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Sunday , 20 July 2008 City Sightseeing Tour of Berlin 14.00 – 17.00 h Historic, futuristic, ever-changing – on this tour you will discover the most beautiful sites of the bustling metropolis: Kurfürstendamm and Potsdamer Platz, the State Opera on the boulevard Unter den Linden, the Reichstag building, Charlottenburg Palace and remnants of the famous “Berlin Wall”. Price per person: EUR 25,00
Monday , 21 July 2008 Jewish Berlin 09.00 – 13.00 h By bus you will be taken to “Spandauer Vorstadt”, an area of central Berlin dominated by the golden dome of the New Synagogue. Your guide will take you on a walking tour of this quarter which has become one of the focal points of Jewish life in Berlin. Afterwards the bus will take you to one of the most fascinating museums in Berlin, in the trendy district of Kreuzberg – the Jewish Museum. The building is a spectacular highlight of modern architecture in Berlin and was designed by the famous architect Daniel Libeskind. The museum provides an interesting insight into the history of the Jewish people. Price per person: EUR 38,00
Combined Bus and Boat Tour of Berlin 14.00 – 17.00 h Discover Berlin’s city center from a different, intriguing perspective! By bus you will be taken on a little tour on the way to the Spree River pier where you will board a sightseeing boat. On the way to the historical heart of the city you will pass such famous sights as the Reichstag, the Nikolai Quarter, the Berlin Cathedral and Museum Island. The bus will pick you up at the end of the boat tour and take you back to the ICC. Price per person: EUR 38,00
Tuesday , 22 July 2008 City Sightseeing Tour of Berlin 09.00 – 12.00 h Historic, futuristic, ever-changing – on this tour you will discover the most beautiful sites of the bustling metropolis: Kurfürstendamm and Potsdamer Platz, the State Opera on the boulevard Unter den Linden, the Reichstag building, Charlottenburg Palace and remnants of the famous “Berlin Wall”. Price per person: EUR 25,00
Full Day Excursion to Potsdam 09.00 – 17.00 h See for yourself what Potsdam, one of Germany’s most beautiful cities, is all about. Flanking Berlin to the southwest, it reflects best the brilliance of Prussian history in many different periods. The renowned gardens of Sanssouci are an international attraction. Following a guided tour of the magnificent parks, you will visit one of the Sanssouci palaces, built by Frederick the Great. After lunch Cecilienhof Palace will be visited, built between 1913 and 1917 in the style of an English Country Manor for the family of the Crowne Prince. Here the Potsdam Agreement was signed in 1945 which transferred the chief authority in Germany to the American, Russian, British, and French military commanders in their respective zones of occupation and to a four-power Allied Control Council for matters regarding the whole of Germany. Price per person: EUR 95,00 incl. lunch
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Wednesday , 23 July 2008 Half Day Excursion to Potsdam 09.00 – 14.00 h See for yourself what Potsdam, one of Germany’s most beautiful cities, is all about. Flanking Berlin to the southwest, it reflects best the brilliance of Prussian history in many different periods. The renowned gardens of Sanssouci are an international attraction. Following a guided tour of the magnificent parks, you will visit one of the Sanssouci palaces, built by Frederick the Great. Your guide will then take you on a city tour that includes the Dutch and Russian quarters and Cecilienhof Palace where the Potsdam Agreement was signed in 1945. Price per person: EUR 49 ,00
Visit to the Bauhaus Archive 14.30 – 17.30 h Enrich your stay in Berlin with a visit to the Bauhaus Archive/Museum of Design! It is the most complete existing collection focused on the history of the Bauhaus (1919 – 1933), the most important school of architecture, design and art of the 20th century. The collection is housed in a building drafted by Walter Gropius, the founder of the school. Price per person: EUR 31,00
Thursday , 24 July 2008 Controversial Berlin 09.00 – 13.00 h What comes to mind first when you think of Berlin? Most people associate the city with its cold war past and its “island” status and find that part of Berlin’s history the most intriguing one. On this tour your guide will take you back in time and show you the most famous sites, such as the museum at Checkpoint Charlie, the famous border crossing where in 1961 the world feared a third world war when American and Sowjet tanks stood facing each other. Even though today it is hard even to tell where the wall used to run, a lot of the aftermath of Berlin’s separation is still noticeable. Price per person: EUR 36,00
Friday , 25 July 2008 Day Excursion to Dresden 08.00 – 19.00 h Just a 3 hour drive from Berlin, Dresden, also known as “Elb-Florence” because of its many museums, art treasures and its architectural beauty, is located. Upon arrival in Dresden, your guide will take you on a walking tour of the city center and show you such famous sites as the Church of Our Lady, the Zwinger, the Residence Palace and the Semper Opera. You will visit the Green Vault which is considered one of the most important and largest treasure chamber museums in the world and located in the Dresden Royal Palace. Bus transfer back to Berlin in the late afternoon. Price per person: EUR 100,00 incl. lunch
Visit to Museum Island 10.00 – 13.00 h One of the world’s most important exhibition complexes is located literally on an island in the middle of the Spree River. The so-called Museum Island unites five important museums into a heterogeneous but harmonic ensemble. Out of these five, two museums will be visited on this tour: the Pergamon Museum, widely considered Berlin’s biggest attraction, and the Old National Gallery which houses one of the largest collections of 19th century sculptures and paintings in Germany. Price per person: EUR 40,00
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