Historical & Heritage Tours in Germany

Take a 2-hour private walking tour from Bornholmer Straße to Bernauer Straße in Berlin. Explore East and West Berlin as you follow the old boundaries of the infamous Berlin Wall. Learn about the history of the Cold War in Germany that lasted from 1961 to 1989 and the impacts it had on Berlin and the country. Visit key landmarks along the way and listen to informative commentary from your guide.

Explore Berlin's divided past with a local historian on a 3-hour, small-group tour of the city's key communist-era sites. Start your tour at the Brandenburg Gate that divided East and West Berlin, and learn how families were separated as they tried to pass through the Friedrichstrasse train station. Visit a moving memorial to murdered East Berliners at the once-notorious 'death strip.' See an expansive Soviet housing complex and the headquarters of East Germany's secret police, then finish your tour at Alexanderplatz, where fierce demonstrations helped end Communist rule.

Take a sobering trip inside Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during this 6-hour tour with a small group. See camp landmarks like the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (work sets you free) sign and the Jewish Barracks, plus much more. Best of all, your trip is led by the only non-profit tour company operating at the site, ensuring 100% of proceeds go to the memorial and good causes.

Step into the fairy-tale world of Bavaria and visit majestic castles, alpine lakes and medieval towns on this full-day tour from Fussen. Enjoy skip-the-line entrance to the dreamy Neuschwanstein Castle, famously the inspiration for Disney's Sleeping Beauty castle. Then, visit Linderhof Castle, another of King Ludwig II's magnificent castles, and Hohenschwangau Castle, the 'Mad King's' childhood home. That's not all: stop off to admire the colorful painted houses of Oberammergau and take in views of the Austrian Alps and Lake Plansee.

Discover Sachsenhausen, one of the first concentration camps established by Nazi Germany's Third Reich, on this private, 6-hour trip from Berlin. Listen as an expert historian details the facts surrounding Sachsenhausen's creation, as well as a timeline of the atrocities that took place here. Today, this entire location serves as a national memorial to the prisoners who lived and died within its walls. Learn about Germany during the days of the Third Reich and explore the various locations inside the camp, like the command headquarters, execution trench, and more.

Enjoy Oktoberfest in Munich with this 7-hour experience that includes a Munich city tour and a guaranteed spot inside a tent. Beginning with a 1.5-hour walking tour, learn about the city's history and brewing customs, and hear about the 200-year-old festival at Theresienwiese. Then take a seat at your reserved place in one of the major Oktoberfest beer tents, where you'll receive two liters of beer and chicken.

In this guided tour we'll dive together into the history of sexual science and sex life in Berlin, from Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld's institute of sexual science, through past-Berlin's infamous Eldorado to present-day Berlin's Kit Kat Club. We'll start in the late 19th Century and go through the roaring twenties and the downfall of sexual freedom at the hand of the Nazis. We'll cover the resurrection after the war in a divided Berlin, as well as the current state today.

The Berlin neighborhood of Kreuzberg, crammed with cobblestoned streets and enough street art to fill a vast art museum, is the most fascinating part of the German capital. This 3-hour small-group tour takes you to the heart of the neighborhood, historically a haven for Turkish immigrants. Today the area is made up of a diverse set of Turks, Arabs, hipsters and many others. Learn the history of the area while traversing Kreuzberg on foot and bicycle. This small-group tour is limited to no more than six.

Take a sobering look at the Dachau Concentration Camp and Memorial Site during this 5-hour guided visit from Munich. Learn about the history of one of Germany's first concentration camps dating back to 1933 as you visit camp locations like the SS Training Camp, Nandor Gild Monument, Appellplatz (Roll Call Square), and more. Round-trip transport is also included.

Berlin may have been the capital of the 20th century, being at the the epicenter of every history-making, world-changing movement and phenomenon. But this small-group tour takes you back 300 years to trace the roots of Prussian militarism that led up to the 20th century. Learn from the professional guide how Berlin became the world capital of culture, arts and tolerance. Visit the Tiergarten, the former Death Strip where the Wall once ran and Potsdamer Platz.

East Germany may have died in November 1989 when the Wall came tumbling down but the eastern portion of Berlin is still a fascinating monument to the city's strange and intriguing 20th-century history. This Private 3-hour tour immerses you in the East Germany of the Cold War, taking you to the headquarter of the Stasi (the state police), the wide Stalinist building-flanked Karl Marx Boulevard and Berlin Wall, among many other sites. Learn from the guide about the history of the GDR, German Democratic Republic (AKA East Germany) and about Communist rule and East Germans’ growing discontent and their government’s brutal suppression.

Get a sobering look at the Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg Nazi concentration camp during this 5.5-hour guided excursion from Berlin. Learn about the more than 200,000 prisoners that passed through the camp's gates as you tour its barracks, pathology department, 'appellplatz' (roll call square), 'Zellenbau' (Gestapo prison), and more.

Explore Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site and take a Third Reich walking tour of Munich on this full-day, small-group tour. Visit Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany during the Holocaust. Learn how it served as a model for all the other camps that followed it and listen to the heart-wrenching stories of Dachau's many prisoners. Then, return to Munich to see sites associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and gain insight into this dark period of Munich's past. This tour includes transport and the services of a guide.

Explore Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site on this 5-hour tour from Munich. Travel by train from Munich to Dachau with a guide, and visit the former concentration camp. During your guided tour, you'll gain insight into the brutality of the Nazi regime and learn of the 42,000 innocent prisoners who lost their lives there. Explore the history of the Third Reich in the visitors' center, and read of the camp's historical context from the prisoners' perspective.

Gain a better understanding of WWII's impact on Berlin during this 3.5-hour Third Reich walking tour. Follow your guide through Germany's capital, and learn about its dark WWII history. Stop by the Memorial to Homosexuals, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial), and Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism. See the New Synagogue and Hitler's bunker in Führerbunker. Plus on your stroll, catch sight of the Reichstag building, the Soviet War Memorial, and Berlin's Jewish neighborhood.

We will send you a box containing everything you need to do the scavenger hunt as a city tour on your own. In the box you will first find the starting point of the tour. Furthermore, many closed envelopes with the riddles and the directions to the next stations are included, as well as a card with much to know about each station.You start when and how you like it on the day and at the time of day. You can take as many people as you want. (Recommendation: up to max. 10 people) Together, you will be puzzling through the city and exploring so many great sights and places.Please choose an appointment so far in the future that we have time to send the box.Please note that we need a shipping time for the box of 3-5 working days, depending on the delivery address! Please let us know your full address with (at the end of the booking process) The price is for a box including shipping!

Uncover the dark side of Munich's history on this 2.5-hour Third Reich walking tour. Learn how the Bavarian capital served as an important center for the Nazi Party during WWII and hear stories of Hitler's rallies and The White Rose resistance movement. Along the way, visit key sites like Königsplatz, Feldherrnhalle, the Hofgarten and the famous Hofbräuhaus beer hall.

Travel back to 1970s Berlin - a time when the city was split in two and West Berlin was "cut off from its world, art and culture, dying with no hope of retribution" - on this 3-hour tour. Together with a specialist guide, you'll navigate the city on foot and by public transport, in search of the Berlin that inspired David Bowie's seminal Berlin Trilogy. See Hansa Studios, where 'Heroes' and 'Low' were recorded, as well as 155 Hauptstrasse, once home to Bowie and Iggy Pop. You'll also visit Potsdamer Platz, Zoo Station, Neues Ufer Caf e, and other culturally significant sites.

Combine cultural treasures and sweet treats on this unique 4-hour walking tour of historic Berlin. Learn about the horrors of WWII as you visit the Topography of Terror and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Then, see the remnants of the Cold War years with visits to the Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie and the remains of the Berlin Wall. After admiring landmarks like the Reichstag, the Gendarmenmarkt and the Humboldt University, end on a high note with a chocolate tasting at Berlin's oldest chocolate shop.

Discover the history of Berlin through the eyes of a local, on this private walking tour. Your guide will show you both well-known, big-name sights as well as lesser-known places that you may miss without local help. You'll hear stories about Berlin's eventful past, which will help you better understand its present. An informative and fun trip for active travelers who like to learn new things when they travel.