Berlin & Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour from Warnemünde and Rostock Port

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Itinerary

1. Sachsenhausen was the largest concentration camp in the vicinity of Berlin and one of many camps in a system now synonymous with the atrocities of Nazism. This tour is designed to provide an overview of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial while also showing you Berlin’s essential sites during the time you have ashore. You will be greeted in front of your cruise ship as soon as it docks and shown to a modern, comfortable, air-conditioned bus. Your professional driver will then transfer you through the picturesque flatlands of former East Germany to Berlin. The journey takes approximately three hours.

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2. Upon arriving in Berlin, your professional guide will join the tour. You will then enjoy a drive-by view of Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin’s largest and most magnificent royal residence.

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3. You will then be driven through the lush greenery of Berlin's vast central park.

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4. Make sure to have your camera ready to catch the sun glinting on the golden angel Victoria, goddess of victory, as you circle around Prussia's emphatic monument to its triumphs in the Wars of Unification.

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5. When we reach the German parliament building – burned down after Hitler’s rise to power, now a bold symbol of modern German democracy – we will exit the bus and spend the next portion of the tour on foot.

   10 min

6. Next we walk through the gateways of Berlin's most iconic monument and find out what makes the Gate the most important cultural monument in Germany.

   15 min

7. After we leave Pariser Platz plenty of time will be taken to journey through the iconic field of concrete blocks, and bear witness the atrocities of National Socialism.

   15 min

8. Boarding the bus again we head next to see the dark heart of Nazi Germany at the former headquarters of the SS and Gestapo and come face-to-face with the Cold War's most brutal symbol: The Berlin Wall.

   15 min

9. Next you will have the chance to cross between East and West at the most famous border crossing point over the Berlin Wall, frontline of the Cold War, where spies roamed and US and Soviet tanks faced off in 1961. We will take a short lunch break here of approximately 30-45 minutes.

   45 min

10. After lunch we will take some time to marvel at the stunning structures and imperial splendor of this UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site before driving to the Sachsenhausen memorial site – the journey takes roughly 1 hour.

    10 min

11. When you reach the camp you will exit the bus with your guide and be given a 60-75 minute overview of the memorial site. You will then board the bus once more, say goodbye to your guide, and be driven back to port. Please be aware, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial is roughly a one hour drive from Berlin. The tour is organised to try and minimise time spent on the bus. This is why we visit Sachsenhausen in the afternoon, as it lies between Berlin and Warnemünde – on the way back to port. You will, however, spend more time on the bus than on our regular Berlin shore excursion. This is a necessity to see Berlin and Sachsenhausen in a day. All of our shore excursions are adjusted to each ship’s docking times and each starts promptly after your vessel’s arrival, returning with plenty of time to spare before its departure. We have been organizing shore excursions for nearly a decade and have never missed a cruise ship’s departure.

    1.3 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 83 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Berlin and Sachsenhausen

  Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and told us so many interesting things about these two areas. He stayed on time and got us back to the ship right on time!

  Linda_ESeptember 2026via Viator

• 5Historically nutritious

  Excellent guide, very efficient and thorough and very good driver.

  Jet24205665182September 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Walid was awesome. We really appreciate the depth of his knowledge along with humour and insight. Just an epic tour.

  It was amazing. Knowledge and depth is 2nd to none. Humour is really appreciated.

  jimbO1840KRSeptember 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Well worth the time!

  Amazing Experience. Far exceeded expectations! Nick provided an unbelievable fun and accurate tour. His information is timely, accurate, detailed and easy to digest. We did our tour from Wandegruden cruise terminal and it was exactly 12 hours on the dot. They got us back about 45min before boarding time with 0 issues.

  williampM1493RUSeptember 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5A must do excursion

  Nick was phenomenal. His background, history, details and events were perfect. We were so thankful to have gone to the concentration camp because that put everything into perspective for what we saw in Berlin. He was very conscious of time to have us back to the ship on time. I highly recommend taking snacks along because the whole idea is to see as much of Berlin as possible and not spend it inside a restaurant. Bathroom breaks were perfectly timed as well - although if you can skip the first stop on the bus, all the other toilets will be free. It was nice that we could keep all our belongings on the bus. Lastly I would make it known there is a lot of uneven walking - and it’s fairly quick to fit everything in to the plan. If you have any mobility issues you should think about a different excursion.

  617jilloSeptember 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Great Berlin Experience

  Excellent tour guide, Nick, who toured us thru a concentration camp and Berlin in a nutshell.

  Stay67193054434September 2026via Tripadvisor

Know before you go

How it compares in Berlin

• Its from-price is 63% below the median of the 82 day trips we list in Berlin.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 12 of 82.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Berlin

Berlin is Germany's creative, open-minded capital, where landmarks of a turbulent history stand among art, green parks and legendary nightlife.

The Brandenburg Gate is the city's symbol, close to the glass-domed Reichstag and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Fragments of the Berlin Wall survive, most strikingly at the East Side Gallery, a long stretch covered in murals, and at the Bernauer Strasse memorial, while Checkpoint Charlie marks the most famous former crossing point.

Top-ranked sights in Berlin: Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor), Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (Holocaust Memorial), Checkpoint Charlie.

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