Learn about the exciting history and development of Berlin from the residence city of the Kingdom of Prussia to the capital of a reunited Germany. Meet your city tour guide outside the Nikolaikirche Museum (St. Nicholas' Church Museum) and begin your exploration of the city. See Berlin´s highest building, the Television Tower. Walk along the Spree to the beautiful Museum Island, where you can see the Berlin Cathedral, the Old Museum, and the Humboldt Forum. There, admire the reconstructed Berlin City Palace. Across the Palace Bridge (Schlossbrücke), explore the historical center of Berlin and see impressive buildings from the times of kings and emperors. Take a walk on the oldest boulevard in the city, Unter den Linden, where you can see the Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great, the State Opera, the Humboldt University, and St. Hedwig's Cathedral. Finally, you will reach the Brandenburg Gate, the famous symbol of the city and the focal point for reunification in 1990. Hear the moving story of this landmark and its historical importance before, during, and after Berlin's division.

Enjoy the scenery of Potsdam from the northern city center. See parts of the designated UNESCO World Heritage Site at Sanssouci Palace, once the summer home of the Prussian ruler Frederik the Great in traditional Rococo architectural design. Your tour guide will bring you from here to other anecdotal locations in the German city, including the famous Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church) with its massive Classicist style dome, modeled after ancient Greek architecture, and completed in the 1830s. Any stop along the way will be dissected in its history and cultural significance in the city as your guide is a historical expert on this small town. Impressive facts and antidotes will lead you along your guided tour and give you precise knowledge of Potsdam.

**PLEASE BE AWARE THAT DURING WINTER SEASON OUR YACHT IS IN THE WINTER STORAGE. FROM NOVEMBER UNTIL APRIL WE OFFER A SLIMMED VERSION THAT EXCLUDES THE BOAT RIDE** A boat trip on the Spree adds a touch of magic to the evening, especially when the sun goes down and the city transforms. With an aperitif from our menu, you cruise aboard the motor yacht FITZGERALD through the government district to the PATIO restaurant ship, which is located directly on the Spree. There, a cozy and unique location, heated by a fireplace, awaits you. The PATIO Shiprestaurant is a well-established institution among Berliners and the go-to location for special dinners on the Spree. There, the crew and master chef Christoph Kümper will spoil you with an exquisite 4-course menu made of regional and seasonal ingredients. The price of €139 includes: * One way boat tour from our pier at the Berlin Cathedral to the Patio * An aperitif of your choice from our menu * A delicious and refined 4-course menu in the Patio Restaurant Ship. During winter months, the price of €99 excludes the precedent boat cruise with the aperitif. This evening will remain in your memory for a long time! The menu: Small snacks from the kitchen | Home-baked bread | Whipped spiced butter *** Smoked Burrata | Fennel Chutney | Apple *** Bouillabaisse | Lobster Oil (fish) |or| Vegetable Broth | Herb Oil (vegetarian) *** Simmental Beef | Forest Mushrooms | Cauliflower Purée (meat) |or| Catch of the Day | Forest Mushrooms | Cauliflower Purée (fish) |or| Potato Mille-Feuille | Forest Mushrooms | Cauliflower Purée (vegetarian) *** Chocolate Parfait | Coconut | Pear

Wander through Berlin's city center and learn about its origins on this treasure hunt-style historical walking tour. Follow the route on your smartphone between landmarks like the Museum Island and Brandenburg Gate, and enjoy 11 historical riddles to solve as you explore. Start this self-guided tour from St. Nicholas' Church. From here, follow the tour on your smartphone, which will provide historical facts and riddles to solve between each landmark. The tour will take you through the history of Berlin from its origins up to the 20th century, and cover roughly 4km around the city center.

Tour a different side of Berlin, on a mystical guided walk through all the capital's mythical and legendary locations. Learn of Berlin's foundation at the St. George monument, hear the legend of the Berlin pancake, and meet the muses of Zeus. See the city sights and allow yourself to wonder. Meet your guide at the statue of St. George, the dragon slayer, and learn his epic tale. Admire the place where Berlin was founded and listen to the legend of Abrecht the Bear. Discover the ways that myths of fire-breathing dragons came to be in Berlin and why some still believe it today. Take a short walk to marvel at Berlin's Nikolai Quarter and hear about the most powerful craftsmen's association in the city. There, get introduced to the legend of the Berlin pancake and what the Muses of Zeus have to do with Berlin. At the Fountain of Neptune, the God Neptune is believed to be the protector of Berlin. Discuss why Kaiser Wilhelm II amused an entire nation over a fountain and whether these legends are just myths or the real thing. End the experience in the Lustgarten at the Berlin Cathedral.

Berlin’s medieval past is often cast into the shadows by its more recent and turbulent history. Yet the early centuries after its founding in the 1300s are quite enthralling, as you’ll soon find out on this walking tour around the Nicolai Quarter, the city’s birthplace. I’ll take you back in time and tell you about the fascinating events that occurred in the area, step by step. Our tour starts in Lustgarten park, in front of the Humboldt Forum, where I’ll paint a picture of Emperor William II declaring war on Russia in 1914. From there, we’ll go further back in time to the 1700s and 1800s to arrive at the oldest residential building in Berlin, Ribbeck House. You’ll then enter the Nicolai Quarter where I’ll point out the buildings that have survived, those that have been torn down and rebuilt, and the ones that the government of East Germany added in 1987, to fit in with the area's medieval surrounds. Stepping out of the Nicolai Quarter, you’ll see Marienkirche (St Mary’s Church), the sole survivor of another medieval section of Berlin which was unfortunately completely destroyed in the war. On this medieval walking tour, you’ll also have a chance to: • Spot some of Berlin’s top sites and some of its most missed ones too, including the Berlin Cathedral, a statue of St George slaying the dragon, Berlin’s City Hall, Neptunbrunnen (Neptune Fountain), and Luther Monument • Get familiar with the White Lady, a ghost that used to haunt the Hohenzollern Palace • Hear about Veitel Ephraim, a Jewish jeweller without whom Frederic II would not have won the 7-year War • Understand why the Middle Ages are also referred to as the Dark Ages • Go inside two of the oldest churches in Berlin, St Mary’s Church and St. Nicholas’ Church, both from the 1300s • Find out who Hans Kohlhase was and how he relates to the character Michael Kohlhaas in the eponymous novel on which the movie Ragtime was based • Learn more about the history of Jews in Berlin • See the newly restored Dance of Death, a medieval fresco in St Mary’s Church • Discover where you can find remains of the medieval wall • Have a beer in one of Berlin’s oldest restaurants, Zum Nussbaum This hour-long tour ends at Marx-Engels-Forum, close to where it started. So get ready for a memorable walk back in time to the very beginning of Berlin!

Discover the different facets of the small but historically important city of Potsdam. The city is not only a Prussian residence and Garrison Town, but is also one of the birthplaces of European cinema and gained great importance in the 20th century. Explore the city and learn about its past on board of a modern Soviet vintage minibus. Departing from Potsdam Central Station or your hotel, head towards the famous film studio Babelsberg. Visit the historic site of the Potsdam Conference, Cecilienhof Palace. Next door at Hiroshima-Nagasaki Square, visit the former villas of the historic figures Truman, Churchill, and Stalin. Then, head to the world-famous Glienicke Bridge, aka Bridge of Spies, which was used for agent exchange and features in the Hollywood movie of the same name. Continue the tour and pass by the former Soviet KGB district, for decades a "forbidden city" in the center of Potsdam. Then, stroll along the Russian colony of Alexandrowka before heading to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Park Sanssouci, the favorite residence of the Prussian King Frederick the Great. Visit the stunning New Palace, a symbol for the rise of Prussia to a European power. Find out about the significance of the palace in regards to World War I. Next, stop at the “Rechenzentrum” Potsdam, a cultural center in a GDR building with a 70-meter-long mosaic depicting motifs of the space race. Right next to it is the controversial construction site of the Garrison Church. Your final stop will be at the Old Market, the historic center of the city. Marvel at the fascinating architecture of the St. Nicholas Church, the City Palace, the Old Town Hall, and the Barberini Palace before returning to the meeting point where your tour ends.