Private all-day Tour of Berlin by Car

Itinerary
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Stop At: Potsdamer Platz Tiegarten, 10785 Berlin Germany

You will see the famous Sony Center with its stunning architecture done by Helmut Jahn, as well as the remains of the Esplanade Hotel (Emperor's Hall).

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Topography of Terror, Niederkirchnstrasse 8, 10963 Berlin Germany

The former headquarter of the Gestapo and the SS are gone, but the foundation can still be seen, as well as a documentation center. Also at this location, you will have the opportunity to see what's left of the original Berlin Wall.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Checkpoint Charlie, Friedrichstr. 43-45, 10969 Berlin Germany

This is the most famous of the border crossings between East and West Berlin. What you see is a replica of the original station as it looked in the 1960s.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Gendarmenmarkt, 10117 Berlin Germany

Berlin's most beautiful square with the German and the French Dome at either end. Inbetween the Theater (Konzerthaus) built by Friedrich Schinkel.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin Germany

The most famous landmark of Berlin, nay, of Germany!

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Near the Brandenburg Gate Information Center: Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin Germany

A very touching memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, built by Peter Eisenmann. If you like, you can also visit the documentation center which is quite moving. But as with all places in this tour: you decide what to see and what to skip!

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Reichstag Building, Platz der Republik 1, 10557 Berlin Germany

A very impressive building, today the home of the German Parliament. If you like to visit inside, we need at least 2 weeks notice, and you need to give us your full name and dob!

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Tiergarten, Strasse des 17. Juni 100, 10557 Berlin Germany

A beautiful park in the center of Berlin. There is a lake, a beer garden, a zoo, many ponds and monuments, the memorial to the Sinti and Roma, and much more.

Pass By: Victory Column (Siegessaule), Grosser Stern 1, 10557 Berlin Germany

This large monument (in memory of three wars won by Prussia in the 19th century) originally stood in front of the Reichstag. It was moved here by Albert Speer during the Nazi reign. If you want to climb up, there is an extra charge.

Stop At: Charlottenburg Palace, Spandauer Damm 20-24 Luisenplatz, 14059 Berlin Germany

Of the many many palaces built by the Hohenzollern in Berlin, this one is the largest that survived the war. You will get out to take photos in the beautiful entrance yard. If you want to visit inside, there is an extra charge.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Olympiastadion Berlin, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin Germany

This famous stadium was built for the 1936 Olympic Games. Today the street running along it is named after Jesse Owen! The five Olympic rings above the entrance gate make a beautiful motif for your pictures. If you want to go inside, there is an extra charge.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Kurfurstendamm (Kurfurstendam), Berlin Germany

The world's largest boulevard is the main shopping street in West Berlin. There are also lots of hotels and restaurants. It is quite wide and has about 50 of the original impressive buildings left. The others were destroyed in the war and have been replaced by modern buildings.

Pass By: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Breitscheidplatz, 10789 Berlin Germany

This once huge church is only a ruin today, It has been preserved in this state to remind us of the atrocities of war. If you want to visit inside, entrance is free.

Stop At: Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe), Tauentzienstr. 21 - 24, 10789 Berlin Germany

Continental Europe's largest and most luxurious department store. Don't miss the delicatessen section on the 6th floor. Try an Italian appetizer, oysters and champagne, or a dessert from Leysieffer!

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Tempelhof Airport, Tempelhofer Damm 1-7, GAT Terminal Tempelhofer Damm 1-7, GAT-Bereich, 12101 Berlin Germany

This building was once the largest building in the world. It's four stories high, but also four stories deep. It closed a couple of years ago as an airport, and now the runway is Berlin's largest park.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Kreuzberg, Berlin Germany

You will drive through Kreuzberg, Berlin's hip and multi-ethnic neighborhood. Around Tempelhof airport, there was little damage in the war, so this is one of the only places where you can still get an idea of what Berlin looked like in the 1930s.

Pass By: Unter den Linden, Berlin Germany

The street begins at Brandenburg Gate and ends at the Humboldt Forum. You'll find lots of historic buildings along its path: the New Guard House, the Humboldt University, the Opera House, the Crown Princess Palace, and the Old Armory, today the Historic Museum.

Stop At: Humboldt Box, Schlossplatz 5 Unter den Linden, 10178 Berlin Germany

The Humboldt Box is gone, but the former Hohenzollern Palace has been rebuilt in its place.

Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Berliner Dom, Am Lustgarten, 10178 Berlin Germany

This is Germany's largest Protestant Church, modeled after St. Peters in Rome. If you want to go inside (and see many of the Hohenzollern royals in their sarcophagi), there is an extra charge.

Stop At: Museum Island, Breite Street, 13089 Berlin Germany

You will step out to take a picture in front of the Old Museum. There are five museums, altogether, on this island, built during different eras. If you want to visit one (we would recommend the Neues Museum), there will be an extra charge, and you would have to use the audio guides.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Hackescher Markt, Berlin Germany

The former barn section, the Jewish quarter, is today called "Mitte". You will find lots of cafés, restaurants, historic buildings, stumbling stones to remind you of the former neighbors killed by the Nazis, and the Hackesche Höfe, a beautiful series of court yards. If you like, visit the Otto Weidt-Museum (free).

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Stiftung Neue Synagoge Berlin - Centrum Judaicum, Oranienburger Str. 28 - 30, 10117 Berlin Germany

Unfortunately only the facade and the dome remain of this beautiful synagoge built in 1866.

Stop At: Alter Juedischer Friedhof, Grosse Hamburger Str. 26, 10115 Berlin Germany

The old Jewish Cemetery was desecrated by the Nazis. They also buried Berliners who were killed during the bomb raids. Only a few tomb stones remain along the wall. Moses Mendelsohn's grave has been restored. Closed on Saturdays.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Berliner Fernsehturm, Panoramastr. 1A, 10178 Berlin Germany

Berlin's highest building!

Pass By: Karl-Marx-Allee, Berlin Germany

This street was designed by the East-German rulers to be wide enough for their yearly military parades. You can still see some communist architecture, many of the buildings a landmark today.

Stop At: East Side Gallery, Muehlenstrasse 3-100 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, 14167 Berlin Germany

A must see, the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall that's left standing. Over 100 artists painted the different sections. Don't miss the "Brotherly Kiss" based on a photo by Brezhnev and Honecker.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Memorial of the Berlin Wall, Bernauer Strasse 111, 13355 Berlin Germany

A reminder of the Wall that separated East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989.

Duration: 20 minutes