Excursion Berlin & sachsenhausen former concentration camp tour at Warnemünde

From the quayside, you will start your journey to Berlin by coach. During this approx. 3 hrs transfer which will include 1 comfort stop, your Escort will give you an overview of your exciting day in Berlin as well as general, useful information.

Upon arrival at Sachsenhausen, your local, specialist guide will take you to the infinitely more sombre and one of the most chilling destinations, the former Nazi Concentration Camp at Sachsenhausen, a memorial near Oranienburg, just north of Berlin.

During a guided tour, you will be shown the entrance to the camp, that is still haunted with the slogan, “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Makes You Free), the parade grounds, shoe testing strip, prisoner barracks and Station Z where prisoners were held and perished.

After this visit, your guide will take you to Berlin for a “snapshot” of this bustling city, passing by Bebel Platz where below the ground level lies the Empty Library which commemorate authors whose books were burned on this sight by students and Nazis in 1933.

Stop at Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate), which symbolizes the German and European unification and known as the border between East and West Germany. Next see the Berliner Mauer (Berlin wall), the Reichstag, Check-Point Charlie, the Berliner Dome, Berlin’s Protestant cathedral, with its Neo-Baroque interior and massive dome. Pass by the Gendarmenmarkt, the most harmonious square in Berlin, with Theatre, the German Dome and the French Dome.

See the New Synagogue, Berlin’s most prominent Jewish landmark, which was rebuilt at the site of the original synagogue – deliberately left as a memorial to what was damaged by Nazi flames and finished off by war time bombs. Pass by the Haeckesche Hoefe, built by Jewish idealists in 1906-07 with elegant ceramic facades which today symbolizes Berlin’s new ‘Mitte’ (centre) that survived two wars.

Continue to the Holocaust Memorial, designed by New Yorker Peter Eisenman, a ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe’ and a central place for remembrance.

Enjoy a typical German pub-style lunch in a local Berlin restaurant before you continue your exploration of Berlin, covering sights that you have not seen in the morning. Return to your ship in Warnemünde in the late afternoon.

Points of interests

Points of interest seen on this excursion include: Berlin, Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Note

Please note: This tour requires a moderate amount of walking for approximately 1 mile (1.5 kilometre), with a few steps to negotiate to get on/off the coach and at the sites visited. The drive between the pier and Berlin is approximately three hours in each direction.  This tour is not suitable for guests with limited mobility and guests who utilise a wheelchair.  Lightweight, comfortable clothing, flat, closed-toe walking shoes and sun protection are recommended.  The tour sequence may vary.   Please bring Euros or credit card for any personal expenses.