7-day trip - The Battle for Berlin
At the centre of power. Get to know the former capital of the Third Reich above and below ground. Study the greatest battle ever to take place on German soil. The ultimate experience taking you into the last weeks of the Third Reich.
| Day 1 |
Travel from Cologne to Berlin in the Coach of Excellence. Check in to the Suitehotel Potsdamer Platz. Right in the new heart of Berlin you will enjoy 30 square metres of luxury Tour of the city Dinner tba |
| Day 2 |
Visit Wilhelmstrasse and the open-air Topography of Terror exhibition. Visit the anti-aircraft tower in Humboldthain. Berlin's underworld. View the building where the infamous Wannsee Conference took place. Dinner at Nikolskoe, Wannsee |
| Day 3 |
View the former headquarters of the supreme command of the Nazi armed forces (OKH) in Wünsdorf/Zossen including the Maybach I & II bunkers and Zeppelin facilities. Visit to the test site in nearby Kummersdorf with its rocket and atomic research facilities. Dinner tba |
| Day 4 |
Travel to Küstrin. View the old town and castle. Travel to Reitwein/Reitweiner Sporn to Marshall Zhukov's command post. Travel on via Podelzig to Seelow to visit the museum there. Return to Berlin via Neuhardenberg, Buckow, Müncheberg. Dinner tba |
| Day 5 |
Visit the new aeronautics department of the German Technology Museum. Travel on to Storkow, to Forsthaus Hammer (a crucial battle site in late April 1945) and Halbe. Visit the military cemetery in Halbe. Dinner at the Zum grünen Strand der Spree restaurant in Schlepzig. Return to Berlin |
| Day 6 |
German armed forces' Luftwaffe museum in Gatow. Continue to Potsdam. View Cecilienhof castle. Visit the German-Russian Museum in Karlshorst. Dinner tba |
| 7.Tag | Return to Cologne. |