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Private Berlin Bike Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich History & Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin Bike Tour with a Private Local Expert
Private Berlin Bike Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich History & Checkpoint Charlie with a Local Expert Guide
Private Berlin Bike Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich History & Checkpoint Charlie with Local Expert
Berlin Bike Tour with a Private Expert Guide

Berlin Bike Cold War Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich, Bunker, Checkpoint Charlie

By Friendly Local Guides
Free cancellation available
Price is €141 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

There is no better way to explore the German capital than a guided bike tour! Opt for an alternative sightseeing experience on a half-day bike tour of Berlin. This tour will focus on the history of the Berlin Wall and the Third Reich.

With your guide, you’ll pedal along a cycle path parallel to the Berlin Wall and stop at significant points such as Checkpoint Charlie and the East Side Gallery. Explore the different areas while making your life healthier. And a big plus that you have chance to choose any departure time between 9am and 6pm.

• Fun bike tour of the Berlin Wall and Third Reich history
• Stop at significant points such as Checkpoint Charlie and the East Side Gallery Choice of several departures throughout the day
• Opportunity to choose your own itinerary considering all your interests
• Become healthier while travelling around the most beautiful sight of Berlin

Activity location

  • Berlin
    • Berlin, Germany, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Knaackstraße 97
    • 97 Knaackstraße
    • 10435, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Berlin Bike Cold War Tour - Berlin Wall, Third Reich, Bunker, Checkpoint Charlie
  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 30 minutes3h 30m3h 30m
  • English
Starting time: 10:30
Price details
€140.64 x 1 Adult€140.64
Total
Price is €140.64
Until Fri, 22 Nov

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedIconic places for photoshoot
  • What's includedWhat's includedMust see and off the beaten track
  • What's includedWhat's includedMultiple start times available
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable itinerary
  • What's includedWhat's includedHelmet
  • What's includedWhat's includedExpert advice where to go and what to do after the tour
  • What's includedWhat's includedUse of bicycle
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll Fees and Taxes
  • What's includedWhat's includedFriendly local guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedFood and drinks

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Berlin
  • 10m
With comfortable rental bikes, we will guide you safely on bike paths and side streets. The lengths of your route will be about 15km and will pass the following hot spots: • Memorial site Bernauer Str. • Gun tower Humboldthain • Hitlers plans to transform Berlin into the Megalopolis "Germania" • Mauerpark - flee market & Karaoke in the former "death strip" • the location of Hitler's bunker • Checkpoint Charlie - famous symbol of the Cold War • The gigantic Nazi-ministry of Aviation • Remaining parts of The Wall
Brandenburg Gate
  • 10m
Discover the iconic Brandenburg Gate, a landmark without which it is impossible to imagine any Berlin tour. Get to know its history, dating back to the late 18th century, and learn about the events that this structure witnessed over the course of its history. The classical triumphal gate at Pariser Platz in Berlin's Mitte district was a point of Berlin division in times of the Cold War.
Memorial of the Berlin Wall
  • 10m
What was once the border strip is now a place of remembrance. The Berlin Wall memorial gives you a moving insight into the division of Berlin. Get a moving insight into the partition of Berlin at the Berlin Wall Memorial. Take a chance to see the large open air exhibition with historical audio materials and pictures. Observe how the border was set up at the end of the 1980s and get a lasting impression of the construction that once divided the city and the country.
Mauerpark
  • 10m
If the legendary Berlin attitude can ever be found at home, then it’s in the Mauerpark on Sundays. A relaxed amble through the stalls of the flea market, followed by a short climb up the hill and grabbing one of the coveted places on the swings Continue your ride to Wall Park, that’s how Mauerpark is translated. It was located in former West Berlin, near the wall erected in 1961, which formed the border between the former districts of Prenzlauer Berg and Wedding. Now it is a famous flea market where you can find a lot of peculiar stuff.
Humboldthain Flak Tower
  • 10m
A must see stop in Berlin! This sight offers a real insight into the turbulent history of this subterranean complex.
KulturBrauerei
  • 10m
Set your wheels in motion and go to the Kulturbrauerei, a 25,000-square-meter architectural ensemble. The former brewery is now a protected historical monument, showcasing one of the several well-preserved industrial buildings in Berlin. Dating back to the later 19th century, it now serves as a perfect place for cultural events, concerts, and festivals.
GDR Watch Tower
  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
Take a look at the last watch tower left after the Cold War and Berlin partition. Those towers were used to watch illegal wall crossings. The tower was erected in 1971 and was manned by two border patrol soldiers working 8-hour shifts in cramped conditions. In 2001, it was listed as a site of historical importance
Palace of Tears
  • 5m
Pedal on to reach the Tear Palace, which is a colloquial name for the former border crossing point between East and West Berlin. Learn why the place is called like that and get a chance to see some exhibitions about Berlin during the Cold War with original artefacts, documents, photographs, other materials about the checkpoint and reunification processes.
Checkpoint Charlie
  • 10m
See the best known Checkpoint Charlie, which was one of Berlin's border crossings through the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1990, connecting the Soviet and American sectors of the city. After the dissolution of the Eastern Bloc the American guard house became a tourist attraction. Get there by bike and hear some interesting details as narrated by your informative local guide. Located on the corner of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße, it is a reminder of the former border crossing, the Cold War and the partition of Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie was the setting for many thrillers and spy novels, from James Bond in Octopussy to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESBerlin
    • Berlin, Germany, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKnaackstraße 97
    • 97 Knaackstraße
    • 10435, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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