Going on a Viking cruise with stop to Berlin, train ride to Berlin and back, looking for a local guide to show us the highlights in the time we have there. Any Rick Steves local guides to do this?
Posted by
Schwerin
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Besides possible recommendations for guides I recommend taking a Hoho bus tour because Berlin is huge and the top 10 of Berlin are widely spreaded - not in walking distance for an afternoon only. Here is another top 10 list which includes the recommended Berlin Wall Memorial.
Posted by
Washington DC
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Is this some sort of river cruise or is it an ocean cruise docking at a Baltic Sea port? If the latter: This topic has come up before, and the usual recommendation is not to try for Berlin because such a large amount of your time will involve sitting on a bus. There are good options much closer to the Baltic ports.
I loved the six days I spent in Berlin back in 2015 and look forward to returning. However, a lot of what is special about Berlin is the historical sights and the great museums. Those are not places to be appreciated as you drive by. Berlin itself doesn't have a lot of beautiful, old architecture as you can find in some other German cities.