6 Sightseeing Bus Tours in Berlin Worth the Fare

1.Big Bus Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour & Currywurst

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 4,638 reviews · 1 - 2 days · from $24Our pick

Explore Berlin on two hop-on, hop-off routes covering Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, the East Side Gallery, and more. Choose a 24 or 48-hour ticket, then add currywurst, a Third Reich and Cold War walking tour, an evening panorama, or a seasonal Spree cruise.

“It was great from beginning to end. Due to the extreme cold, the windows were unfortunately steaming up constantly, meaning you had to keep wiping the windows so be able to see things and take pics. Although the “open top” of the bus was covered over, there should really be at least some ventilation to stop windows steaming”

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2.City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 4,233 reviews · 1 - 2 days · from $25

Use a 24 or 48-hour ticket to tour Berlin’s main sights on the Classic Route, then add the East Berlin and Wall Route for East Side Gallery, Mauerpark, and Karl-Marx-Allee. You get multilingual audio, headphones, WiFi, open-top views, and an app showing bus locations.

“We did the HOHO Classic + Trendy East Berlin & The Wall Tour. Easily one of the best things we did while in Berlin! We were a little worried about pick-up/drop-off issues based on previous reviews we'd seen, but everything went super smooth for us. At each stop, if you hopped off, there was a staff member guiding us on what to do next, where to go, and even how to switch from the Classic tour to the East Berlin and The Wall tour. The commentary on the bus was good and insightful too, really adding to the experience and helping us appreciate what we were seeing and even things…”

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3.Sightseeing Tour in Classic Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 993 reviews · 2 hours · from $51Top rated

Ride Berlin in a beautifully restored 1965 VW T1 Samba bus with a guide such as Rajko or Michael. In two hours, you pass nearly 50 landmarks, from Berlin Cathedral and Brandenburg Gate to Checkpoint Charlie and the TV Tower, using a photo booklet to compare old and new Berlin.

“Highly recommended! We had a great time. Very nice way to see the sights and the tour guide is the best. Thanks for a nice and unique experience.”

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4.City Sightseeing Berlin Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 981 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

See Berlin from a red open-top bus on the Classic and optional East Berlin and Wall routes. Hop off at Alexanderplatz, Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Wall Memorial, and East Side Gallery, using multilingual audio, free Wi-Fi, and a 24 or 48-hour mobile ticket.

“It was such a wonderful awe-inspiring trip. The coach drivers were friendly and accommodating. It was a lovely way to see so much of Berlin in the short time we were there.”

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5.Big Bus Berlin Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Tour & Currywurst

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 856 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $25

Ride Big Bus Berlin’s open-top routes past Alexanderplatz, Museum Island, the Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Ku’damm, and East Side Gallery. Use the app to track buses, hop off at key sights, and enjoy included currywurst. Walking and evening tours may feature guides such as Konrad, Simon, Freddie, or Bernd.

“DO NOT BOOK THROUGH VIATOR!! I booked this tour for me and my parents. They are elderly and have mobility issues so I thought a bus ride would be good so they could see the sights of Berlin. As directed in my ticket, we went to the bus stop. We were 25 mins early and waited for 15 minutes after the scheduled departure time. No bus arrived. I paid over £70 for the tickets. I contacted Viator by chat and was told that as I had not downloaded the app they couldn’t help me. I told them that it was NOT a condition of sale that I downloaded the app.…”

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6.Live-Guided Evening Sightseeing Tour by Open-top Bus

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 783 reviews · 1h 15m · from $35

Start at Alexanderplatz for a 75-minute guided loop through Berlin’s major landmarks and districts. You’ll see the East Side Gallery, Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, Kreuzberg, Prenzlauer Berg, and the Berlin Wall Memorial from an open-top double-decker bus, with live commentary in English and German.

“Overall great tour, only issue was that the glass kept fogging up so you just had to keep wiping the window The tour is in German and English but some of the German folk talked over the English part so we did miss some information.”

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