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If you are interested in having a wider view of Germany and its historic cities, try the Berlin City & Hamburg City Combination Tour.  This package combines the two individual city tours so that you can have the chance to see both on your trip to the area.  You can choose to see Berlin first or start in Hamburg depending on your accommodations.  This will determine the tour route, as will activities going on in the area that may impact travel. 

In Berlin, you will do a sightseeing tour that allows you to hop on and off the bus for up to 15 landmarks.  You can decide when and where you would like to jump off to take a closer look and it is simple to rejoin the tour since there are many designated pick up and drop off points in the city.  With all that flexibility you can check out the Berlin Museum or Memorial Church and then come back and see the Princesses Palace.  There is so much to do and so many choices for how to do it that you will never be bored and you may even discover some places you never knew existed. 

In Hamburg, you will board a double decker bus and ride around Germany’s second largest city, stopping at St. Pauli entertainment district, der Michel, and many other notable locations.  Hamburg is also the second largest European port after Rotterdam. Return tickets are valid for up to 4 months so you can stay a while in Hamburg and return to Berlin later or you can return to Berlin the same day. 

This is a wonderful introduction to these two great cities, and the added flexibility with the return tickets really makes it easier to do the tour on your terms.  You can even take the opportunity to stay in Hamburg for a few days and really soak up the culture of the city, and then when you return to Berlin you are able to focus some more time there as well.  This tour is a definite hole in one.  Check out www.germanytours.net for further information on this tour and other activities to fit into your trip.

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Germany is one of those countries that you have to visit at least once, whether it’s for Oktoberfest or for a sightseeing tour in Berlin or Hamburg.  You can bike around the city of Berlin on the Berlin City Bike Tour to learn about the founding of the city and Hitler’s reign.  On this tour you will stop at several memorials including one dedicated to the murder of European Jews and another for the Soviet War.  You will also see part of the original Berlin Wall, which is now painted with graffiti.  This is an excellent way to get the ‘lay of the land’ and essentially walk through history if you can handle the emotional tributes along the way.

For a more laid back tour of the area, take the Berlin City Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour so you can see the city your way.  You will circle around the city center and stop at up to 15 landmarks depending on your interests.  Passengers can stay on the bus for the entire trip or they can stop off and spend some time at each location.  It would be impossible to talk about each of the stops on the tour, but some of the best ones in my book are the Berlin Wall (or what remains of it), Museum Island - the northern half of which is dedicated to art and science museums - and Reichstag, where the German legislature met from 1894-1933 and from 1999 to present.

To take a look at two cities in one package, try the Berlin City & Hamburg City Combination Tour.  You can choose the order in which you see the cities, and this will determine your route.  See Berlin on a hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour to 15 different landmarks.  You have the freedom to decide when and where you will leave and rejoin the tour.  You can go check out the Berlin Museum for a while and then come back to see the Palace Bellevue.  There are so many choices on this tour that you will get to see everything you want and even learn about some places you didn’t know about before.

For the Hamburg part of the tour, you will travel by double decker bus and stop at sites such as St. Pauli entertainment district and der Michel, the most famous church in the city.  Your return ticket is valid for up to 4 months so you can stay in Hamburg for a while or return to Berlin the same day.  Do not miss the chance to explore the second largest European port and Germany’s second largest city.  It is definitely worth the trip. 

Visit www.germanytours.net for more exciting tours and activities in the area to enhance your travel experience.

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Have you ever wondered what precipitated the building of the Berlin Wall and why it eventually fell? If you are interested in learning the history of the wall and getting to see it up close, take the Berlin Wall & Cold War Bike Tour.  You will learn about how the city was divided for 28 years and what events led up to this division.  Along the way you will stop at the Eastside Gallery and the Treptower Park Memorial of the Soviet War as you travel along what remains of the wall and hear stories about life on either side of it.

Berlin Wall & Cold War Bike Tour

You will have so many questions answered on this tour, including why the wall was actually built and how it was dismantled in 1989.  You will hear about the numerous escape attempts and techniques used and will often be in the exact spot it happened as you are hearing about it.  Your visit to Treptower Park Soviet Cenotaph will likely affect you strongly as you view the memorial of over 5000 fallen Soviet troops and look at some strong Stalinist propaganda.  The East Side Gallery is also an integral part of the tour, as it shows you almost a mile of the Wall that is still standing today.  You will receive information about the crucial differences between East and West Berlin even today, almost 20 years after the Wall’s demise.

For lunch, you can relax for a picnic in Treptower Park and learn even more about Berlin and its history if you so choose.  This is a great chance to let it all sink in since at this point you will have already seen quite a bit.  This tour lasts 4.5 hours and is sure to get you thinking about your own values and ideals as well as how your country’s history differs from that of Germany.  For a day packed with educational information, take this tour and make sure to bring back pictures to those who missed out.    

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