Note: “Complete Berlin” tour is a limited size group tour, maximum of 30 persons riding in one group with one guide, and in one bus. The tour has guaranteed departures, and it will be operated for all the ships, and for all the scheduled days, as shown in the below list. The guaranteed departure means that the tour will be operated even if there was only one person booked, and in case of having more than 30 bookings, the total number will be split into several buses, none of them having more than 30 persons riding together.
Price: $ 265 per person.
Children price: $ 210.
Duration: 12,5 hours
Starting time: 30 minutes after the official scheduled arrival time of your ship.
Transportation: By a private car, van, or motor coach depending on the number of seats required.
Activity level: Active. This tour is not suitable for any person having walking problems or restricted miobility. .
Major sites and inside admissions included: This is a most comprehensive Berlin city tour as it can be operated within the time limit allowed.
Do to its rich program time is of an essence, and all participants are advised to stay close to their guide. Major sites are listed in the below Itinerary. Inside visits shall be to: Potsdam Square buildings, where we shall also have our luncheon in the Lindenbrau Restaurant. Photo Stops: Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, East Side Gallery, Opera Square. WWII Memorial, Charlottenburg Palace, Checkpoint Charlie, Kurfurstendamm. Drive-By: Unter den Linden Boulevard. Alexander Square. Museums Island, the Jewish Quarter, the Humboldt University, KaDeWe store, Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church, Europe Center, Tiergarten Park, Victory Column, Belevue Palace, Berlin Cathedral. Note: The order of sites may wary depending on the traffic in the city on they of your visit.
“Complete Berlin” is guaranteed to be operated for the passengers of the following ships, and on the following days of arrival in Warnemunde in 2010:
Princendam: June 30; August 23,“Complete Berlin ” Tour Itinerary: Our guests of earlier years tell us, that the Complete Berlin tour of DenRus is “the best way to get an overview of the capital of Germany, its past and its present, as well as to follow on the exciting footsteps of the Cold War”.
On this tour we shall explore Berlin’s former Soviet Sector – a cold war battle ground and the foundation of Communist East Berlin. We shall also learn more about the general life behind the Iron Curtain, and get to know how Stasi, the largest spy agency network the world has ever seen, kept the entire population under observation. We shall trace the CIA and KGB spy stories at the US, North Korean, and massive Soviet Union Embassies, and much, much more.
Our tour shall depart from the port about 30 minutes after your ship arrived, and there will be a driving time of about two and a half hours until we arrive in Berlin. After reaching the city we shall first tour the former
East Berlin area, then continue to the new center of Berlin, the
Potsdam Square, and after that we shall finish our long day in the former
West Berlin side at the famous
Kurfurstendamm.
Our guests will see the
Brandenburg Gate, the location where Presidents John F. Kennedy held his famous speech, and Ronald Regan visited later. Today the gate, and the nearby
Reichstag, Parliament Building, are the real symbols of the German reunification. You will also see the last remaining parts of the notorious
German wall, called the
East Side Gallery, and learn the dangerous and colorful history of it. We shall definitely make a photo stop there.
Driving along the
Unter den Linden Boulevard, the former East German street for parades of the socialist army, we shall stop at the
Opera Square, where the famous historical
book burning took place in 1933.
The World War II Memorial will be the next stop in order to get a deeper view and understanding of Germany’s history, and the haunting influence of the presence of the Soviet Army and government.
Our tour shall continue, and on our way to the
Alexander Square, the former City Center of East Berlin, we shall pass the
Jewish Quarter, and the
Humboldt University (founded in 1810), where many world famous scholars worked, among them
Albert Einstein, before his immigration to the USA. Our guides are ready to answer any questions about the life, propaganda and education during the East German years.
Our next highlight will be the newly constructed, super modern
Potsdam Square, where our tour shall take a break, and enjoy a local lunch before we continue to the former West Berlin side.
Some of the highlights we shall see and enjoy on the West Berlin side are:
The Charlottenburg Palace, the
Kurfurstendamm Street with the famous
KaDeWe, and the
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, another famous landmark of Berlin known all over the world. Don’t worry, we shall also see all the following
Europe Center, the
Tiergarten Park, the
Victory Column, the
Bellevue Palace, and also the
Check Point Charlie, which Hollywood has made immortal.
Before we start our return ride to Warnemunde and to the port, there will be some free time at the end of the day’s touring program, so that you may explore independently the Kurfurstendamm area, the most fashionable center of Berlin, on your own.
After the return ride our tour shall end at the Warnemunde Port in front of our ship
