This list of best tours and excursions in Berlin It is perfect to fully enjoy one of the cities with more leisure and culture activities in the world, which we are sure, will surprise you.
Known as the city of a thousand faces, Berlin has risen strongly after its complete destruction during World War II, to become today a benchmark of diversity and fusion of cultures.
In addition to the great atmosphere that is breathed throughout the city, Berlin has many more tourist attractions such as museums, parks, monuments, urban art or churches, which can be visited on your own or with the company of a guide, which will allow you to get to know better the history and curiosities of each place.
These guided tours, along with day trips to nearby places in the capital, such as the beautiful city of Potsdam or the moving concentration camp of Sachsenhausen, will complete a trip that will surely remain in the memory.
Based on the two times we have visited the city, during the last visit we wrote this Berlin guide in 3 days, we have made this list of what we believe are the 10 best tours and excursions from Berlin in Spanish.We start!
1. Free Tour of Berlin
Free tours in Berlin are in fashion and more and more travelers are preferring these tours of the main points of interest in the city with the company of an expert guide in Spanish.
Although these tours have the label of free, at the end of the visit it is almost an obligation to give a tip according to the degree of satisfaction you have had of the experience, which usually should not be below 10 euros per person if you liked the tour And it has been complete.
Remember that if you book the tour in advance online you can see the opinions of other travelers who have already done this same tour and be more sure that this will meet expectations.
Two of the best rated free tours in Berlin in Spanish are:
- Book a free tour of Berlin Free! here
- Book a free bike tour of Berlin Free! here
Berlin Cathedral
2. Sachsenhausen concentration camp
The visit to a World War II concentration camp, although not pleasant, is one of the essential tours in Berlin and that every traveler would have to do at least once in a lifetime.
Near the city you can visit the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located about 40 kilometers outside of Oranienburg where the visit will focus on a tour of the countryside that will pass between barracks, watchtowers, punishment rooms and crematoriums, which will allow you to become aware of what really happened there and the degree of suffering of the prisoners.
To get to the field you can get on the S-Bahn metropolitan train in the direction of Oranienburg, at the Berlin Friedrichstrasse station, remembering that the ticket has to include the ABC area. The trains leave between every 10 or 20 minutes and have a schedule from 4: 30h to 00:30 hours. The journey time from Berlin is about 40 minutes and once at Oranienburg station you can take a bus or walk about 20 minutes to reach the concentration camp.
Being a quite destroyed place it is very interesting to book this tour with a guide in Spanish to understand and understand everything that happened there:
- Book excursion to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp here
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, one of the best excursions from Berlin
3. Guided tour of Berlin
In addition to free tours, Berlin has a wide range of guided tours with a fixed rate and private tours with a guide in Spanish, which are also perfect to do for example, with a group of friends.
In the guided tour in Spanish you will pass through the most essential places to visit in Berlin, such as the Holocaust Monument, the Brandenburg Gate, the Cathedral, Alexanderplatz and the Checkpoint Charlie, among many others.
Another less tired option is to take a bike tour that in this case includes a walk through the Tiergarten park and the bank of the River Spree.
The private visit has the advantage of being able to modify the itinerary proposed by the guide and include, for example, a museum such as Pergamon or focus on a theme such as Nazism or the Cold War.
- Book private tour in Spanish here
- Book a bicycle tour in Spanish here
Berlin
4. Excursion to Potsdam, one of the best excursions in Berlin
Another of the best day trips from Berlin It is the visit to the beautiful city of Potsdam, located 30 kilometers away. This city, declared a World Heritage Site, has several highlights such as the palaces of Sanssouci, Charlottenhof, Babelsberg, the Glienicke Bridge or the Brandenburg Gate and even, if you have more time you can go to the Cecilienhof Palace, the Soviet Cemetery , Babelsberg Park and the Dutch Quarter.
You can reach Potsdam in 40 minutes by taking the S7 line of the Berlin S-Bahn metropolitan train, included in the ABC zone ticket.
Another interesting way to learn about the history of the city and not miss anything important is to book a train tour with a guide in Spanish.
- Book excursion to Potsdam in Spanish here
Excursion to Potsdam, one of the best excursions in Berlin
5. Berlin during the Cold War
A walk through the Cold War Berlin is another one of the best tours and excursions in Berlin what can you do.
During the route you will pass through a part of the Berlin Wall, which has been converted into an open-air museum thanks to the graffiti that decorates the East Side Gallery, the best preserved section. Another place where remains of the wall and a watchtower are preserved is on Bernauer Strasse street, not forgetting the most famous border crossing between the two former Germanies, Checkpoint Charlie.
Next to this tourist point is the Museum of the Wall, very interesting for lovers of this era by having extensive documentation and original objects.
If you are interested in this part of the story, we recommend you to take a guided tour in Spanish through the key points of that time to not miss anything.
- Book tour for Berlin during the Cold War here
Checkpoint Charlie
6. Berlin during Nazism
Another of the most requested tours in Berlin It is the one that goes through places that remind one of the blackest times in the history of mankind, the Germany of the Third Reich.
By visiting all these historical places with the help of a guide in Spanish, you will learn how Adolf Hitler managed to rise to power and the expansion of Nazism in all strata of German society. Among the most important buildings, where you can see through original objects, photos and videos a part of this tragic era, is the Topography of Terror, a museum located in the place where the State Police were located, the controls of the SS, the Reich Security Office and right next door to the old Luftwaffe building.
One of the most difficult places to find is the bunker in which Hitler spent his last days and you can only see a small plaque that puts Führer-Bunker, near the Holocaust Memorial.
To find all these points and above all, to become aware of what really happened in the 12 years that Nazism lasted, it is very advisable to book the tour with a guide in Spanish.
- Book historical tour of the Berlin of Nazism in Spanish here
Holocaust Monument
7. Night tours in Berlin
One of the best tours and excursions in Berlin It is to make a night route through the best illuminated monuments and buildings of the city.
Among our favorite places at night is the popular Alexanderplatz in which the 368 meter Television Tower stands out, and if you go up by elevator to the highest part of the tower, you can enjoy one of the best panoramic views of the City and dinner at a revolving restaurant while the city is full of lights.
A highly recommended option to not run out of seats is to book here the luxury dinner in advance or this ticket, if you only want to climb the tower.
In addition to the tower, the Cathedral is another place that most impresses at nightfall, due to its green copper dome, which makes it one of the best illuminated buildings in the city although our favorite monument of the night of Berlin is the Edinburgh Gate, located on the Pariser Platz, at the end of the famous Unter den Linden Avenue.
- Book a night tour of Berlin in Spanish here
- Book a Berlin party tour here
Night tours in Berlin
8. Alternative Berlin and urban art
Galleries and street art in the form of graffiti are very present in some of the city's most alternative neighborhoods.
The neighborhoods of Schöneberg and Kreuzberg, known as "Little Istanbul", mix famous graffiti like Astronaut Cosmonaut and that of Nature Morte, with the most original stores and fashion stores.
Another of our favorite graffiti is the Elephant Mural which is located in Theodor-Wolff Park and which has become in recent times one of the most visited places in the city thanks to the power of Instagram.
Despite this, the place where more street art is concentrated is in the East Side Gallery, the most famous section of the Berlin Wall, which you cannot miss on your trip.
Another of the areas we visited last time and that we fell in love with was the Jewish neighborhood that has its beautiful courtyards and graffiti-filled alleys such as Dead Chicken Alley, its great tourist attraction.
A good option to know all the details and curiosities of these neighborhoods is to make a guided tour in Spanish, among the best tours in Berlin.
- Book guided tour of urban Berlin here
- Book court and art tour of the Jewish Quarter here
Dead chicken alley
9. Boat trip
The boat ride on the River Spree at dusk is another of the best excursions in Berlin in which during the more than two hours that the tour lasts, which leaves the pier located near Friedrichstrasse, you will see how the city is illuminated and the monuments that are closer to the shore.
In addition to passing near Museum Island, the Cathedral and the Reichstag, the real jewel of the cruise is the arrival by the Landwehrkanal canal to Charlottenburg Palace, one of the best things to do in Berlin.
This boat trip can also be done during the day and reach the Charlottenburg Palace along the same channel.
- Book boat ride at dusk here
- Book a cruise on the River Spree and the Landwehrkanal here
Boat tour
10. Beer Tour
A visit to Berlin is not complete without trying its famous beer in the typical Biergarten, typical terraces where locals and a tourist meet, to drink large quantities of beer accompanied many times by a good currywurst dish, the cooked German sausage or grilled.
In addition to the usual industrial beers of big brands, in Berlin there are numerous stores that serve craft beer of better taste and quality.
To make a route through some of the best breweries and make a tasting of different types, it can be fun and instructive to book a guided tour in Spanish.
- Book Berlin beer tour here
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