City Circle Tour

From 2012: The ticket for the most popular Berlin tour now valid for 48 hours!

Experience Berlin with our City-Circle-Tour hop-on/hop-off bus, complete with headphones giving you the option of 13 different languages to choose from. You can embark or disembark the buses at your leisure at 20 convenient landmarks throughout the city - 7 days a week, so no matter where you are staying there is a stop near you!

Create your own individual tour, e.g. stop for a visit of the Pergamon museum, a boat-ride, or a visit of Potsdamer Platz, or for some shopping at the Kurfurstendamm or Friedrichstrasse. After you are done just hop back on the bus and complete the tour. If you prefer you can also remain on the bus for the full two-hour tour.

The headset guides are in 13 languages and ensure that you can sit back and relax without missing any of the important sights.

The duration is a minimum of 2,5 hours. For a whole day tour you can get-on and off the buses at anytime at one of the 20 bus stops listed under the "itinerary" tab.

This tour is also available as a private car tour for up to 8 people starting at 189EUR or a private bus tour for groups of any size starting at 450EUR!

Additional Information

Duration: Full circle takes approx. 2,5hours. The ticket is valid for 48 hours.

Departure times:

From April till October every 10 minutes from 10:00 am till 6:00 pm (last departure for a full circle: 4:00 pm)

From November till March every 15 minutes from 10:00 am till 5:00 pm (last departure for a full circle: 3:00 pm)

Departure point:

East Berlin: Alexanderplatz directly in front of the entrance to the Park Inn Hotel.

West Berlin: Kurfurstendamm/corner Rankestrasse opposite Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedachtniskirche

Or any of the 20 points listed under "Itinerary".

Price:

Adults: 22EUR

Children up to 13 years old: 11EUR

Children up to 7 years old: free of charge

Family ticket: 2 adults + max. 3 children (7-14 years old): 50EUR

1-Round Ticket (not hopping off and back on possible): 16,5EUR

Half-Day Ticket (valid from 14:00): 16,5EUR

Please note:

Tour is operated in 13 languages via earphones: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Polish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese.

1A. Kurfuerstendamm 220/Meinekestrasse, Shopping Meile, Neues Kranzler Eck, Zoo Berlin

1B. Kurfuerstendamm/Rankestrasse, Shopping Meile, Gedaechtniskirche/Memorial Church, Europa Center, Zoo Berlin, Aquarium

2. KaDeWe, Shopping Meile

3. Luetzowplatz, BVG-Haltestelle, Bauhaus-Archiv

4. Kulturforum, Gedenkstaette Dt. Widerstand, Memorial Stauffenbergstrasse, Philharmonie, Kammermusiksaal, Neue Nationalgalerie, Neue Gemaeldegalerie, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatsbibliothek, Matthaeikirche

5. Potsdamer Platz mit Debis, Sony, Musical Theater, Spielbank, Preussischer Landtag/Prussian Parliament, Martin Gropius Bau Art Exhibition ,Mauerreste/Wall Remains, Bundesrat, Bundesministerium der Finanzen, Legoland D.C., Panoramapunkt

6. Juedisches Museum / Jewish Museum

7. Checkpoint Charlie, Haus am Checkpoint Charlie / Checkpoint Charlie Museum, Currywurstmuseum

8. Gendarmenmarkt, Galeries Lafayette/Shoppingmeile, Dt. Dom/Fragen an die dt. Geschichte, Franzoesischer Dom/Hugenottenmuseum, Konzerthaus/Concert House

9. East Side Gallery, O2 Arena, Oberbaumbruecke, Ostbahnhof

10. Alexanderplatz gegenueber Haupteingang Park Inn Hotel / opposite main entrance Park Inn Hotel, Alexanderplatz, Fernsehturm / TV-Tower, Berliner (Rotes) Rathaus / Townhall, Base Flyer, 1. DDR Motorradmuseum

11. Spandauer Str. Hackescher Markt, Marx-Engels-Forum, Rotes Rathaus, Neptunbrunnen, Nikolai-Viertel

12. DomAquaree, Schiffsstation boat station, Museumsinsel / Museums Island, PergamonMuseum, Altes Museum, Neues Museum (Nofretete), Alte Nationalgalerie Bode Museum, Marienkirche /St. Marys Church, Rotes Rathaus / Townhall, Nikolai-Viertel, Ephraim-Palais, Nikolai-Kirche/ Nikolai Church, SeaLife Center, Hackesche Hoefe, Kronprinzenpalais, Lustgarten, Zeughaus, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Neue Wache, Staatsoper, Staatsbibliothek, Humboldt-Universitaet, St. Hedwigs Kathedrale, Forum Fridericianum, Unter den Linden

13. Lustgarten/HumboldtBox, Berliner Dom, Museumsinsel, Zillemuseum, Nikolaikirche. Stop located opposite HumboldtBox

14. Friedrichstrasse, Berlin Story, Neue Wache, Zeughaus, Staatsoper, Staatsbibliothek, Humboldt-Universitaet, St. Hedwigs Kathedrale, Forum Fridericianum, Unter den Linden, Friedrichwerdersche Kirche / Friedrichwerdersche Church, The Picasso Story

15. Brandenburger Tor, Reichstag, Holocaust-Mahnmal, Russisches Ehrenmal, Regierungsviertel, Tiergarten, Haus der Kulturen der Welt / House of World Cultures, Carillon, Schloss Bellevue/Palace Bellevue, Siegessaeule Victory Column, Museum "The Kennedys", Mme. Tussauds

16. Hauptbahnhof/main train station

17. Siegessaule/Panoramic view - over Tiergarten, Potsdamer Platz and Brandenburger Tor. Spreeweg/corner Grosser Stern

18. 17. Juni, Flohmarkt/Flea Market, Koenigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)

19. Schloss Charlottenburg/Charlottenburg Palace, Orangerie, Teehaus, Mausoleum, Broehan Museum, Berggruensammlung, Berliner Residenz Konzerte

20. Antiquitatenmeile/Antique mall-30 stores offering antiques- and arts, auctions. Neue Kantstr./corner Suarezstr. (bus stop Amtsgerichtsplatz)

Things To Bring

- Printed voucher

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation more then a week in advance: administration costs of 15%
Cancellation between a week and 48 hours prior to departure date: 50% of the total amount
Cancellation less than 48 hours prior to departure date : 100% of the total amount
No show: no restitution

Departs

April-October: Every 10 minutes between 10:00 and 16:00, November-March: Every 15 minutes between 10:00 ad 15:00

Pickup/Departure

MAIN DEPARTURE POINTS:
West Berlin: Kurfurstendamm/corner Rankestrasse, opposite Kaiser-Wilhelm Gedaechtniskirche
East Berlin: Alexanderplatz directly in front of the Park Inn Hotel

Or any of the remaining stops listed under "itinerary".

Tour provider is BBS Berlin. Please look for yellow double-decker busses with "City Circle Tour" sign.