The Best of Berlin
Great Day Exploring Berlin
August 14, 2022
We had an awesome time on this excursion. We got off the ship and the buses were easy to find. We bussed into Berlin and met our guide. He was an American who's lived in Germany for well over half his life, (including the fall of the Berlin Wall) so he was the perfect person to show us around. We saw a ton of sights and learned a lot of the history of the city. Great tour all around.
Reviewer: William Barth

****
October 21, 2019
We enjoyed our visit,just the right amount of time.
Reviewer: Marjorie Simpson

Fantastic guide, great historic tour
October 12, 2019
Our guide was extremely well versed in German history and educated beyond our expectations. Would highly recommend.
Reviewer: Jim Fox

review
October 06, 2019
The excursion was excellant but the only negative was the long bus ride. I thought Berlin would be closer but I am very glad I went to see the city.
Reviewer: john koeppen

The Best of Berlin
September 24, 2019
The tour was fine, but we were given the wrong time to meet. We had a three-hour bus ride to Berlin from the ship, and the driver broke the speed limit to make up the lost time. We also had to hurry at every stop we made in the city, again, to make up for the lost time.
Reviewer: carolyn smith

Berlin Very Good
September 12, 2019
The long bus ride into Berlin from port was well worth it. Our guide was very knowledgeable, she covered all the important sights with ease and plenty of time and could discuss any of the points of interest in detail.
Make sure you have coins in Euro for the toilets, they charge everywhere.
We had a great pretzel and beer in the city markets - great.
Reviewer: Roslyn

Wonderful day in berlin
September 09, 2019
I would highly recommend shore excursions as an alternative to the more expensive cruiseline excursions. They were well identied at the port. Provided a high quality touring bus. The guide was excellent and spoke english very well.even the bus driver added to the day. We visited important to see sights and the tour was fast paced. A little more time for lunch and shopping was needed. Overall...a memoranle day.
Reviewer: michael solarz

Wonderful time in Berlin
August 31, 2019
It was a wonderful excursion, far exceeding our expectations. The time was quite short, but it was very well organized and we visited many sites. Even got to stop by the Starbucks to purchase a mug for our collection. Our guide Heather was awesome! She was so knowledgable, kind, patient and efficient! We have learned so much of German history from her!
Reviewer: yue cong

Best of berlin
August 15, 2019
Very informative guide answered all our questions. Really courteous and helpful
Reviewer: Christine Fox

Very satisfied customer.
August 12, 2019
Despite the tour being shortened by a couple of hours due to late arrival of the ship, our guide prioritized what we should see, streamlined lunch, and provided a very full, informative visit to Berlin. It was a long drive to and from Berlin, but the bus was very comfortable and a comfort stop allowed the chance to stretch your legs. Would recommend this tour.
Reviewer: Sheila Hamilton

Your Berlin
July 28, 2019
The Berlin tour was perfect. Not a bad 3 hour bus trip first. Great stops on the tour and our guide Heather was excellent
Reviewer: Kittye Norris

This was a superb excursion
July 27, 2019
Heather was very knowledge, personable and professional. Our ship was two+ hours late and she had to adjust at the last minute. We feel she got the most out of the time we had.
Her use of the "whisper" communications ensured everyone heard the knowledge she shared. The photos she shared added much.
Reviewer: Gorgas Paulsen

A bit rushed
July 25, 2019
Our guide was terrific. We were rushed at the end of the day because half the bus load didn’t have euros, so we had to make a special stop for them. This had the other half of the bus pretty steamed because we were smart and came prepared.
Reviewer: Scott Thiel

History at its Best!!
July 24, 2019
Our tour guide, who just received his PhD... was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and scholarly describing all the Berlin historic sites. He was not only well informed but he also made it extremely interesting. I would highly recommend this tour. I had brought my two grandchildren ages 8 and 10 on this tour and he even had both their attention!!!
Reviewer: Kathleen Robinson

Exclusive St. Petersburg Two Day Program
July 08, 2019
Great tour, great guide but very long an tiring, 3 hour bus ride in and out, but we did see some beautiful country side so worth it
Reviewer: Lyle Schafer

Great tour and cost effective
July 02, 2019
This tour is very good for a short visit. It covers almost all the iconic places. Coach ride is comfortable. Tour guide was very knowledgeable and provided us with so much information.
What I loved is the most is that it is not pricy as it is with the Cruise lines expensive excursion. I strongly recommend it.
Reviewer: Alka

Berlin
June 30, 2019
excellent guide
He knew the subject matter and was also attentive to the needs of the attendees
Reviewer: marlene bluestein

Great tour but would like more free time
June 29, 2019
We enjoyed seeing all the great sites of Berlin and it was a quality tour! No need to pay twice as much for a cruise-sponsored tour.
However, I wish the tour guide would have given us a little more time to buy souvenirs and eat a snack when we wanted to. It was a long day and we had lunch around 2. The tour guide also would not let us buy souvenirs at a store we really liked. We would have been happier if she were more flexible and gave us time to do the things we wanted to do. We finished early and arrived back to the boat way before boarding time.
Reviewer: Natalie

A Great Overview
June 23, 2019
This trip was a very nice trip from the coast into Berlin and showed all the sights that one would see. Our guide was full of information and gave us good suggestions for food, visits, drinks and other things that might interest us. With the time we had available we were able to make the best use of it to see things that made our visit worth the cost. We would recommend the tour to anyone.
Reviewer: Norma Yau

We loved it!
June 17, 2019
Had a fabulous guide. The day was great!
Bus was comfortable. No problems finding the group on the dock.
Disappointed that we could not go into the Olympic Stadium. Happy with the rest of the tour!
Reviewer: Pam Clemens

Excellent Tour of Berlin
June 06, 2019
Our tour guide was an American who studied the German language and German history as a major in college. His knowledge, understanding the culture, and historical information was extraordinary! I highly recommend this tour! The cost was significantly lower that other options.
Reviewer: David F Manwaring

Best of Berlin
June 05, 2019
It was a good tour. The tour guide was very informative and interesting.
Reviewer: J wong

Fantastic highlights of Berlin
May 28, 2019
After a 3-hour bus ride to Berlin, we were split into 2 groups of about 15 people each with our own guide, Nikolai who was considerate, knowledgeable and enthusiastic. We had frequent stops throughout the city for photo ops. We each received a map showing the sights we would see during the tour. I am so glad that I booked this tour.
Reviewer: Travel Daemon

Excellent value
September 27, 2018
The Berlin excursion was excellent value for the money - half of what the ship excursion was going to cost. Efficient transportation to and from Berlin (3 hour ride each way) and friendly and knowledgeable guide (Ulrica). Will definitely be my first option on future cruise excursions.
Reviewer: Rangachari Madhavan

Berlin Tour
September 26, 2018
Super guide. Knew his facts and covered a huge amount of history in a short period of time. Outstanding!
Reviewer: Ron Agnew

Tour with young Penn State grad
September 26, 2018
This was an excellent tour. Enjoyed every minute and covered a lot of Berlin in mere hours. It was a long day with the bus ride from the pier but was well worth it. For sure we will want to re-visit Berlin in the future.
Reviewer: NICHOLAS FORMAN

A full and busy day
September 26, 2018
Overall this was well-organized and gave us a great overview of Berlin. My only criticism was our guide gave us too much information as he was filled with details and history and info. I would have appreciated more opportunity to ask questions. He did bring along some great historic photos though. Unfortunately, the tight time schedule gave us far too little time at the Berlin Wall at the end of the tour.
Reviewer: Larry Deckel

Best of Berlin Tour Review
September 25, 2018
Excellent organization of the tour. Good time management. Outstanding Tour Guide: very knowledgeable, polite and professional.
Excellent bus driver.
Reviewer: A. Nilda Cruz

Informative, comprehensive and well done
September 18, 2018
Our tour guide Heather was excellent. Very knowledgeable and lots of personal insights. All the stops were worthwhile except checkpoint Charlie which was to commercial and of very little value. The uniforms the "actors" wore portraying the military didn't fit and looked like they slept in them. Everything else was great. It is a long day with a 3 hour each way bus ride from the cruise terminal to Berlin, but well worth the time. I would definitely recommend this to anyone wanting as complete tour as possible in one day. The tour company met us at the dock, checked us in quickly and we were on our way.
Reviewer: James Slakey

The best of Berlin
September 17, 2018
Bus was at the port when we arrived and left on time. Had an excellent tour guide who spoke perfect English. had a small map of the locations we would visit. Did not have the water listed in the literature.
Reviewer: Joe & Mary Dunigan

Extraoirdinary
August 20, 2018
Although the trip from the cruise port to Berlin is very long (around 3 hours), the ride is wonderful. The onmibus and the guide were waiting for us right after disembarking. Excellent punctuality, organization and security.
The walk through the city of Berlin is excellent. You visit the most important places with a guide very well informed and always willing to please you.
I am very happy with Shore Excursion GroupI
I recommend it !!!!
Reviewer: Guillermo Marquez

The BEST Tour of BERLIN
August 20, 2018
This tour was one of the highlights of our 12 day cruise!!! We easily found the meeting spot, the bus was clean and cool (during a heat wave)! Our tour guide Sam, was simply fabulous!! Extremely knowledgeable and personable, we learned so much!!! We were returned to the ship promptly with ample time left it was due to leave port. Our only disappointment was that we did not book ALL of our excursions through the Shore Excursion group.. They were half the price of the ship excursions!! We plan to take ONLY Shore Excursion Group tours on future trips!! 5 stars
Reviewer: Wilma Woods

Best of Berlin Historical tour
August 20, 2018
Guide was awesome--put the various sights in historical context. Great tour.
Reviewer: clark Libenson

The Best of Berlin
August 13, 2018
Given the time constrain and bus travel distance, the tour guide did the best she can for the guest to see the tourist points. She is on time to depart and return for the tour. For lunch, she hand out a pre-formulated lunch menu of the restaurant, after we made the selections, she called the restaurant to pre-order the lunch so we would not have to wail long. We finished the lunch in 45 minutes.
There two things I suggest to improve for the tour:
1) we were split from our friends family. When we request to stay one the same bus/tour, we were told it could not be done with no reason given.
2) The tour guide did not get on until we reached Berlin. I wish someone would tell us such as the restroom stops, when the tour guide will get on, etc.
Reviewer: Joseph Chen

A very good experience
August 06, 2018
We could not fault the whole trip. The bus was very comfortable and the 3 hours went by quite quickly. We were transferred into smaller groups and then taken on a very good and informative tour of Berlin. My first time here and I saw all the important monument and as our quide was excellent and very knowledgeable I felt I got more from my day here than I could ever have expected. We were taken to a local german restaurant and had a very lovely lunch. Not included in the tour but very inexpensive.
It was a long day but well worth it. The weather helped as well I must say.
Reviewer: Rita Larkin

Review: Best of Berlin Tour
July 30, 2018
Guide was excellent.....professional, friendly, knowledgeable.
Long travel time [distance made it unavoidable
]....however enjoyed the experience.
Reviewer: Wade Webster

Best of Berlin
July 30, 2018
The young man who was our guide was terrific. He was enthusiastic and knew his history. He had a binder to show us ‘before’ pictures and made sure all questions were answered. He set an appropriate pace but crammed a lot in to our day. Thoroughly enjoyable!
Reviewer: Faye Wilson

Interesting but a long day
July 30, 2018
If you want to see Cold War and WWII history, this is a nice tour. Our guide was terrific. I would have preferred more time on foot and less on the bus. It's a long way from Warnemunde to Berlin.
Reviewer: James Dworman

Excellent Tour Guide
July 09, 2018
Wish I could remember our guides name,(from western state in US). Very knowledgeable, experienced, and articulate. Very professional and unique. Enjoyed tour very much.
Reviewer: R Austell

Barking tour
July 02, 2018
Wonderful guide who was very knowledgeable.
Reviewer: Agnes Pavlick

Berlin tour
July 02, 2018
Wonderful guide who was very knowledgeable.
Reviewer: Agnes Pavlick

Excellent value
June 25, 2018
This was a well executed tour. Heather, our guide, provided clear descriptions of the history of Germany, Berlin and the sites visited, illustrated with large photographs. However, the descriptions provided on the Shore Excursions site and ticket vouchers did not make clear that a substantial amount of walking was involved. On a hot day, this proved too much for two members of our group. If mobility is not an issue for you, I heartily recommend this tour.
Reviewer: M. Grant

Great experience
June 11, 2018
Enjoyed the day, especially the Brandenburg Gate
Reviewer: David Cummins

Tour of Berlin sights
June 11, 2018
Excellent guide! Very interesting. Gave good history lessons that appeared honest and accurate.
Good combination of walking and bus tour.
Easy and comfortable ride from Rostock
Reviewer: Gail Geffon

Outstanding!
June 11, 2018
We had a great tour guide who graduated from Penn State. She was very well prepared and organized. Great day in Berlin!!
Reviewer: Hugh Jones

Good intro to Berlin, but too much travel time
June 11, 2018
Our guide, Heather, made the most of our short time in Berlin together (about 5 hours). She was informative and helpful. The group size (no more than 20) was appropriate. Unfortunately it just takes too long by bus (about 3 hours each way) to get from the cruise ship dock at Rostock to Berlin.
Reviewer: Murray

Shore excursion Berlin
June 02, 2018
Very good excursion. The guide had a very knowledge of the history of Berlin. Also very good communicator.
Reviewer: michelle lalonde

The Best Of Berlin
June 02, 2018
Because we were on a cruise and a couple of hours from Berlin, this is the best way to get there and see an overview of the area. So much to see, but our guide gave great information and time to take in the sights and sounds of this historic place.
Reviewer: Donna Steele

A really great tour!
May 24, 2018
Was really excited about seeing Berlin, but worried about the long drive from the port, but they were very good at getting us back to the pier in plenty of time. The tour was excellent! Will do this one again, we saw so much, plus had some free time to eat and shop!
Reviewer: Patsy E.

Fabulous Tour-
September 21, 2017
The ride to Berlin from our dock was some 2-hours, but the coach was comfortable and not overcrowded--and more importantly--the coach made one (much needed) stop in each direction. The bus driver was more than efficient and the tour guide beyond exceptional. We saw all (at least for us) the salient Berlin highlights. Indeed, I/we recommend this tour!!
Reviewer: Susan Roy

So worth it!
August 29, 2017
Very nice tour. I would do it again even with the 3 hour drive to and from
Reviewer: michelle bowman

Better than Best
July 29, 2017
Thoroughly enjoyed this trip. Even though the bus ride was 3 hours each way it afforded a time to relax and catnap. Once in Berlin we were gifted with the best guide Berlin has to offer. Jim has lived in Berlin 12 years, earning his doctorate in history and marrying his love from Berlin. Because he was born in Minnesota he spoke perfect English and had tons of history and stories about the Berlin area. I was fascinated seeing WW II come alive. Sights I will cherish and memories I will not forget. The Holocaust Memorial was especially an unexpected surprise. Jim had first hand knowledge and answers for all our questions.
Reviewer: Wileen Halter

Good Overview of City
July 29, 2017
The tour guide (forgot her name) is very knowledgeable of the history and the area. She has a sense of humor and was able to keep everybody in and out on time which was not an easy things to do.
Reviewer: Helen Collins

Worth the drive
November 11, 2016
Looking at the 6hr ride for a few hours in Berlin, I really wondered if it was worth it. Definitely!! And I would do it again. Our tour guide was enthusiastic and passionate about Berlin. She was well versed in its history and showed us great historic pictures of the places we were visiting. Her enthusiasm was contagious- we want to go back!
Reviewer: Sheryl
