Berlin puts its history where you can walk on it.
A dome you climb over the parliament that sits under it. The Wall’s course cobbled into the pavement for eight miles. A boat down the Spree for less than lunch. Every Berlin tour, reviewed, priced and ranked.
What a Berlin trip gets built around.
The parliament dome, the river, the Wall, the palaces west of the city and the painted backyards of the east. Six decisions that shape most Berlin itineraries, and the best way to book each one.
The Wall is easier to find than people expect.
A double row of cobbles runs its course through the middle of the city, and you can follow it on foot or by bike for most of a day. Bernauer Strasse keeps a preserved section with the death strip behind it; the East Side Gallery is the long painted stretch by the river.
Berlin’s most-booked list starts in a glass dome and ends on the water.
Every review →Ranked by how many travellers have actually been and left a review. The parliament dome takes it, and two river boats come straight after.
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Reichstag, Dome and Government District Guided Tour
Guided tour of Berlin’s Reichstag, Plenarsaal, and dome. Learn how Germany’s parliament works, then enjoy rooftop views for little money.
From · $18
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1-Hour City Tour by Boat with Guaranteed Seating
from $25
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Boat Tour Along the River Spree
from $34
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Discover Berlin Half-Day Walking Tour
from $24
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Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour with Live Commentary
from $22
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Government District around the Reichstag Guided Tour
from $284
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Reichstag, Plenary Chamber, Cupola & Government Tour
from $18
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Berlin Story Bunker Entry Ticket
from $21
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Discover Berlin Walking Tour
from $23
Berlin does not hide the years it would rather forget.
The camp at Oranienburg is fifty minutes north on the S-Bahn. The Gestapo headquarters is an excavated cellar wall you can stand at, in the open, for nothing. These visits are led by people who do this every day. They are listed here plainly, with no ranking and no pick of the week.
Sachsenhausen Memorial Visits
38 reviewed
The memorial at Oranienburg, north of the city on the S1. Entry to the site itself is free; a guided visit is for the context, and most run five to six hours door to door.
- Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour in English
- Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Tour
- Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Bus Tour in English from Berlin
Third Reich & WW2 History Walks
42 reviewed
Walks through the government quarter, the bunker site and the Topography of Terror — where the buildings are gone and the ground is the exhibit.
- Third Reich and Cold War 2 Hour Walking Tour
- Berlin’s Best: 2 Hour Walking Tour Third Reich and the Cold War
- Third Reich Berlin: Hitler and WWII Walking Tour
Jewish Berlin Heritage Tours
15 reviewed
The Jewish Museum, the synagogues of the Scheunenviertel, and the brass Stolpersteine set into pavements all over the city.
- Jewish Museum Berlin Entrance Ticket
- Nazi Berlin and the Jewish Community Tour
- Private Tour: Jewish Heritage Walking Tour of Berlin
An hour on the Spree passes more Berlin than an afternoon on foot.
The centre stretch runs the chancellery, the Reichstag, Museum Island and the cathedral in under sixty minutes, sitting down, usually with a beer. It is the cheapest orientation the city sells, and the reason it tops the boat list.
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In Berlin the good list and the cheap list are the same list.
Every reviewed tour on the site, sorted by what it actually costs. The two most-booked things in Berlin are a walk and a boat, and neither will trouble a dinner budget.
Walking tours, the Spree boats, museum entry and the bus that loops the lot. Most of Berlin lives in this band.
Half-day guided visits, the Potsdam palaces, bike days out and the small-group walks that cap numbers.
Private guides, chartered cars and the full-day trips that put two cities into one booking.
- 1Government District around the Reichstag Guided Tourfrom $284
- 2Private Reichstag and Glass Dome Tourfrom $288
- 3Culinary Food Tourfrom $589
The Trabi, the spray can and the Institute: Berlin’s own.
Palaces and river boats you can find in a dozen European capitals. A two-stroke convoy, a legal wall to paint and a century of queer history are Berlin’s alone.
The Trabant Convoy
The Trabant was East Germany’s people’s car: a two-stroke engine that mixed its own oil, a body pressed from cotton-reinforced resin, and a waiting list that ran well over a decade. Berlin is the only city that will hand you the keys to one and let you drive it in convoy through the streets it was built for. You are the driver, so bring your licence.
- 175-minute Trabi Safari★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 2,854 reviews
- 2Berlin Self-Drive Trabi Tour with Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 410 reviews
- 3Private Tour: Berlin by Trabant Stretch-Limousine★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 · 186 reviews
The Painted City
When the Wall came down, whole blocks of the centre were suddenly empty — unclaimed buildings, open courtyards and no landlord to call the police. Writers filled the gap, and the scene that grew out of it is now old enough to have its own art history, its own feuds and its own preservation arguments. Several of the guides on these walks painted some of it.
- 1Alternative Berlin Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 1,204 reviews
- 2City Street Art Guided Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 886 reviews
- 33-Hour Street Art Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 778 reviews
Hirschfeld’s Berlin
Magnus Hirschfeld opened the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Tiergarten in 1919 — the first institution of its kind anywhere, with a research library that was hauled into the street and burned in 1933. Berlin’s queer history does not begin in the nineties, and these walks start a century earlier, in Schöneberg and around Nollendorfplatz.
- 1Gay Berlin Out in Schöneberg Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.8 · 281 reviews
- 2Berlin’s Gay, Lesbian, and Queer Scene Small-Group Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 66 reviews
- 3Queer Berlin Walking Tour★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 64 reviews
Potsdam is closer to Berlin than most of Berlin.
Twenty-five minutes on a regional train and you are at Sanssouci, Frederick the Great’s vineyard-terraced summer palace, with a park big enough to lose an afternoon in. The Dutch Quarter, Cecilienhof and the Glienicke bridge are all walkable from the same station.
- 1City and Castles Tourfrom $29
- 2Palace Tour by Boatfrom $27
- 3Sanssouci Palace and Prussian Palaces Entry Ticketfrom $25
Book these before you fly to Berlin.
Most of Berlin can be booked from your hotel the night before. These four cannot — they run on registrations, timed slots, opening days and a piece of paperwork you have to bring from home.
- 01Reichstag, Dome and Government District Guided TourThe dome is free but never spontaneous: names and ID details are registered in advance, and the slots go long before the day does.
- 02Museum Island Multiple Museum Entry TicketTimed entry across the five museums. The island releases slots by the hour and the best of them go first.
- 0375-minute Trabi SafariYou do the driving, so your licence travels with you. No licence, no place in the convoy.
- 04Sanssouci Palace and Prussian Palaces Entry TicketThe palace sells a limited number of timed slots each day and closes one day a week — worth checking before you buy the train ticket.
Berlin’s winter is long, dark and indoors. Plan for it.
The city sits at the latitude of Labrador and gets about seven and a half hours of daylight at midwinter, most of it overcast. This is not a disaster — it is why Berlin has five museums on one island, a cabaret circuit that never closed and more indoor hours worth booking than any capital its size.
- 1Berlin Story Bunker Entry Ticketfrom $21
- 2Illuseum Berlin Entrance Ticketfrom $18
- 3Madame Tussauds Admission Ticketfrom $25
By landmark — the things you came for
The Reichstag13 tours
Museum Island7 tours
The Berlin Wall65 tours
Charlottenburg Palace4 tours
Sanssouci & Potsdam46 tours
Kreuzberg & Friedrichshain25 tours
The Spree45 tours- Everything we have reviewed →
Start at the dome, end in Kreuzberg.
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