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Berlin & Germany 2026-27

FRANKFURT - LEIPZIG - BERLIN - POTSDAM - DRESDEN - NUREMBERG - MUNICH

Berlin & Germany 2026-27 is a Guiness Travel escorted group tour in Germany: 7 days by coach or 7 days by plane, with a tour leader from Italy. Participation fee from 1.650,00 € per person. Required document: Identity card / Passport.

NUREMBERG
Dresden, dome of the Frauenkirche
Leipzig, facade of St Thomas's Church
Berlin, museums on the River Spree

Why this tour?

  1. to visit Germany's most beautiful cities in a single tour
  2. to discover the treasures of the Dresden Picture Gallery
  3. to dream in Leipzig, the city of Bach and Wagner

Sanssouci (which in French means "without worries") was built in Potsdam, just outside Berlin, as the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. It is usually regarded as Germany's answer to Versailles; although smaller than its French counterpart, it is a delight to visit thanks to the many temples and "follies" set within its grounds. It was created in the mid-18th century as a place where the king could relax, far from the ceremony and pomp of Berlin. It has the layout of a large single-storey villa in a style all its own (known as Frederician Rococo). Once it was finished, Frederick himself set about creating the park, with a straight main avenue two and a half kilometres long, the planting of 3,000 fruit trees and a greenhouse producing oranges, melons, peaches and bananas. Statues, obelisks and numerous temples and extravagant buildings were then erected in the same Rococo style as the palace (some were small houses that made up for the shortage of guest rooms in the palace itself). He also made a vain attempt to build a system of fountains in the park to rival the great Baroque gardens of Europe at the time. It was only a century later, with the invention of the steam engine, that the hydraulic problems were solved (with jets reaching as high as 38 metres!). The park was later extended by his successors.


Leipzig, city of the book: its credentials are borne out by long-established publishing houses, exceptional libraries, the annual book fair (the first was held in 1380), international exhibitions of art books and the university of graphic and book arts. But Leipzig is also known as a city of music, a reputation owed to the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the choir of St Thomas's Church, once directed by Johann Sebastian Bach (there is also an important research centre devoted to this great Baroque composer), and the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory. These and the other sights are mostly concentrated in the old town, which is almost entirely pedestrianised. History lovers should not miss a visit to the great Völkerschlachtdenkmal memorial commemorating the Battle of the Nations (1813) against Napoleon, the Market Square with the Old Town Hall, a Renaissance building of 1556/57, and the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum (Museum of City History) housed in the Old Town Hall, one of Leipzig's most visited attractions. Then there is the charming Naschmarkt square with the Old Stock Exchange, St Thomas's Church -Thomaskirche- where Johann Sebastian Bach worked, the Nikolaikirche, which was at the heart of the opposition movement against the former East German regime, the Johann Sebastian Bach Museum, the historic Auerbachs Keller tavern, made famous by its mention in Goethe's "Faust", Augustusplatz with the new Gewandhaus -a concert hall-, the Opera House and the City-Hochhaus skyscraper, the Neues Rathaus -New Town Hall-, the Schillerhaus, where the German poet lived in the summer of 1785 and which now houses a small museum dedicated to Friedrich Schiller, and the Völkerschlachtdenkmal memorial commemorating the "Battle of the Nations" (1813), built between 1897 and 1913.

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How long is the tour?

The tour lasts 7 days by coach or 7 days by plane, with a Guiness tour leader from Italy.

How much does it cost?

The individual participation fee starts from 1.650,00 € by coach and from 1.800,00 € by plane.

What does the price include?

return journey by luxury GT coach; or; return journey Italy/Frankfurt/Munich/Italy on scheduled Lufthansa/ITA Airways flights; return airport/hotel transfers; accommodation in 4-star hotels on a half-board basis as per the itinerary; buffet breakfasts; buffet dinners at the hotel or in typical local restaurants; guided visits as indicated; Berlin by night with a guide; taxes and VAT; city tax; tour leader from Italy for those travelling by coach; tour leader from Rome, Bari and Palermo for those travelling by air; evening excursions

What is not included in the price?

airport/hotel transfers, drinks, entrance fees (daytime and evening) and anything not expressly mentioned.

Which documents are required?

Identity card / Passport

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