Highlights of Berlin Private Walking Tour

With an expert private guide, explore the highlights of Berlin on this captivating and scenic walking tour.

Journey through the heart of the city’s rich history, architecture, and cultural heritage, stopping at significant landmarks that each contribute to Berlin’s unique identity. Find out how Berlin developed from a small medieval trading point into a major city within just a few centuries.

Today Berlin is a vibrant leader in business, media, art, food, and music – from high-brow opera to famous nightclubs! Historic and modern in equal measure, Berlin is a truly captivating city.

• Discover the fascinating history of Germany's capital with a private guide
• Admire the Brandenburg Gate, the State Opera, and Humboldt University
• Explore the iconic sites of Berlin on this in-depth walking tour
• Stop inside Bebelplatz, infamous as the site of a Nazi book burning
• Visit Gendarmenmarkt, known as one of Berlin's most beautiful squares

Explore the fascinating and beautiful heart of Berlin with an expert private guide on this immersive walking tour. Your local guide will show you the iconic sites of Germany’s vibrant capital, such as the Brandenburg Gate, and explain their place in the city’s storied history. 

Berlin was founded around 1200, in the Old Quarter now called Nikolaiviertel, and by the 18th century had become one of Europe’s leading cities in terms of power, education, and the arts. 

The city is a layered mixture of beautiful historic buildings – like the ones you’ll see at Gendarmenmarkt. Widely acknowledged as the most beautiful square in Berlin, it is home to the twin French and German cathedrals and the concert house. 

You’ll walk into Bebelplatz – famous for St Hedwig’s Cathedral, the historic and prestigious Humboldt University (that has produced 30 Nobel laureates) and the notorious book burning on May 10, 1933 in front of the former Royal Library.

Your guide will show you around the elegant buildings on Museum Island—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—that were once cut off by the Berlin Wall and only accessible to westerners with a visa for East Berlin. Stop by Berlin Cathedral, the Pei building (designed by the same architect of the Louvre Pyramid in Paris) and the haunting Neue Wache – Germany’s central memorial for the victims of war and tyranny. 

Next, you’ll see the Berlin Palace, a reconstruction of the original baroque Prussian palace that stood for hundreds of years before being badly damaged by allied bombings in WWII and then demolished in 1950 on the orders of the East German leadership. The new Berlin Palace, completed in 2020, was the product of years of debate following German unification on what to do with this site and reflects the many currents and opinions post-reunification Berlin. The Humboldt Forum— a museum dedicated to human history, art and culture—is now housed within the Berlin Palace.

This tour is the perfect introduction to fascinating Berlin. After a few hours with your top-rated guide, you will fully appreciate and understand the multifaceted and storied history of this European capital.

• Expert Private Guide
• Captivating stories and history
• Humboldt university
• Berlin Palace
• Brandenburg Gate
• Neue Wache
• Berlin Cathedral (outside)
• ...and many more highlights!

• Comfortable walking shoes recommended.
• Tours run rain or shine. We recommend coming prepared if rainy weather is expected.
• Please note: this tour does NOT visit the East Side Gallery or Checkpoint Charlie. If you are interested in these sites, please check out our Cold War Berlin Tour, or our WWII Walking Tour
• The itinerary described above is a suggested order of the various experiences. These may vary according to your personal requests or preferred starting time.

When you book a LivTours Private Tour or Experience, you are guaranteed a dedicated, expert guide that allows you the flexibility to start your tour at a time which is convenient for you, making planning easy. Our private tours ensure that you will get a tailored experience to meet all your needs so we go at your pace, perfect for families with younger children, elderly, or individuals with accessibility needs. Please be advised that all private tours begin at a base price starting at two people*. Prices are inclusive of entry tickets where applicable. *Some Ferrari private experiences are inclusive of one person only.

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By selecting Choose Dates Later / Buy as Gift at booking, any tour can be purchased without fixed dates. This is the perfect option if you want to purchase your tour as a gift for a loved one, or if you are in the pre-planning phase of your vacation. After booking, you will receive a Travel Voucher Code and full instructions on how to schedule your tours when ready. Once your travel plans are confirmed, you can easily use the Travel Voucher Code on the LivTours website to formally schedule your tours. You can find out more here.