Guided bike tour from Berlin-Grunewald to Charlottenburg
Overview
Book this bike tour with a local guide through Berlin - Grunewald and Charlottenburg, and hear about the glories and horrors of the area!
Highlights
- Explore the Grunewald villa colony, where prominent personalities such as Max Planck, Romy Schneider, and many more lived
- Hear about the glamorous side of Jewish life in Grunewald and places of horror in the same place
- Cycle along the famous Kurfürstendamm to the Lietzensee lake
- See the German Opera, Karl-August-Platz and much more
- Learn interesting facts about the area and its history from your local guide
Discover the Berlin districts of Grunewald and Charlottenburg during a relaxed and interesting bike tour with a local guide.
The villa colony Grunewald was established around 1900 at the instigation of Bismarck. Many (especially Jewish) prominent personalities lived and still live here, among others Walter Rathenau, Max Planck, Alfred Kerr, the Bonhoeffer family, Gerhard Hauptmann, Samuel Fischer, Franz and Robert Mendelssohn, the Ullstein brothers, Max Reinhardt, Lion Feuchtwanger, later Harald Juhnke, Romy Schneider, Hildegard Knef, Sabine Christiansen, Arthur Brauner, Joschka Fischer. The glamorous side of Jewish life in Grunewald is - as so often in Berlin - contrasted by places of horror in the same place: Koenigsallee is where Reich Foreign Minister Rathenau was assassinated in 1920, and Platform 17 is where the first Jewish deportation train left for the Lodz ghetto in 1941.
After a short round trip through the Wilmersdorf district of Grunewald, you will cycle along Kurfürstendamm to Lietzensee and stop for coffee at a lakeside café. On Berlin's more than 20 km long east-west axis, here called Bismarckstraße, you will reach the German Opera, Karl-August-Platz, via Pestalozzistrasse to the endpoint Bahnhof Zoo.
What's included
- Private tour
- Multilingual guide
- Bicycle
Meeting & pickup
Meet your guide at Karmielplatz, at the exit of Grunewald S-Bahn station. They'll be carrying a red rucksack. The tour ends at Savignyplatz.
Additional info
Extra fees to be paid on-site:
- Bicycles are not included in the price. You can bring your own bike or rent one at the meeting point
Know in advance:
- The minimum age for this tour is 15
- The maximum number of participants is 6
- Your guide is bilingual and can speak German and English during the tour. Please let them know on the spot which language you prefer
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 1 day before the experience starts for a full refund.
Questions
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