Warnemuende Shore Excursion: Private Sachsenhausen Memorial and Berlin's Main Sites from Rostock
Berlin, Germany
Trip Type: Ports of Call Tours
Duration: 12 hours
Make the most of your time while docked in Warnemünde with this full-day private shore excursion. First, visit Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Site, one of the first concentration camps established by Nazi Germany. Explore the memorial site with your private guide and hear facts about the camp and those imprisoned there. Then, continue to Berlin for a lunch break followed by a guided tour of the city's historical sights, from the Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie.
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Make the most of your time while docked in Warnemünde with this full-day private shore excursion. First, visit Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial Site, one of the first concentration camps established by Nazi Germany. Explore the memorial site with your private guide and hear facts about the camp and those imprisoned there. Then, continue to Berlin for a lunch break followed by a guided tour of the city's historical sights, from the Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie.Begin this full-day tour with a Warnemünde port pickup by your local driver in a private, air-conditioned minibus. After a 2-hour ride south, meet your guide at the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Visitors' Center.
Built in 1936, Sachsenhausen initially facilitated the removal of "antisocial" elements as Berlin hosted the Olympics held that year. Learn why Nazi architects conceived the grounds as the ideal structure for a concentration camp, and discover how it was the first to be established under Heinrich Himmler. Hear, too, about Special Camp No. 1/7 as Sachsenhausen was to become known under the Soviets until its closure in 1950.
Continue on southward to Berlin with your private driver and guide. During the half-hour ride take some time to chat about what you are interested in seeing so as to customize the itinerary.
On arrival, explore more historical sites to add to your knowledge of 20th-century Germany. See where Hitler’s bunker was located, visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and find out how Germany was divided while walking through Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
Walk alongside the remains of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial and East Side Gallery, see the famous Brandenburg Gate up close. Hear, and stand before the Reichstag building.
You'll have the opportunity to break for lunch (own expense) when you wish, and your guide will be able to suggest a variety of options, such as a traditional German beer garden. The tour concludes with a 2.5-hour drive north and a Warnemünde cruise port drop-off.
Please note: this private tour is a customized experience, so be sure to include any specific requests at the time of booking
Continue on southward to Berlin with your private driver and guide. During the half-hour ride take some time to chat about what you are interested in seeing so as to customize the itinerary.
On arrival, explore more historical sites to add to your knowledge of 20th-century Germany. See where Hitler’s bunker was located, visit the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and find out how Germany was divided while walking through Checkpoint Charlie, the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
Walk alongside the remains of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial and East Side Gallery, see the famous Brandenburg Gate up close. Hear, and stand before the Reichstag building.
You'll have the opportunity to break for lunch (own expense) when you wish, and your guide will be able to suggest a variety of options, such as a traditional German beer garden. The tour concludes with a 2.5-hour drive north and a Warnemünde cruise port drop-off.
Please note: this private tour is a customized experience, so be sure to include any specific requests at the time of booking
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