Berlin
Berlin provides a fascinating venue for your visit to Germany, with its important historical past and vibrant city life. Your group will love Berlin’s international atmosphere, amazing modern buildings and famous Olympic Stadium. As teachers you can show them the cultural life of a modern German city, the wonders of Unification, the moving Nazi legacy.
Berlin has great shops, and many opportunities for language practice. The hotels and youth centres are comfortable and affordable. The atmosphere is stunning. Choose to fly or take your coach for the whole tour.
ACCOMMODATION
Meininger Hostels
Meininger Youth Hostel
These modern international venues provide an excellent base for your stay in Berlin. They are close to the U-Bahn network giving easy city access. The hostels offer comfortable bedrooms and a pleasant young environment. Your group can relax in the meeting rooms and bar or book the disco for evening entertainment.
Hotel Transit Loft
This hotel has plenty of character and is a favourite with youth groups. Its Kreutzberg location is good for city sightseeing, only a kilometre from Checkpoint Charlie, and handy for U-Bahn and bus. The hotel is in a traditional courtyard building with 50 comfortable en-suite rooms. You can relax in the dining lounge and the reception bar is always manned. Good local restaurants can also provide your evening meal.
Berlin International Hostel
A vibrant and spacious hostel for your comfortable stay in Berlin. This excellent venue is situated in a pleasant area near Potzdammer Platz with easy bus parking. Buffet meals are popular with students and there is a games room and meeting rooms. Pupils sleep in 4-5 bedded rooms with basins, staff in twins or singles.
Hotel Berliner Hof
This hotel is a great venue for sightseeing close to the Europa Centre and the KaDeWe store. The 76 rooms are modern and pleasant with en-suite facilities. Your group will breakfast in the hotel and enjoy evening meals in a local restaurant. A great city-centre hotel.
VISITS
Brandenburg Gate
- Checkpoint Charlie, famous crossing point between East and West
- Brandenburg Gate, now once more a thoroughfare
- 1936 Olympic Stadium, home of Nazi pre-war games
- Reichstag – evening visit to see the city view
- Potsdamer Platz and shops, amazing modern architecture
Fernsehturm & Alexanderplatz – Eastern city centre - Imax Cinema, great evening relaxation
- Topography of Terror, site of former Gestapo HQ
- Unter den Linden, elegant shopping boulevard
- Holocaust Memorial, modern and moving sculpture installation
* * NEW** Try a guided bike tour of Berlin following part of the Berlin Wall - see authentic old German backyards, a reconstructed section of the Wall with its foreboding death strip in its original location, and where desperate East Berliners jumped from their windows into the West when the Wall went up in 1961. Berlin is a very bike-friendly city with bike lanes and quiet streets, even in the centre!
ITINERARY FOR A SIX-DAY HISTORICAL TOUR
Day One
Leave School during the afternoon, drive to Kent for the Channel Crossing, evening meal and an overnight drive to Berlin. OR fly out with coach transfers in UK and Germany
Day Two
Sightseeing in the heart of Berlin. Visit the Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and its magnificent buildings and ascend the Reichstag glass dome for a fabulous city view. You can use the excellent metro system or take a coach tour. Evening visit to the IMAX cinema at Potsdamer Platz
Day Three
Tour of Sachsenhausen concentration camp and its hidden world, then a visit to the 1936 Olympic Stadium, the public face of Nazi power. Evening at bowling centre.
Day Four
Visit Alexanderplatz, heart of the East German sector, and the landmark Fernsehturm. See the East Side Gallery with its displays of popular art. Afternoon guided tour of Wansee House, conference venue where Hitler’s “Final Solution” was ratified. Evening visit to Checkpoint Charlie and its adjacent museum showing so many ingenious ways to escape the East.
Day Five
Shopping in the huge Kurfurstendamm department store then a cultural visit to Charlottenburg Palace. Evening meal then coach departure with overnight travel to Calais
Day Six
Morning Channel crossing then onward journey to School. OR extend your tour with a visit to Auschwitz and Krakow.
ITINERARY FOR A SIX-DAY LANGUAGE AND CULTURE TOUR
Day One
Leave School during the afternoon, drive to Kent for the Channel Crossing, evening meal and an overnight drive to Berlin. OR fly out with coach transfers in UK and Germany.
Day Two
Sightseeing in the heart of Berlin. Visit the Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and its magnificent buildings and ascend the Reichstag glass dome for a fabulous city view. You can use the excellent metro system or take a coach tour. Evening visit to the IMAX cinema at Potsdamer Platz
Day Three
Visit the 1936 Olympic Stadium, a modern sports facility but once the public face of Nazi power. Afternoon visit to Treptower Park. Evening at bowling centre.
Day Four
Visit Alexanderplatz, heart of the East German sector, and the landmark Fernsehturm. See the East Side Gallery with its displays of popular art. Afternoon guided tour of Wansee House, beautiful holiday villa and the conference venue where Hitler’s “Final Solution” was ratified. Evening visit to Checkpoint Charlie and its adjacent museum showing so many ingenious ways to escape the East.
Day Five
Shopping in the huge Kurfurstendamm department store then a cultural visit to Charlottenburg Palace. Evening meal then coach departure with overnight travel to Calais.
Day Six
Morning Channel crossing then onward journey to School.
Price for a six-day coach tour
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