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 practise.  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 Hostel

This modern hostel is close to Kurfürstendamm and is handy for the U-Bahn.  It offers comfortable bedrooms, useful meeting rooms and a bar and bookable disco for evening relaxation.

 

Hotel Transit

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.

 

Meininger Hostel

This modern international venue is an excellent base for your stay in Berlin.  It’s close to Kurfürstendamm and the U-Bahn network gives easy city access.  The hostel offers comfortable bedrooms and a pleasant young environment.  Your group can relax in the meeting rooms and bar or book the disco for evening entertainment. 

 

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

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

 

 

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.