Berlin - An Insider's Perspective
August 4-11, 2012
From $2,695 per person, based on double occupancy
(Plus airfare and VAT charges)
Once separated into East and West, today Berlin is a marvel to behold. Explore Berlin’s cultural heritage, from palaces to parks, cathedrals to museums. See the symbolic Brandenburg Gate, the Pariser Platz, and the modern-style Federal Chancellery. Travel along the fashionable Unter den Linden and Kurfürstendamm boulevards. Visit the Reichstag for an insider’s look at Germany’s Parliament, and view classical antiquities at the Pergamon Museum. Travel to Potsdam to visit the rococo Sanssouci Palace, with its terraced gardens and expansive park, and Cecilienhof Palace, the setting for the Potsdam Conference. See the rooms where Churchill, Stalin and Truman worked to decide the fate of post-World War II Germany. Go behind the scenes of the Berlin Philharmonic to learn about this focal point of Berlin’s world-class music tradition, then attend a concert. Commemorate John F. Kennedy’s famous “Ich bin ein Berliner!” speech at Schöneberg Town Hall. Join us and experience Berlin’s past trials and present-day triumphs.
