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Hamburg Harbor Tour: Classic Experience
3.2
68 Ratings
Hamburg
Discover Hamburg’s harbor on a 1-hour tour. Explore Speicherstadt, HafenCity, and the container port. See the Elbphilharmonie and more.
Discover Hamburg’s harbor on a 1-hour tour. Explore Speicherstadt, HafenCity, and the container port. See the Elbphilharmonie and more.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Elbphilharmonie - New landmarks of Hamburg
- Speicherstadt - Historic buildings and warehouses, small cafes, museums, restaurants, and much more.
- HafenCity - A modern and new Hamburg district under development.
- Harbor Piers - The St. Pauli Landungsbrücken are a large docking station for passenger ships on the northern edge of the…
- Elbphilharmonie - New landmarks of Hamburg
- Speicherstadt - Historic buildings and warehouses, small cafes, museums, restaurants, and much more.
- HafenCity - A modern and new Hamburg district under development.
- Harbor Piers - The St. Pauli Landungsbrücken are a large docking station for passenger ships on the northern edge of the Port of Hamburg. The Landungsbrücken are located in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli, between Niederhafen and the St. Pauli Fish Market along the Elbe River.
- Hamburger Fischmarkt - The Altona Fish Market is a public market in the Hamburg district of Altona-Altstadt. From fish and groceries to flowers and clothing, you can find everything here on Sundays.
- HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) - Container terminals, container ships, and impressive images of ships being loaded.
- Elbstrand Ovelgonne - Great Hamburg Elbe beach for relaxing, sunbathing, or enjoying a coffee.
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Hamburg Cruise Center Steinwerder - Ort an dem viele Kreuzfahrtschiffe liegen. Je nach Datum dann die Queen Mary 2, AIDA und viele mehr.
Unter anderem haben wir hier die Werft Blohm & Voss wo Schiffe gebaut und/oder repariert werden. - Alter Elbtunnel - A historic tunnel that is still functional and runs under the Elbe from the Landungsbrücken to Steinwerder.
- Der Koenig der Loewen (The Lion King) - The most successful musical in Hamburg. Additionally, next to it is another musical (which varies) and a beautiful viewing platform.
What's Included
- 1-hour harbor tour with a barge or passenger ship
- Free choice of ship even after purchase
- Audio guide app available in English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese
- Guaranteed daily departures
- Live commentary by the tour guide in German
- On-board restrooms
- 1-hour harbor tour with a barge or passenger ship
- Free choice of ship even after purchase
- Audio guide app available in English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese
- Guaranteed daily departures
- Live commentary by the tour guide in German
- On-board restrooms
What's Not Included
- Drinks and meals (available for booking on-site).
- Drinks and meals (available for booking on-site).
Additional Information
The Hamburg Classic: Experience the grand harbor tour, an uncomplicated way to explore the harbor.
On small barges, you’ll enter the Speicherstadt (water levels permitting), traverse HafenCity, and then head to the container port and locks. Passing the musical tent and the Elbphilharmonie, you’ll proceed directly to the Landungsbrücken.
With large…
The Hamburg Classic: Experience the grand harbor tour, an uncomplicated way to explore the harbor.
On small barges, you’ll enter the Speicherstadt (water levels permitting), traverse HafenCity, and then head to the container port and locks. Passing the musical tent and the Elbphilharmonie, you’ll proceed directly to the Landungsbrücken.
With large passenger ships, you’ll explore the entire container port, the Elbe beach, and the fish market, getting an up-close look at the impressive container ships. Cruise ships are a common sight here. We also pass by the “Lion King” musical and the Elbphilharmonie before concluding the journey at the Landungsbrücken.
These tours last 1 hour each and are the quintessential way to discover the diverse Hamburg harbor. Seize the opportunity for an unforgettable tour that reflects the dynamic atmosphere of the harbor.
- Some of our passenger ships are accessible for those with disabilities (River Star, Louisiana Star, MS Hamburg).
Location
Rainer Abicht Elbreederei
Brücke 1
Bitte kommen Sie zu den Landungsbrücken, Brücke 1. Oben an der Promenade finden Sie Mitarbeiter der Rainer Abicht Elbreederei, die Ihnen zeigen werden, wo das Schiff abfährt.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.2
(68 Ratings)
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Godballe
Sep 30, 2024
Exciting tour of the harbor - A super exciting tour around the harbour - The highlight is definitely the visit to the large container terminal that we have so often admired from the highway. Good selection in the bar, and a cozy guide that made it super!
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Eduardo_z
Oct 15, 2024
Nice, short tour. Download app for English - Nice, short tour of Hamburg harbour. Seeing the large container ships was a highlight. Be aware, the tour is only in German. However, there is an app you can download for an English tour. Download ahead of time on WiFi, and bring earphones. A one hour tour was long enough for my family. We took the 11am tour and afterward headed for lunch at a nearby Portuguese restaurant.
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Experience602388
Mar 25, 2025
Good tour, but.... - A tour of the harbour and Speicherstadt. It was interesting and I learned a lot of new things. But the captain tried to be spasmodically funny and slipped partly to the level of the regular table humor of 1970. Rather awkward and a bit annoying
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C10m
Jan 1, 2025
Nice cruise but with fog waste of money - We had a reservation. Unfortunately, fog and without reservation not advisable because you see nothing of the tour. Draught ansich was fun. Possibility in an app to do the trip in another language. Doesn't always follow very well so also pay attention to where you sail. Coffee 3.5 euros each. Controls in place. Other guide indicated to do a cruise on the Alte next time.
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W4408mvbarbarak
Mar 25, 2025
Good tour, bad jokes - Good tour with lots of interesting background information BUT impossible, discriminatory and sexist interim comments from the captain/speaker.
We didn't find the jokes funny at all and quite misplaced. To be ashamed of others. What a shame!
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Mark
Mar 25, 2025
Great for German speakers! - No one told us it was in German. There was a downloadable app but again, no one told us it was available.
Otherwise comfortable albeit hotel chairs, clean and vending machine with beer.
I would have preferred to have understood the tour!
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Jeffreyl722
May 15, 2023
Not impressed with the off-hand sales staff and crew, German-only commentary - Definitely not recommended for non-German speaking tourists. The boat's commentary is in German and one needs to download and listen to their app for other languages. I felt like we got hustled when we bought the tickets: we specifically made a point of asking if they could do it in English, and they said "yes", but waited until we paid for the tickets to tell us we needed headphones or ear pods, and an Internet connection to download the app. By the time I had downloaded the app and installed it (poor phone reception on that part of the harbour, not helped by limited data availability on our Danish phone sims) we were already well into into the cruise. Even after that, the app commentary kept dropping out periodically.
While the cruise was pleasant enough, we were really not impressed by the off-hand way we were treated by the sales staff/crew.
Date of the cruise was 24th August 2022.
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Derfind
Apr 18, 2023
Tour only for german citizens - We're a mix couple english/french, Before buying the tickets we've been reassured : don't worry, just download the app and you'll have explanations in different languages.
The problem is the App isn't updated so impossible to download and we understood nothing.
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Family_3kids_on_tour
Mar 21, 2023
Making sex jokes in front of kids and charging more than advertised. - Guide was okay, though he was making lots of dirty jokes in front of children. Also, on the homepage it says it costs 22 EUR for adults and 11 EUR for kids, but they said it cost 40 EUR. And of top they ask for a tip! Hilarious.
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Georgea458
Dec 18, 2024
Not what we expected… at all! - Too much docs, cranes and container ships and not enough city view and history! BYW, we wanted the red line but I think they guided us to a boat that was on the blue line. Not sure but either way, it is not what we asked for and paid for. Would not recommend.
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