz

  • Kulturforum

  • Victory Column (Siegessaule)

  • Checkpoint Charlie

  • Berlin Central Station

  • Neptunbrunnen

  • Elefantentor

What's Included
  • 1-hour river boat cruise (if option selected)
  • Hop-on hop-off tour (24h or 48h pass depending on option selected)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • In case of demonstrations/road closures/traffic jam no guarantee:route-guidance& sights to be seen
Additional Information

The BestOfBerlin hop-on hop-off tour provides an ideal way to see most of Berlin’s attractions, with the flexibility to get on and off the open-top double-decker buses at your leisure. There are 23 different sites you can visit around Berlin, with buses arriving every 15/20 minutes at each stop. If you prefer, you can stay on the bus and take in the sights while listening to the onboard audio commentary - offered in 20 languages - and complete the full circuit without getting off the bus in approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes. Tickets remain valid for 24h or 48h from the time they are first used within operating hours. You can easily access must-see landmarks such as Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin Dome (Cathedral), Pergamon Museum, Brandenburg Gate and the beautiful Charlottenburg Palace along the route.

Maximize your visit - come along with us.

Children can enjoy our onboard kids channel (available in German/English).

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Nicole
Aug 14, 2024
Berlin top - Everything works great. Off and on everywhere possible and without long waiting times. Great service anytime again
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Jackie_b
Aug 3, 2024
Good experience - Very lovely helpful staff , good stops covered all the places that we could wish to see.The buses were frequent.
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Sandra_b
Jul 14, 2024
Great way to see it all - My husband lived in Berlin in the 80's and wanted to show me everything as well as see what had changed. This was the best way to get around. The Company also did a great job considering the UEFA finals were interfering with traffic.
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Sharron_k
Jul 9, 2024
Good way to experience Berlin and move about the city. - This was a good overview of Berlin’s city highlights as well as providing an economical way to get from one site to another. The bus was clean and the audio clear, although it did cut off abruptly a few times but did not exclude anything relevant. There was a small disappointment of not getting to view the Brandenburg gate but the was due to the Euro cup event and not due to the tour company. I felt they did a good job of letting people know which stops to get off to walk to the gate. Only other comment is a warning that on Sundays the shops are closed so not to get off at KaDeWe.
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Soumit_n
May 27, 2024
Go for it! - Best way to see the city (followed by exploring it on your own using public transportation). We chose a 24 hour option which was good enough to cover all points of interest. It takes about 2h 30 mints if you choose to stay in the bus without getting off at any of the stops. Advantage over other companies was there was only one route so no change of buses to switch to a different route.
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Bigalid
Jul 14, 2024
Reasonable open top bus tour - This is pretty bog standard okay open top bus tour. It covers most of the key sites. The commentary focuses on key buildings and there can be lengthy gaps but to be fair it does does cover the places you need to know about. It was fine for us but for those of you who like a continuous drone maybe look elsewhere. Clearly most people who've left negative reviews never did any research about that nor the fact the service starts winding down about 5 so if you wanna get the most I'd start morning or lunchtime at latest. I've also seen folk moan that you can do all these sites on a Berlin travel pass for a lot less and yes you can buy you wont have a relaxing time jumping from bus/tram/subway services to get around and much of the joy of this is sitting watching world go by. The tracking map on website is really helpful and Di check if stops have been closed or moved (we had a few that were changed due to euros) . Book online and you'll save. And why folk are complaining about a lack of AC is just hilarious - it's an open top bus. The free earphones were comfy. We did find one set of seats had an issue with not working for commentary but no other problems on the 3 buses we used
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Mrs_m
Jul 31, 2024
Could have been better - Several bus tours operating in the same spot so it was a bit confusing identifying the correct Tour operator. The bus took a long time before arriving & some of the inbuilt audio guides were not working hence other passengers had to switch seats to seats that had the audio working properly. Not too happy with the set-up.
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Jackylee_sing_bel
Jul 22, 2024
Poor attitude and service - Very poor service especially in the river cruise. The people running the river cruise are extremely rude and not helpful. The hop on/off route is pretty standard without a smile. In fact I found that people in Berlin are generally very impatient and rude. This left a poor impression on me.
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Susanne
Jul 10, 2024
Poor guidance in the headphones - Bus that took us around Berlin but with poor guidance in the headphones. Sometimes it did not work at all and sometimes pvsr talk is not in sync with the place which gets a bit weird.
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Keithbasingstoke
Jun 15, 2024
Awful driver, terrible experience - Rude bus driver who set off and immediately engaged in a call on his mobile (WTF? Do this in London as a taxi driver and you lose your licence....) Driver then ignored the bell and made no attempt to stop at our chosen designated stop on the map, nearly missed the next stop and parked the bus in the wrong location so passengers dismounted straight into a cycle lane. Driving was erratic with harsh acceleration and braking. 'Timetable' is also a complete work of fiction
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