This private tour with a guide and a vehicle combines the highlights of Hamburg with a visit to the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial – where over 40,000 died as a result of starvation, disease, forced marches and brutality at the hands of the SS.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Professional, local guide for 2 hours or the whole tour duration depending on chosen option
✔ Private vehicle with a professional driver for the whole tour duration
✖ Gratuities
✖ Food and drink
✖ Camp memorial donation (non compulsory)
Pickup Locations
1. Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Checkpoint Charlie
2. Hotel Les Nations
3. Apartments Residenz Prenzelberg
4. Hotel Pension Delta
5. Hotel Berlin, Berlin, A Member of Radisson Individuals
6. Limehome Berlin Mullerstrasse
7. Grimm's Hotel
8. Hotel Abell
9. Hotel Kastanienhof
10. Mercure Hotel Berlin Mitte
11. The Mandala Hotel
12. martas Hotel Berlin Mitte
13. Holiday Inn Express Berlin City Centre, an IHG hotel
14. Profit Hotel
15. Alexander Suite
16. Urban Loft Berlin
17. Mercure Hotel Berlin Wittenbergplatz
18. aletto Hotel Potsdamer Platz
19. Novalis Hotel
20. B&b Hotel Berlin City-ost
Itinerary
1
Hamburg Town Hall
Your professional, local guide and your driver will meet you at your hotel. Our first stop is Hamburg’s Old Town Square, with it’s stunning, sky-scraping, neo-renaissance Town Hall.
Duration: 30 minutes
2
Deichstrasse
Next we witness where the Great Fire of 1842 started and see Hamburg’s iconic ‘Kontor building’s.
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Moving on we stop to admire one of the finest examples of north German, neo-gothic architecture, and witness the devastation caused by Allied bombing raids in WWII.
Duration: 15 minutes
4
Trostbrucke
As we continue into the heart of the medieval city we cross one of Hamburg’s myriad canals using the oldest bridge in the city.
Duration: 15 minutes
5
Speicherstadt
Next we explore the city’s first UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site and the largest warehouse district in the world.
Duration: 15 minutes
6
Elbphilharmonie
We then stand under the eaves of Hamburg’s state-of-the-art concert hall – a true modern architectural gem and one of the most acoustically advanced concert halls on the planet.
Duration: 30 minutes
7
Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial
After a short break you will then be driven to the remains of the largest network of concentration camps in the north of Nazi Germany. The drive takes between 45 minutes and one hour.
Duration: 45 minutes
8
Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial
Entering the main camp you will witness the awful conditions in which prisoners lived during their internment. Next you see the nerve center of the camp’s SS guards.
At House of Remembrance we pay tribute to those who perished in Neuengamme, their names adorning white fabric banners in this poignant memorial space.
Duration: 2 hours
9
Hamburg
At the conclusion of the tour, you will be comfortably dropped off at your hotel or preferred drop-off location within Hamburg, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience from start to finish.
Duration: 45 minutes
Additional info
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
