This guided Berlin walking tour will show you the battleground of the military conflict between the western world and the communist world. With your expert guide, see the Berlin Wall and hidden areas of the Death Strip, a former guard tower and travel through underground 'Ghost Stations'. Stand above the most famous escape tunnels, hear about the people who created them. Listen to stories about espionage, how the CIA and KGB faced off in this geopolitical hotspot. Learn about the leaders of the time and the events that kept the world on the brink of a nuclear war for 40 years. Your guide will expertly inform you on what life was like for Berlin's citizens during the almost 45 years of conflict and the ramifications we are still dealing with today.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔  Local Expert Guide
✖  Berlin Transport AB Zone ticket
✖  Hotel pickup and drop-off
✖  Gratuities
✖  Food and drinks
Departure & Return
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Meeting point: outside FRIEDRICHSTRASSE TRAIN STATION, on the square beside the 'Traenenpalast' (Palace of Tears), Reichstagufer 17, 10117 Berlin.
Our guides will be wearing a blue lanyard with a yellow name tag, holding yellow umbrellas!

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Itinerary
1
Berlin Friedrichstrasse Station Take a ghost train ride from our meeting point through the old Cold War ghost stations

Duration:  7 minutes

2
Admiralspalast Berlin See the location where the East German Political Party (SED) was founded in 1946

Duration:  5 minutes

3
Palace of Tears A former East German transit exit building, now a sensational museum that speaks to the importance of the building during the Cold War.

Duration:  15 minutes

4
Take a ghost train ride up to Nordbahnhof. Learn about what happened in a divided city with the underground which went historically from East to West.
5
Memorial of the Berlin Wall Death strip area, East German guard tower, Tunnel 57 (longest and most successful escape tunnel), Chapel of Reconciliation, first death at the Berlin Wall, where people jumped out of windows to escape the oppression of socialistic East Germany

Duration:  30 minutes

6
Chapel of Reconciliation See this symbolic church, once blown up by East Germans in 1985. Now rebuilt, it unites architectural and ecological modernity with remembrance, standing as a triumph against its predecessor's destruction

Duration:  10 minutes

Additional info
•  Wheelchair accessible
•  Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
•  Service animals allowed
•  Public transportation options are available nearby
•  Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
•  All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
•  Suitable for all physical fitness levels
•  Please bring a Berlin Transport AB Zone ticket
•  As a good amount of walking is involved, comfortable shoes are recommended
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Price:
From $21.61
Ticket:
Mobile or paper ticket accepted
duration:
3 hours
Guide in:
English   
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.