Picking the “best” city tour entirely depends on what you’re interested in. Beyond that, you’ll want to find a great guide who will help you make the most of your time, and will go beyond the typical Berlin attractions. You should also consider how long you have to spend here.

Whether you’re visiting Berlin for the weekend, or have a full week to explore the German capital, we want to ensure you’ll experience the best of Berlin.

Because of its colorful history, rich cultural heritage, and undeniable buzz, Berlin tourism is exciting, boasting some of the best tours in Germany. There are more museums in Berlin than there are days of rain annually!

If you’re pressed for time here, you might consider a half-day walking tour around the historical center, before checking out Museum Island or the Kulturforum.

If you want to learn as much as possible and you have limited time, we recommend doing a general history tour that will take you through the historic city center and will cover the history of Berlin from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Building off of that, you could take a Third Reich tour in which will take you to sites relevant to the Nazi time period in Berlin, the place where Hitler’s regime began in 1933 and ended in 1945. While it might be hard to imagine today, an experienced guide can show you tell-tale signs of heavy fighting during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.

If you want to delve more into the Nazi time period, your third day could include a day trip to the museum and memorial site of Sachsenhausen, one of the first concentration camps ever built just north of Berlin. 

Otherwise, if you would like to know more about what happened after WWII, you could spend your third day touring East Berlin. In many ways, it could be said that the Cold War really started in Berlin. If you come on this tour you will learn about the fascinating history of the two German states, visit old border crossings and see a piece of the wall itself.

Our guides offer a number of other tours. The above itinerary is just an example of topics that compliment each other thematically and chronologically and are quite popular with many of our guests. Our guides have many other areas of expertise and offer tours focused on an even wider range of topics: Prussia, Jewish History, Street Art, Queer History, Architecture, the Middle Ages, Weimar Republic, and much more!

If you’re here for a bit longer, why not venture out a little further? There are lots of recommended excursions from Berlin.

A day trip from Berlin to Potsdam to visit the famous Sanssouci Palace and surrounding gardens (a registered UNESCO Heritage site) never fails to impress. And if you have more time to explore the country, you can cross the map of Germany, including cities such as Dresden, Leipzig, Weimar and Wittenberg.