Top Berlin Bus Tours - page 3

The tour guide (Arthur??) was an outstanding guide. He provided visual examples and even a movie clip to explain things. He made sure that we had no questions and clearly explained any questions we had. While you can visit everything on your own, this tour is beneficial if you want the story, behind the story. I would recommend the tour. Please note you will walk about 8000 steps.

Great tour!! So much to see and our guide did a wonderful job sharing so many historical stories and personal asides about what we were seeing. He also recommended and joined us for a delicious lunch where we had Doner Kebab. We really enjoyed both the food and the restaurant. Highly recommend

This is was an excellent tour. The guide Raffaello was outstanding. He really personalised the tour and has a passion for Berlin and its history. It is well worth undertaking a tour of this nature and if possible asking for Raf. We did this as a team corporate event but this would suite any age or any group. Thanks Raf you were a champ.

Got a taxi from hotel to boat mooring as wasn’t sure of location. A bit dark getting from the road onto the boat. Needed to use torches on phone. We were a party of 6. Welcomed on board. Service was good. Food and drinks included were all OK. Hard to hear some of the recorded commentary due to conversations on other tables. Never the less a pleasant evening and pleased we booked the trip.

Emma is amazing. She is not earned a degree university degree in German studies, she also has a passion for German history. She is a great storyteller and shared alot of facts and stories that made the tour interesting. She encouraged questions and conversation and took good care of the group. She kept some of the tour light as well as this is an extremely difficult subject. I highly recommend the tour with Emma specifically.

The excursion was a good overview of the historical points of German history. Our guide was an English gent who had been living in Berlin for over 20 years. He was very knowledgeable, affable with a wry sense of humor. Certainly good excursion. However the ride to Berlin was close to 2.5 to 3 hours back to the cruise port at Warmunde. The excursion in Berlin was great but not the trip back.

Visiting Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was one of the most powerful and sobering experiences of my life. This is not a typical tourist attraction—it is a place of remembrance, reflection, and education. Our guide was outstanding: deeply knowledgeable, respectful, and able to connect history with the broader lessons that remain urgent today. The camp’s design itself tells the story: the triangular layout, Tower A as the only entrance, and Station Z as the “exit” where industrialized killing took place. Standing by the roll call square at dawn, hearing how thousands were forced to line up in the cold, was chilling. The details were harrowing but important—prisoners living packed 700 to a barrack built for 150, the absurd forced labor meant to break spirits, and the systematic dehumanization where a person’s worth was reduced to their ability to work. The guide wove in survivors’ testimonies that made the history painfully real. One prisoner described feeling like “an insect trapped in a jar.” Another spoke of how survival required both hope and community, because “you cannot survive a camp alone.” What made this tour exceptional was how it placed Sachsenhausen in the wider context: Nazi propaganda, international failures like the Évian Conference, and even the postwar use of the camp by the Soviets. The guide did not shy away from modern parallels, noting how extremist ideologies still persist and why memorialization matters. Practical advice: wear comfortable shoes, bring water, and prepare emotionally. This is a large site with limited amenities. The visitor center has an excellent museum and audio guides if you prefer to go at your own pace. This is not an easy visit, but it is absolutely essential. Sachsenhausen teaches not only about the past but about our responsibility today—to recognize hatred, resist indifference, and preserve the voices of those who endured.

A great way to see Berlin in a day with a very knowledgeable tour guide, much better than walking all day. Our tour guide was Yael, a 34 year old woman from Israel who had immigrated to Germany a bit over 3 years ago. She was charismatic and passionate with a wealth of knowledge to impart on us. Apparently in addition to being a tour guide she worked the improv clubs as a standup comic and of course supported herself as a waitress. I would highly recommend the tour, especially if you are lucky enough to have Yael as your guide