Berlin Shore Excursion and City Tour

This shore excursion is our flagship experience, and is designed to show you the very best of Berlin in the time that you have ashore! The German capital has become the third most visited destination in Europe and we will take you to all its main sights to show you exactly why.
This shore excursion 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!

Meeting Point

Uberseehafen

Uberseehafen, 18147 Rostock, Germany

This is the dock where Norwegian Dawn will be docking 13th of July. Choose this option if you are on this ship. All other ships go to Warnemünde.
When you disembark from your ship, make your way outside to the terminal entrance and look for our greeting sign: “VEXPERIO".

Warnemünde Cruise Center

Warnemünde Cruise Center, 18119 Rostock, Germany

When you disembark from your cruise ship, please make your way outside to the terminal entrance. One of our representatives will be waiting for you displaying a greeting sign that reads: “VEXPERIO".

What's included:

• Restroom stops during transfers and the tour
• Modern, air-conditioned shared bus transportation
• Free time for a snack or souvenir shopping (duration is subject to traffic and ship docking times)
• Full refund if your ship cannot dock
• For guided tour options: In Berlin: professional local English-speaking tour guide
• Guaranteed return to ship on time
• Pick up and drop off at cruise ship port of Warnemunde
• 24/7 Customer support, assistance with other arrangements and tours

Not included:

• Food and drinks
• Gratuities are welcome if you enjoy your tour. We recommend 10% for guides, and 5% for bus drivers
• Entrance fees (none will be required during your tour)
• Please note this tour does not include enough free time for extensive shopping and dining

What to expect:

Duration: between 11 hours and 12 hours

Warnemunde Cruise Port

Warnemunde Cruise Port, Warnemunde, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania

You will be greeted in front of your cruise ship as soon as it docks and shown to a modern, comfortable, and air-conditioned bus. Your professional driver will then transfer you through the picturesque flatlands of former East Germany to Berlin. The journey takes roughly three hours.

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Charlottenburg Palace

Spandauer Damm 10-22, Luisenplatz, Berlin, 14059

You will arrive in Berlin and meet your professional English-speaking tour guide. You will first have a chance to stretch your legs as your knowledgeable local guide gives you an introduction to the city.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Kurfurstendamm

Berlin

Driving through the former British Sector, you will then cruise down the Kurfürstendamm – Berlin’s Champs-Élysées.

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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, 10789

Next we witness the devastation caused by US and British bombing raids during WWII as you drive past the preserved ruins of this late 19th-century church.

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Kaufhaus Des Westens

Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, , Berlin, 10789

Next we pass the largest department store in continental Europe, now well over 100 years old.

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Tiergarten

Strasse des 17. Juni 100, , Berlin, 10557

You will then be 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.

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Victory Column (Siegessaule)

Grosser Stern 1, , Berlin, 10557

Make sure to have your camera ready to catch the sun glinting on the golden angel Victoria, goddess of victory, as you circle around Prussia's emphatic monument to its triumphs in the Wars of Unification.

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Reichstag Building

Platz der Republik 1, Berlin, 10557

When we reach the German parliament building – burned down after Hitler’s rise to power, now a bold symbol of modern German democracy – we will exit the bus and spend the next portion of the tour on foot.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism

Simsonweg/Scheidemannstrasse, Between Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag Building, Berlin, 10117

As we walk from the Reichstag to the Brandenburg Gate via the Tiergarten, we will take a moment to pay tribute to those persecuted as Gypsies under Nazism.

10 minutes

Brandenburg Gate

Pariser Platz, Berlin, 10117

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

15 minutes

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1, Berlin, 10117

After we leave Pariser Platz plenty of time will be taken to journey through the iconic field of concrete blocks, and bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism.

15 minutes

Fuhrerbunker

Gertrud-Kolmar-Str. 14, Berlin, 10117

A short walk takes us to the site of the bunker where history's most notorious criminal committed suicide at the end of WWII. Upon leaving the bunker site we will take a short lunch break of roughly 45 minutes. Your guide will accompany you somewhere with plenty of quick food options and easy access to bathrooms.

10 minutes

Nikolaiviertel

Rathausstrasse 21, Berlin, 10178

Back on the bus we’ll drive past the oldest district in Berlin.

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Berliner Fernsehturm

Panoramastr. 1A, Berlin, 10178

Next we pass the second tallest building in Europe, built as a symbol of the East German state’s power and modernity in 1969.

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Alexanderplatz

Berlin, 10178

We will then head on past the heart of pre-WWII Berlin and see the Old and New Town Halls and the Church of St. Mary.

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Museum Island

Breite Street, Berlin, 13089

Next we stop to marvel at the stunning structures and imperial splendor of this UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site. See the Old Museum, the Berlin City Palace, the Berlin Cathedral and more.

10 minutes

Bebelplatz

Berlin, 10117

We will then head, time-permitting, into the heart of one Berlin’s stunning squares to visit the site of the Nazi Book Burning that took place on the 10th May 1933.

10 minutes

Unter Den Linden

, , Berlin, 10117

Back on the bus you will cruise down Berlin's most important historical boulevard – the city’s royal mile.

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Gendarmenmarkt

Berlin, 10117

Next we bathe in the architectural splendor of Berlin's most beautiful square. See the French and German Domes and the Concert House, and take some memorable photos.

5 minutes

Checkpoint Charlie

Friedrichstr. 43-45, Zimmerstraße, Berlin, 10117

Next you will have the chance to cross between East and West at the most famous border crossing point over the Berlin Wall, frontline of the Cold War, where spies roamed and US and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961. Time permitting, we will take a short break here so you have plenty of time to take some photos and buy souvenirs.

20 minutes

Topography of Terror

Niederkirchnerstrasse 8, , Berlin, 10963

At our last stop you will see the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo and come face-to-face with the Cold War's most brutal symbol: The Berlin Wall. Time will be taken here to use the bathrooms before you board the bus for the last time.
Your guide will then accompany you back to the Schloss Charlottenburg at the end of the Berlin portion of the tour. You will then be driven back to port.
All of our shore excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and each starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing shore excursions for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure.

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