My wife and I, along with another couple, are taking a Baltic Cruise and will have one day in Berlin in late June. Are there tour guides that you are familiar with that we might contact for a 4-5 hour tour? We are all in our late 60's, but in good health.
Jonathan
https://www.whitlams-berlin-tours.com/
I have not taken a tour with this guy, but I follow him on Instagram, and he always features interesting, historical, out of the way places on his account. His tours get excellent reviews on Google.
Robert Sommer has been recommended highly by several long-standing members of the forum here. He gives custom tours and can be found at http://thetrueberliner.com. You can read some of the recommendations I mentioned in the posts below.
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/germany/looking-for-pension-or-hotel-in-berlin-end-of-april
https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/germany/walking-tours-in-berlin (this post gives other options as well)
My recommendation would be "Jeremy, the Berlin Expert"
He is also on FB and has interesting posts every day about Berlin and the history there.
https://www.theberlinexpert.com/
If he is not available, try Lee Evans, who has helped Rick write a lot of the Germany guidebook. His website seems to be on the blink right now, but here is the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/berlinandbeyond/
I will plug Robert Sommer. He was the 15-year-old son of a high-ranking East German bureaucrat when the Berlin Wall fell. He has a wealth of stories about growing up in East Germany, experiencing the fall of the wall, and experiencing reunification. He has a PhD in history (with a focus on the Holocaust) but is very down to earth. His wife was in Germany's Parliament. Interesting guy. Great guide.
Take Dave's and Mardee's advice and contact Robert for a tour.
He is an excellent and very knowledgeable tour guide.
Mardee linked to a previous post where I described our experience in detail.
Jay
