Weekend breaks in Berlin

everything you need for a weekend break in Berlin -flights, hotels and sightseeing.
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A city that has been the centre of European history, Berlin offers a huge for the visitor -visit Norman Foster's dome at the top of the Reichstag, the Television Tower, Checkpoint Charlie, Libeskind's Jewish Museum, Postdamerplatz, the Zoo or many other Museums, Galleries and Concert Halls.

Flights:

  • Berlin Airports -website for both Berlin Brandenberg in Schonefeld and Berlin International in Tegel.
  • British Airways -flights to Berlin Tegel from London, Aberdeen, Bristol, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton and many other departure airports.
  • Easyjet -Belfast, Newcastle, Liverpool, Bristol, Luton & Gatwick to Berlin.
  • Germanwings -connects Berlin to many of Europe's major cities, including Oslo and Stockholm.
  • Ryanair - Flights from Stansted to Berlin (Schonfeld)
  • Lufthansa -connects Berlin Tegel + Schonfeld to many destinations in the UK

Package breaks:

  • Lastminute.com -last minute weekend city breaks from only £99.
  • Odopo -online travel service representing nine leading airlines and offering flights and hotel bookings.

Transport:

Road:
  • easycar.com -car hire in at Berlin Tegel airrport.
  • Automobile Association | RAC-European breakdown cover, travel insurance and advice.
  • Auto Europe -Auto Europe offers car hire from 4,000 locations worldwide.
  • Holiday Autos -part of LastMinute.com, holiday autos is the world's largest online car rental broker with fully inclusive car rental in over 4000 locations UK and worldwide.
Trains:

Sightseeing, events, tours and information:

  • Berlin tourist information - Tourist information bureau online
  • The Tempodrom - The Tempodrom is a cultural arena set in a circus tent that offers a varied and constantly-changing programme of events.
  • The Reichstag - The German parliament building -visit Norman Foster's glass dome at the top of the meeting chamber.
  • Staatsoper Unter den Linden - Opera house with fantastic architcture as well as performances
  • Berlin television tower - Fantastic building offering views over Berlin with a revolving restaurant
  • Tacheles art house - Formerly an abanndoned department store now a modern art house featuring contemporary art, cinema and design
  • Berlin wall Eastside gallery -The worlds largest open air gallery with 106 graffiti artists from 21 countries featured on a stretch of the wall.
  • Jewish museum - incredible museum in the shape of a broken star of David showing aspects of Jewish history as well as the holocaust exhibition.
  • Mauer Museum -small museum of the Berlin Wall located near Checkpoint Charlie
  • Potsdamerplatz - Ultramodern complex of shops, cinemas and bars in downtown Berlin
  • Olympic stadium - TThe Hertha Berlin stadium built in 1936 has been completely refurbished ahead of the 2006 FIFA World cup of Football and now features 75,000 covered seats while retaining the famous Marathon Gate.
  • Berlin Zoo - One of the world's largest and oldest zoos featuring one of the most important animal collections in the world.
  • The Grunewald Tower - Museum in the tower built for the first Kaiser Wilhelm with an observation platform, which offers a panoramic view of the Havel landscape.
  • Botanical Garden - Huge botanical gardens featuring over 20,000 species of plant.
  • Berlin Concert hall - Major concert hall originally designed as a theatre but now featuring over 500 performances a year!
  • Insider tours - Walking and cycling tours around Berlin
  • Fat Tire Tours - Cycling Tours of berlin
  • Bruno Winkler Riverboat Tours - Offers 3 hour tours comprising many of Berlins most famous sights.
  • Staatliche Museum of Berlin -listings of exhibitions in a variety of galleries and museums.

Hotels, Bed & Breakfast:

  • Accommodation Line -specialise in hotel reservations in the major European cities and beyond -hotels range from budget and small family run accomodation to world-class five star hotels.
  • Bleibtrau -modern hotel on the Kurfürstendamm in the heart of Berlin.
  • hotelbookingsystems.com -
  • Loock Hotels -the amazing designer 'Q' Hotel and Hackesher Market in Berlin plus Atrium Hotel in Koln.
  • Priceline.co.uk -name Your Own Price on hotel accommodation in over 1,400 cities worldwide.

Hostels and budget accommodation:

Holiday cottages and Apartments

  • Apartments and Holiday homes in Germany
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