Discover the center of Berlin via its major waterway, the River Spree, on a 2.5-hour boat cruise. See the main sights of the city from the water and feel the heartbeat of the bustling city. Start your roundtrip sightseeing tour on Friedrichstrasse and pass by the Federal Chancellery to reach Bellevue Palace, overlooking the Beamtenschlange (civil servant accommodation) and the Victory Column. Enjoy informative audio commentary as you see Berlin Central Station and the Interior Ministry before continuing on to Charlottenburg Palace. From there you will cruise past the Westhafen Canal, the Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal, the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Hamburger Bahnhof. You will then cruise back to Friedrichstrasse.

The Berlin WelcomeCard, available as a 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6-day option, offers a great, cost-effective means to explore the city in-depth. Travel on public transport in fare zones Berlin ABC and receive exclusive discounts of up to 50% with many participating partners. Whether you're taking a city tour or visiting a museum, theater, or restaurant, when you use the Berlin WelcomeCard, you can see all Berlin has to offer at an amazing price. You'll also receive a pocket-size travel guide with lots of tour suggestions and insider tips. Each WelcomeCard includes free transport for up to 3 children between 6 and 14 years old. Children under the age of 6 generally travel for free. Enjoy discounted rates for the following activities and attractions: • Sightseeing tours • Guided city tours • Bike tours • Boat rides • Various attractions • Museums • Theater/stage performances • Palaces • Restaurants & bars  • Shopping & souvenirs • Fun, sport & relax Visit sights and attractions, such as the following: • Berlin Dungeon • Olympiastadion Berlin (Olympic Stadium) • Berlin Dom  • German Spy Museum • Madame Tussauds Berlin • Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin • Tierpark Berlin • Anne Frank Center • Charlottenburg Palace • Comedy tour Berlin • German Opera • Friedrichstadt-Palast • TimeRide Berlin • TV Tower • Botanical Garden • German Historical Museum, German Museum of Technology • Asisi Panorama „Die Mauer“ • Panoramapunkt • DDR Museum • Fork & Walk Tours Berlin • and many more! And of course, you should not miss the following free sights and locations when visiting Berlin: • Brandenburg Gate & Unter den Linden • Reichstag & German Parliament (pre-booking required) • Checkpoint Charlie • East Side Gallery • Gendarmenmarkt • Kurfürstendamm • Potsdamer Platz & Alexanderplatz • Berlin Wall Memorial

Explore Berlin and learn about the city’s history and sights via audio commentary, available in several languages. Experience the beauty of the forests, parks, gardens, rivers, and lakes that cover nearly a third of the city. This city has witnessed many groundbreaking historical events. See the corresponding sites, as well as the city's most famous streets and squares, with your ticket for this hop-on hop-off tour. The Classic Route gives you the chance to see all the main sights of the city, including the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, and the East Side Gallery, to name just a few. Tour stops on the Classic Route: 1. Tauentzienstraße 2. KaDeWe 3. Lützowplatz 4. Kulturforum 5. Potsdamer Platz 6. Gropiusbau 7. Checkpoint Charlie 8. Gendarmenmarkt 9. Neptunbrunnen 10. Alexanderplatz 11. Karl-Marx-Allee 12. East Side Gallery 13. Ostbahnhof 14. Neptunbrunnen 15. Lustgarten 16. Unter den Linden / Friedrichstraße 17. Brandenburger Tor 18. Reichstag 19. Hauptbahnhof 20. Schloss Bellevue 21. Siegessäule 22. Zoo / Elefantentor 22. Café Kranzler 23. Kurfurstendamm 236

Make the most of Berlin’s top sights and transport connections with a Berlin WelcomeCard (AB). It’s the perfect way to travel, especially if you’re staying in the inner city of Berlin. Journey through the city between transport zones A to B in a cost-effective and stress-free manner. Valid for between 48-hours right up to 6 days, the Berlin WelcomeCard is one of the most flexible all-in-one access cards available. You'll also be given a pocket-size travel guide with lots of tour suggestions and insider tips.  Choose from many participating partner attractions, including Madame Tussauds and the TV Tower and receive exclusive discounts of up to 50%. From theaters and museums to city tours and restaurants, the card lets you experience Berlin’s cultural highlights at amazing prices. Each WelcomeCard includes free transport for up to 3 children between 6 and 14 years old and children under the age of 6 generally travel for free. You can also enjoy discounted rates for the following activities and attractions:     • Sightseeing tours • Guided city tours • Bike tours • Boat rides • Various attractions • Museums • Theater/stage performances • Palaces • Restaurants & bars  • Shopping & souvenirs • Fun, sport & relax Visit sights and attractions, such as the following: • AquaDom & SEA LIFE Berlin • Berlin Dungeon • Olympiastadion Berlin (Olympic Stadium) • Berlin Dom  • German Spy Museum • Madame Tussauds Berlin • Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin • Tierpark Berlin • Anne Frank Center • Charlottenburg Palace • Comedy tour Berlin • German Opera • Friedrichstadt-Palast • TimeRide Berlin • TV Tower • Botanical Garden • German Historical Museum, German Museum of Technology • Asisi Panorama „Die Mauer“ • Panoramapunkt • DDR Museum • Fork & Walk Tours Berlin • and many more! And of course, you should not miss the following free sights and locations when visiting Berlin: • Brandenburg Gate & Unter den Linden • Reichstag & German Parliament (pre-booking required) • Checkpoint Charlie • East Side Gallery • Gendarmenmarkt • Kurfürstendamm • Potsdamer Platz & Alexanderplatz • Berlin Wall Memorial

Join this exclusive tour to experience the splendor and glamor of Charlottenburg Palace and Gardens - a showpiece of Prussian artistry and craftsmanship. Learn more about the history of the long-gone German royal families. Fall in love with one of Berlin's most impressive architectural monuments that stands as mementos of the city’s more extravagant days. During the 2-hour tour you will explore the Old Palace and gardens of Charlottenburg with a Licensed Private Guide, who is a master storyteller and knows all about the history of the palace and its former inhabitants. We provide skip-the-line tickets to the palace so you can beat the crowds and avoid long lines to the ticket office. Step inside the majestic Baroque residence to experience the extraordinary lifestyle of the Hohenzollern family at the high of their political power. Explore the luxurious suites, exceptional art collections, the Porcelain Cabinet, the Palace Chapel, the bedroom of Frederick I and so much more. Go outside to the vast landscaped gardens and hear about the changing trends in the royal gardens of Europe, from Versailles to English gardens. The tranquility of this picturesque green area combined with magnificent architecture will make you forget that you're in the center of the busy and crowded metropolis like Berlin! Choose the 3-hour tour to take advantage of private car transfers between the Charlottenburg Palace and your accommodation in Berlin. We will arrange a private driver to pick you up in a clean, air-conditioned vehicle so that you can get to the meeting point easily and on time. We recommend this option especially if you don't know the city well, as the palace is located further away from the city center. The extended 4-hour tour offers a full experience of Charlottenburg with a visit to its fabolous gardens, the Old Palace and New Wing. As the original summer palace soon became too small and old-fashioned for the next generations of German royalty, the New Wing was added in the 16th-century to house the grand festival halls, the Golden Gallery, the Chinese Room and more. These opulent Rococo interiors are a must see to truly understand the wonders of Charlottenburg. Discover the full story of the palace and its cultural value in the hearts of Berliners. Join the 5-hour tour to save time with private car transfers and skip-the-line tickets to the New Wing, Old Palace and Gardens of Charlottenburg. Begin your tour with a pickup from your accommodation by private car to avoid being late or lost. After the guided tour, your private driver will drive you back to the address provided when booking, so you can avoid the use of public transport or taxis.

Make the most of your Berlin adventure with this time-saving hop-on hop-off tour pass. Seven days a week, benefit from bus tours traveling to all the main attractions and landmarks around the city and hop on and off at your leisure. The bus leaves every 15 – 20 minutes from each hop-on hop-off location and you can use this loose schedule to plan your day. Alternatively, you can stay on the bus and get a full 2.5-hour city tour. This sightseeing bus line offers more than 26 sights – perfect for your Berlin adventure. As an extra, enjoy a shuttle to Charlottenburg Palace and Messe Berlin. The buses stop at the following landmarks: • Kurfürstendamm • KaDeWe • Lützowplatz • Cultural Forum • Potsdamer Platz • Checkpoint Charlie • Gendarmenmarkt • Fountain of Neptune / Red City Hall • Alexanderplatz (near the bus stop and the FlixBus Café) • Karl-Marx-Allee • East Side Gallery/Mercedes Platz • East Side Gallery/Ostbahnhof • Fountain of Neptune • DomAquarée / Museum Island • Berlin Cathedral / Lustgarten/Humboldt Forum • Unter den Linden / Friedrichstraße • Brandenburg Gate/Reichstag building • Berlin Central Station • Victory Column • Elephant Gate Shuttle to Charlottenburg Palace: • Kurfürstendamm /Meinekestraße • Charlottenburg Palace • Exhibition grounds / Radio tower / ZOB

Experience the splendor of the Baroque era with a concert by the Berliner Residence Orchestra at the Great Orangery from Charlottenburg Palace. Enjoy a truly unique evening in Berlin. The program primarily features classical masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Berlin Residence Orchestra and its solo singers will perform compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, among others. Works by Frederick the Great himself and his court composers bring the festive musical experience to a close.

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 - ensuring that you will not miss your cruise ship’s departure.  Meet your host in front of your cruise ship as soon as it docks. Board a comfortable, air-conditioned bus and take a relaxing journey through the picturesque flatlands of East Germany. Arrive in Berlin and meet your professional English-speaking tour guide. Begin the tour in West Berlin at the Charlottenburg Palace. Stretch your legs as your knowledgeable local guide gives you an introduction to the city. Then, drive through the former British sector along Berlin’s Champs-Élysées - the Kurfürstendamm, past the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the KaDeWe, the largest department store in continental Europe. Next, head to East Berlin - visiting the impressive parliament building, the Reichstag - on the way. Stroll through the famous Brandenburg Gate and nearby Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Admire the Tiergarten central park, the Victory Column, a Soviet memorial, the Memorial to the Murdered Sinti and Roma as well as the Paris Square. Continue on to the site of Hitler’s bunker, through Potsdamer Platz to one of the few remaining pieces of the Berlin Wall before reaching the former site of the Headquarters of the SS and Gestapo, today known as the Topography of Terror. Next is your chance to pass through Checkpoint Charlie – the most famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War - and visit the former US sector. After some free time for lunch (not included in the tour price), continue the tour through the former Soviet sector of East Berlin to visit the spectacular Gendarmenmarkt and Bebelplatz – famous for being the ‘Nazi Book Burning Square’. Visit Berlin’s historic former Royal Quarter – the beautiful boulevard of Unter den Linden, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Museum Island, the Berlin Cathedral, and Alexanderplatz with its iconic TV Tower. Time permitting, your tour guide might drive past the longest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall with its world-famous graffiti – the East Side Gallery or stop in the former Jewish Quarter, which has recently become the fashion and art center of the German capital. At the end of your Berlin tour, say goodbye to your tour guide, and be whisked off in comfort back to your cruise ship.

Discover Berlin's most interesting sights on this practical hop-on hop-off bus tour combined with a boat trip on the Spree. Simply hop on at the first stop, sit back, and explore the city. Get on and off as often as you like and take as much time as you want at each sight.  Stroll along Kurfürstendamm, learn more about the historical background of Checkpoint Charlie, admire the Brandenburg Gate and enjoy the Gendarmenmarkt. Enjoy a one-hour boat tour on the Spree. Discover Berlin from a different perspective as you glide past the city center's iconic attractions. The buses stop at the following stops:• Kurfürstendamm• KaDeWe• Lützow Square• Cultural Forum• Potsdamer Square• Checkpoint Charlie• Gendarmenmarkt• Neptune Fountain/Red City Hall• Alexanderplatz near Fix Bus Café• Karl-Marx-Allee• East Side Gallery• East Side Gallery/East Station• Neptune Fountain• DomAquarée – change here for boat tour: Pier Nikolaiviertel• Berlin Cathedral/Humboldt Forum• Unter den Linden – change here for boat tour: Pier Friedrichstraße• Brandenburg Gate/Reichstag• Berlin Central Station• Victory Column/Bellevue Palace• Zoo and Aquarium/Elephant Gate entrance• Kurfürstendamm/Memorial Church Shuttle to Charlottenburg Palace:• Kurfürstendamm• Charlottenburg Palace• Exhibition grounds

Whether you are a Berliner or a tourist: Berlin looks completely different from the water than from the land. Even the famous sights that everyone knows of the city suddenly seem as if you have never seen them before. See for yourself on our two-and-a-half-hour trip through Berlin on the passenger ship "John Franklin". Right through the center of Berlin, our route takes us past the government district and the Bundestag, the TV Tower, the Berlin Cathedral, Museum Island and Charlottenburg Palace. You can view all this while listening to music in comfortable lounge furniture on the upper deck and relax with a drink and a treat from our on-board kitchen. In inclement weather, move to our heated interior and view the scenery through the ship's large picture windows. Every Saturday the "John Franklin" is underway on the river Spree. The trip starts and ends at our home port, Alt-Moabit 91. You are welcome to take your four-legged darling with you, this is even possible free of charge.