Great city tour in Berlin, fantastic experience and engaging guide: Filippo is very knowledgeable, fun and entertaining. Highly recommended
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Guide in Italian
Excludes
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- We meet 20 minutes before the tour starts. In front of the Espresso House, at the corner with Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade.
Return
- The guide will be happy to advise you which public transport to take at the end of the tour.
Itinerary
The tour with an Italian guide starts at the meeting point of Potsdamer Platz no. 10 (S/U-Bahn Potsdamer Platz). Look for the blue bicycle by VIVE BERLIN TOURS, you will easily recognize the flag with our logo!
In this subway station the guide will talk about the incredible history of ghost stations.
The best place to immerse yourself in the history of the Berlin Wall and see how it was possible to build it. We will talk about the tragic stories of the victims of the Wall and learn about the systems used to escape.
You get known the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and its typical architecture. The guide will also talk about the great popular manifestation that took place at Alexanderplatz and that led to the fall of the Wall.
The most impressive structure in the GDR and still the tallest building in Berlin (visit only outside).
Visit this boulevard surrounded by buildings from the Stalinist era and discover the beginnings of the GDR.
The longest part of the Berlin Wall and the most famous thanks to its murals symbol of freedom.
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Reviews
Antonella has been an amazing guide, succeeding in clarifying the incredibly complex history of Berlin between 1945 and 1990. A lot of history and secret stories from the city: the 3 hours have flown by! Super recommended!
Very interesting tour, Fabio is the number 1 guide
Recommended tour if you want to know this aspect of Berlin and its history . Antonella, our guide, was fantastic, competent, attentive and helpful
A very interesting and pleasant experience. The guide, Antonella, was very knowledgeable, kind, and helpful. She gave us many tips about the city and explained everything very well. The visit lasted about 3 hours, but it wasn't tiring at all. I recommend it.
The guide Sueli was very good at explaining, telling anecdotes, and keeping the group's attention alive
Passionate guide, practical but at the same time rich in content to convey.
My sincere compliments to all the guides I had these past few days in Berlin. They made us discover another side of the city that no one tells you about. Highly recommended and unmissable for your stays in Berlin!
Very good, I really recommend it; we did two tours, one with Vita and one with Andrea, excellent, thanks to them I was able to discover and delve into the history of Berlin.
Fabio - full of energy, nice and ironic. Very empathetic and prepared, capable of making such a heavy and profound topic exciting. A simple explanation but very full of historical facts so close to us. Thank you and we recommend it Simona and Fabrizio (Bologna)
Excellent experience, our guide Lorenzo, very capable and empathetic, managed to explain a very important period of history to us in a complete, professional, and engaging way.
My boyfriend and I participated in the East Berlin and Wall Tour. It was a very interesting visit, lasting 3 hours that unfortunately flew by. Our guide, Lorenzo, took us through the city and helped us reach places with unique historical charm. He proved to be a very well-prepared, outgoing guide, who with the right delicacy conveyed to us the love for this city. Berlin is a unique city and having someone with us who helped us discover the right places, helped us learn the right information, enriched us and moved us. A thank you to Lorenzo, who was an exceptional guide!
Tour positive, the guide Alessandra very brava and empathic.
The guide told a story for more than 3 hours. Enriching it with anecdotes and interesting facts that made it even more engaging. The introduction was very useful, as it framed and contextualized the piece of history we were about to cover. There were several kids, including my son, who were teenagers, and they didn't get bored.
The guide Antonella was precise and thorough. He involved the whole group, even the youngest ones, in retracing the history of East Berlin. Three intense and exciting hours!
We took the tour with Lorenzo who was very good at helping us understand what happened in Berlin after the end of the Second World War. Lorenzo was very attentive to our curiosities and questions! Absolutely recommended!
Lorenzo was a very well-prepared, organized, and passionate guide, who handled a subject like the Cold War and its effect on Berlin, which is by its nature thorny and too broad to be covered in three hours, with clear awareness and critical detachment from both powers involved. He showed us less popular places, as well as Alexanderplatz and the wall graffiti, in a route useful for clearly visualizing even the most curious details of a controversial period. He also directed us in exploring younger and underground neighborhoods, making us discover the multiple essences of a plural and multiform Berlin.
Lorenzo fantastic guide, the tour covered the right places to be able to tell a topic as vast as the Cold War in just 3 hours, thanks also to the excellent preparation of our guide. Excellent recommendations on places and venues to visit as well.
Tour taken with the guide Lorenzo, punctual, knowledgeable, and engaging as we have rarely happened to find. He was able to tell the story of the wall and of Berlin during the Cold War with a wealth of detail but without ever being boring. Compliments! Tour where you walk a lot, you also travel by public transport (you need to buy a ticket), the duration is optimal for what you see, but at the end you almost want to continue even more!
East Berlin tour is the Wall really not to be missed!! Antonella (Vive Berlin) interested and fascinated us with history and anecdotes Absolutely recommended
Fantastic Antonella! She kept me hooked on the story for 3 hours that flew by! Unmissable, exciting, and intense tour
Guided tour in Italian by viveberlintours of East Berlin - the wall - East Side Gallery was fantastic. It is a tour that definitely captivates you, enriches you, makes you think, and moves you; places that must absolutely be seen and understood. But what made it special was our guide Antonella, who was truly perfect in every way! The best guided tour of my life.
An unmissable tour to learn about the history and personal stories of post-war Berlin. Silvio also answered many questions, showing great professionalism and knowledge of the subject. Highly recommended.
Very nice visit. Many stories and anecdotes that Martin has shared with us.
Beautiful tour and pleasant group experience. Giulia expert and empathic guide. Experience to recommend to fully experience Berlin
Giulia was an excellent guide, very prepared and engaging. The tour was very informative and allowed me to learn about the wall that I did not know before. Definitely recommended!
During our stay in Berlin we did 4 guided tours with Vive Berlin Tours, all with different guides, very knowledgeable and engaging. The first tour was "TOUR BERLIN EAST AND THE WALL" led by Paolo, brilliant and theatrical; he managed to tell us in great detail some pages of the history of this city often less prominent than the Nazi period, but very important, transmitting the difficult emotions that Berliners felt, separated by a wall that transformed their lives again. The second tour was "TOUR YERZO REICH" with Silvio, prepared, professional and passionate; He helped us get to know Berlin during the Nazi period by adding to the historical dates known, details not found in the books or guides conveying his love for Berlin and for some characters who stood out for the courage to try to save lives. The third tour was "TOUR SACHSENHAUSEN CAMPO CONCENTRATION" led by Lorenzo, excellent at explaining in a simple and linear way historical events very difficult to understand when trying to understand the dynamics that led to certain horrors, always choosing the most suitable words but at the same time charged with respect for all the pain that a genocide can generate. The fourth tour was “ALTERNATIVE BERLIN TOUR” in which Antonella guided us to the most authentic part of Berlin, showing us the deep differences between the neighborhoods of this city and the beauties that lie hidden in the most unexpected alleys. An indispensable tour to better understand a multicultural city in constant evolution where some of the greatest artists such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Tom Hanks, etc. have passed with a sweet break based on Berliner. Thanks also to Jacopo, often present at morning appointments and always available and kind in listening to the needs of individuals. Ultimately it made a difference for us to rely on Vive Berlin Tours because with them we tasted the city in a way that we would not have been able to do independently.
The true narrative of the wall and the Cold War, lived in the places of history. Thanks to Paolo, our precious guide, who was able to involve and excite us!
A journey that made tangible the events and consequences that still remain evident in the city and in the people of Berlin.
Excellent!!! Very interesting tour, 3 hours flew and Fabio was very good. Seeing Berlin with someone who tells you about it is indispensable.
It was a very interesting tour. Highly recommended! The three hours flew with the guide who was very clear and told the story in a captivating way
Very interesting tour, with a lot of information that I didn't know. The guide, Fabio, was clear, precise and competent. Absolutely recommended!!!
Fantastic tour the guides are empathic and fully convey the passion for what.they do Highly recommended and congratulations
Lorenzo best tour guide ever! I recommend buying the Berlin welcome card as you move with the means during the tour.
Very interesting experience. Giorgio, our guide, was very nice and prepared. He took nothing for granted and explained everything very well!
We participated in three of the organized tours (Berlin Wall, indispensable Berlin and Nazi Berlin). They were beautiful and allowed us to deepen the our knowledge of Berlin and the history that pervades it and you hear everywhere...We had already been in the city 15 years ago, but participating in the tours has deeply enriched our knowledge. Our guides, Giorgio for two tours and Andrea for the Third party, were fantastic, accompanying us with sympathy and kindness, but above all very prepared! We brought with us our 9-year-old son, passionate about history and the Second World War, who never ceases to thank us for the beautiful experience lived! Experience really recommended ❤️
Fantastic experience: very knowledgeable guide and very interesting tour. I highly recommend this experience, which perfectly reconstructs the history of the wall and the political/cultural context. A well-organized and unforgettable journey through history.
Beautiful experience, Paul, our guide, has transmitted passion and emotion for all tempo.Graxie again.
Very engaging and exciting tour. Many places visited. The guide Antonella really prepared and punctual in the explanations was able to tell this page of history with accuracy without neglecting to answer the questions of the children present. Recommended.
Thank you very much, Paolo, for letting us discover Berlin through the eyes of an Italian architect. Your passion, your love for art and your immense culture made this trip unforgettable!” You managed to make us fall in love with this strange city full of contradictions, differences where history becomes present.
Wonderful opportunity to learn about the history of the wall by seeing the crucial places and essential stories to know, admirably described by the guide Antonella, empathetic and prepared person.
A unique experience that I recommend to anyone visiting Berlin for the first time. Thanks to Claudia who was a great guide: with accurate descriptions and contemporary history stories she was able to take us back in time and make us relive those dark years.
Excellent guide, Paolo knows how to immerse you in that world so distant and so close to us, also through stories of real lives that he guards, always interesting, never boring, absolutely to do! Easy to reach meeting point, you have to have metro tickets to get around the city. The tour does not end at the starting point but the guide directed us to the respective destinations
Giulia guided us and was impeccable in everything. It made us relive the situation of East and West Berliners in an engaging way. We had the opportunity to take many photos, which we will carry as a souvenir. Giulia was helpful throughout answering clearly and completely to any of our questions. Professional at best.
Beautiful tour held by Fabio, very prepared and nice guide. After meeting at Potsdamer Platz, we visited the Nordbahnhof underground station (ghost station at the time of the division of the city), the Wall memorial at Bernauer Straße, Alexanderplatz and the East Side Gallery. All very fascinating and explained in a very clear and engaging way. Try it!!
Great tour held by the guide Lorenzo, very competent and well prepared. It was very interesting and intense also because Lorenzo was able to optimally manage 30 people between travel by public transport and walking, given the distances and the huge spaces of the city of Berlin.
fantastic experience, if it is the first time in Berlin I really recommend it. especially Lorenzo, the guide explained very well and clearly every detail and curiosity about the wall and the war.
Beautiful tour. Our guide Antonella managed to make us perceive the absurdity of the wall. I recommend this tour to everyone, especially young people.
We participated in the tour with Fabio, a wonderful experience with a person prepared and interesting able to explain very well the history and the places where he took us, I highly recommend it!
Antonella guided us to discover East Berlin with punctuality, passion and sympathy. An excellent guide, a great meeting. Thank you keep it up
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