Cultural and Historical Excursion from Berlin to Sachsenhausen

Port Pickup and Transfer to Berlin Sachsenhausen was the largest concentration camp in the vicinity
of Berlin, and one of many camps in a system now synonymous with the atrocities of Nazism. This tour
is designed to give an overview of the concentration camp memorial at Sachsenhausen and show you
Berlin’s essential sites in the time that you have ashore. You will be greeted in front of your cruise ship
as soon as it docks and shown to a modern, comfortable and air-conditioned bus. Your professional
driver will then transfer you through the picturesque flatlands of former East Germany to Berlin. The
journey takes roughly three hours.

Charlottenburg Palace Wander in the front courtyards of this stunning late-17th-century baroque palace built by the first Prussian king, Frederick I, for his wife Sophie-Charlotte. A perfect spot for some memorable photographs.

Tiergarten Drive You will then be driven through the lush greenery of Berlin's vast central park.

Victory Column Make sure to have your camera ready to catch the sun glinting on the golden angel
Victoria, goddess of victory, as you circle around Prussia's emphatic monument to its triumphs in the
Wars of Unification.

Reichstag Building When we reach the German parliament building – burned down after Hitler’s rise to power, now a bold symbol of modern German democracy – we will exit the bus and spend the next portion of the tour on foot.

Brandenburg Gate

Next we walk through the gateways of Berlin's most iconic monument and find out what makes the Gate the most important cultural monument in Germany.

The Holocaust Memorial - Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe After we leave Pariser Platz plenty of time will be taken to journey through the iconic field of concrete blocks, and bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism.

Boarding the bus again we head next to see the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo and come face-to-face with the Cold War's most brutal symbol: The Berlin Wall

Checkpoint Charlie Next you will have the chance to cross between East and West at the most famous border crossing point over the Berlin Wall, frontline of the Cold War, where spies roamed and US and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961. We will take a short lunch break here of approximately 30-45 minutes

Museum Island After lunch we will take some time to marvel at the stunning structures and imperial splendor of this UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site before driving to the Sachsenhausen memorial site – the journey takes roughly 1 hour.

When you reach the camp you will exit the bus with your guide and be given a 60-75 minute overview of the memorial site. You will then board the bus once more, say goodbye to your guide, and be driven back to port.
Please be aware, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial is roughly a one hour drive from Berlin. The tour is organised to try and minimise time spent on the bus. This is why we visit Sachsenhausen in the afternoon, as it lies between Berlin and Warnemünde – on the way back to port. You will, however, spend more time on the bus than on our regular Berlin shore excursion. This is a necessity to see Berlin and Sachsenhausen in a day.
All of our shore excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and each starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing shore excursions for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure