GERMANY

Currency: EUR. Main destination: Berlin, capital of the country and Brandenburg province, partnership city of Beijing since 1994, 3,5 million inhabitants, 3 international Airports – Tegel, Tempelhof and Schönefeld, rivers Spree and Havel connected by lot of channels together with lakes in city suburbs. Cultural and political centre of the country, a city which was half a century dividedby „The Wall“ into two parts till 1989 – as the consequence of WWII results and the policy of „cold war“ between West and East.
Leading historical monuments as Reichstag (seat of parliament), The Brandenburg Gate, Bellevue and Charlottenburg Castles and Museum Island with Old National Gallery (WHM) & Pergamon Museum have to be seen as well as the pla-ces, like Friedrichstrasse, Unter den Linden, Alexanderplatz etc. where real European history “marched on”. Kurfürstendamm street and Potzdamer Platz are most frequented shoppingareas, lot of hypermarkets in city suburbs.
Shopping recommendation: electronics, toys, Jägermeister liquor.
Main destination: Dresden, metropolis of the Saxony province, located in the south easter Germany on the river Elbe in The Dresden Elbe Valley (WHM). Aprox. 0,5 million inhabitants. Rococo und baroque landmarks f.e. Zwinger (the art gallery with paintings of old European masters of 18-th century and an unique collection of Meissen porcelain), Brühl Terasse, Semperoper, Frauenkirche (destroyed by a bombing 1945, renewed 2005), Pillnitz and Moritzburg Castles (in a close surrounding) etc. Shopping artery Prager Strasse - Altmarkt offers many large department stories as well as small nice shops or boutiques and shopping gallery with rich assortment of goods of domestic and world marks.
Shopping recommendation: fashions, shoes, optics, cosmetics.
Other destination: great cities – Frankfurt (main European airport), München (capital of Bavaria province), Stuttgart (Mercedes-Benz factory) Essen, Dortmund, Bremen, Hamburg (greatest Germany port), Leipzig, castle Neuschweinstein and other castles around Rhine valley.

GERMANY - BERLIN______TOURIST PROGRAMMES

G-CIT-6H - Great city tour 3+3 h., break, all main sightseeings West & East
G-CIT-4H - Standard city sightseeing tour - 4 hours
G-TRI-5H - Trip to Potsdam, 5 h., visit of Castles Cecillienhof & Sanssouci
G-TRI-1H - Spree river short sightseeing tour, 1 hour
G-TRI-4H - Moonlight lake cruise on lake Wannsee, 4 hours, incl. coctail
G-DIN-3C - 2 hours show + dinner (3 courses menu) in 4* hotel Estrel
G-PAT-1H - Transfer from Airport Tegel (Schönefeld) to hotel