The tour that started it all. The eight-plus-hour, mind-expanding, foot-massage-necessitating brainchild of the former tour guide to the Allied Forces, consistently regarded as THE premiere tour of Berlin. The single most productive touring-day you could hope to spend in Berlin.
Different guides lend themselves to different routes, but each tour covers Berlin’s chaotic history in depth: Berlin of the Hohenzollerns, Jewish Berlin, Weimar Berlin, Nazi Berlin, Cold War Berlin, to Berlin in the wake of reunification, rebuilt and reborn. Whatever your taste, this tour has it all. All the sights and all the history in one fun-filled action-packed day.
Must-see sights like the New Synagogue, Potsdamer Platz, Europe's largest office building (a gift to Berlin from the Nazis), the Berliner Dom, the Gestapo and SS headquarters, the Reichstag and remains of the Berlin Wall are complemented by suprises and hidden gems throughout, architectural curiosities, historical oddities, and no shortage of native wisdom.
The tour meets daily opposite the Friedrichstrasse station, in front of the Bandy Brooks shop at 10:30.
cost: €12