Berlin History and Shopping Shore Excursion

This semi-private shore excursion is for those who want an overview of Berlin’s history and most important monuments, and also to spend some time shopping in the German capital’s slickest stores and districts. You will have the chance to shop in Germany's most celebrated luxury department store, and visit some of the most exciting independent, contemporary concept stores – without skimping on the city's main sites.
This experience is adjusted to each ship’s docking times and starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. Our expert team has been organizing these tours for nearly a decade. We have never missed a cruise ship’s departure and imparted our knowledge and enthusiasm for our unique and beautiful city to thousands of satisfied passengers!

What's included:

• Upon your arrival in Berlin: private modern, air-conditioned vehicle, driver and a professional tour guide for the entire duration of the tour in Berlin – approximately 5-6 hours
• Professional tour guide for the entire duration of the tour in Berlin – approximately 5-6 hours
• Private modern, air-conditioned vehicle and a professional driver for the entire duration of the tour – approximately 12 hours
• Shared transportation on a bus to and from Berlin (you will be sharing the bus with other passengers)

Not included:

• Food and beverages
• Entrance fees (none will be required during your tour)

What to expect:

Duration: 12 hours

Kaufhaus Des Westens

Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, , Berlin, 10789

Shop until you drop in Europe's second largest department store – 7 floors and 60,000 square meters of luxury and cutting edge fashions – and enjoy a sumptuous lunch in the world-famous food court.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Mulackstraße

Mulackstraße, 10119 Berlin, Germany

Explore some of Berlin's most exciting independent, contemporary concept and fashion stores.

1 hour

Reichstag Building

Platz der Republik 1, Berlin, 10557

Stand in the shadow of the German parliament building, burned down after Hitler’s rise to power, now a bold symbol of modern German democracy.

10 minutes

Brandenburg Gate

Pariser Platz, Berlin, 10117

Walk through the gateways of Berlin's most iconic monument and find out what makes the Gate the most important cultural monument in Germany.

10 minutes

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, Berlin, 10117

Journey through the iconic concrete stellae, bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism, and hear the stories of the everyday bravery of the persecuted.

15 minutes

Checkpoint Charlie

Friedrichstr. 43-45, Zimmerstraße, Berlin, 10117

Cross the border at the frontline of the Cold War, where spies roamed and US and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961.

10 minutes

Topography of Terror

Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, , Berlin, 10963

See the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo. See the excavated torture cells, and come face-to-face with the Cold War's most brutal symbol: The Berlin Wall.

15 minutes

Fuhrerbunker

Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, Berlin, 10117

Stand at the site of the bunker where history's most notorious criminal committed suicide at the end of WWII.

10 minutes

Charlottenburg Palace

Spandauer Damm 10-22, Luisenplatz, Berlin, 14059

Walk the stunning grounds gardens of the first Prussian royal summer palace to be built on the outskirts of Berlin.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kurfurstendamm

Berlin

Cruise down Berlin's version of the Champs-Élysées, former West Berlin's most famous street.

Pass by without stopping

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, 10789

Witness the devastation caused by US and British bombing raids during WWII at the preserved ruins of this late 19th-century church, and visit the New Church next door, decorated with hundreds of thousands of fragments of blue stained glass.

Pass by without stopping

Tiergarten

Strasse des 17. Juni 100, , Berlin, 10557

Drive through the lush greenery of Berlin's vast central park and see various embassies on the Tiergartenstraße, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Memorial for Victims of the National Socialist Euthanasia Program.

Pass by without stopping

Victory Column (Siegessaule)

Grosser Stern 1, , Berlin, 10557

Catch the sun glinting of the golden angel Victoria, goddess of victory, as you circle around Prussia's emphatic monument to its triumphs in the Wars of Unification.

Pass by without stopping