THE BEST 3-DAY TRAVEL ITINERARY IN BERLIN

You already have your ticket, the backpack already prepared and you are looking for a perfect itinerary of 3 days in Berlin? In this post we are going to propose a co-jo-nu-ten route, with the sites to visit every day, maps and all the necessary information to prepare your trip in the best way possible posible Let's go there!

Each city is unique, but Berlin is especially unique. It is vibrant, chameleonic, cosmopolitan, full of life, art and culture ... But above all, history. A story that caused too many wounds, some healed over the years and others left indelible scars that to some extent determined the strong personality that this city has today. And that is why sometimes Berlin It also shows its other face: the cold, hard and dark.

I spent five years of my life in the German capital and with it I still have a strange love-hate relationship today. Despite this, I will always have a place reserved in my heart. She conquered me the first time I saw her, I discovered her slowly and on sunny days she always thought it was the perfect city. I came to love her, but I also hated her intensely. And for this I know with certainty that it is a unique city, that leaves no one indifferent and that it is worth being visited.

Berlin It has a lot to offer the traveler, so if you have only a few days to explore it keep reading because in this post we show you a perfect three day itinerary for you to discover the best places in the city.

** Check the official website of public transport in Berlin to know how to get anywhere in the city.

Start your tour in the very center of the city. Very close to the Stadmitte U-Bahn station you will find Gendarmenmarkt (1), the most beautiful square in all of Berlin with its perfect symmetry and the permanent soundtrack of a street musician.

Checkpoint Charlie (2) It was the most famous border crossing during the Cold War years. At present it is an excessively tourist place, but like almost everything in this city, full of history.

On the way to one of the most modern squares in the city, you can make a brief stop at the Topography of Terror (3). In the same place that in the past occupied the headquarters of the Gestapo, this permanent documentation center will bring you closer to the dark past of Nazism and its main institutions.

Already in Postdamer Platz (4) It is surprising to find the spectacular tensile canvas cover one hundred meters in diameter from the Sony Center. If you look closely, you will find again a bit of history among so much modernity, the remains of the luxurious Grand Esplanade hotel.

Just a few minutes, walking on Ebertstraße, you reach the Holocaust-Mahnmal (5). This monument dedicated to the murdered Jews in Europe, puts goosebumps with its 2,711 concrete slabs loaded with symbolism. From here it is likely that you have already sensed the city's star monument, the impressive Brandenburg Gate (6).

And another of the main dishes is undoubtedly the old building of Reichstag (7), the headquarters of German parliament. The huge glass dome designed by architect Norman Foster takes center stage. Do not forget to register in advance to visit it on its official website.

Do not miss the opportunity to explore the area closest to the Reichstag, to stroll along the river bank Spree and contemplate the spectacular architecture of the very modern buildings that you will find there. Among others the Federal Chancellery (8) or the building Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders (9), seat of the parliament library and one of the largest in the world.

As most likely your guts will have started to roar a long time ago, go ahead and try some of the overwhelming German dishes in Ständige Vertretung. Always busy, it is quite likely that if you go in "rush hour" you share a table with other guests ... The perfect excuse to start conversations with locals while eating a delicious knuckle or some delicious homemade meatballs.

From there head to the famous Unter den Linden Avenue (10) A kilometer and a half from the Brandenburg Gate to the Museum Island where you will find the Humboldt University wave National Opera. And tourist attractions like the Neue Wache (11), the New Guard building that remembers the victims of war and dictatorship. Under a small circular window, exposed to the sun, rain and snow, is the Mother statue with dead son of Käthe Kollwitz representing the suffering of Berliners during World War II.

The Schlossbrücke bridge communicates Unter den Linden with the Museum island. This island in the middle of the river Spree is home to nothing more and nothing less than five great museums, in addition to the Berlin Cathedral or Berliner Dom (12). To end your first day of the city tour, take advantage of some of the wonders of these museums, such as the beautiful door of Istar, the altar of Pergamum or the door of the Miletus market, all within the interior of the Pergamonmuseum (13). Or the famous bust of Nefertiti exposed in the Neues Museum (14).

With renewed energy after a first intense day discovering some of the most important areas of the city, start this second day in Berlin very close to where you finished the previous one. Near the island of museums is the oldest neighborhood in the city, Nikolaviertel (1) Although the bombings of World War II reduced it to rubble, it was rebuilt in the 1980s and, despite having a somewhat artificial air, it is well worth a brief visit.

On your journey to Alexanderplatz you will pass by Rothes Rathaus (2) or red city hall. Once in the well-known Alexanderplatz (3) You can enjoy the lively atmosphere that always breathes in this place. You will have already noticed the enormous Fernsehturm (which built in 1969 the extinct German Democratic Republic) and perhaps you have not overlooked the strange world clock "Urania".

Taking Dircksenstraße (4) to enjoy a walk full of street art until you reach Hackescher Markt (5). Explore the interconnected modernist courtyards, known as Hackesche Höfe. It is best to start the visit through the entrance of Rosenthaler Straße where the most impressive courtyard of all is located, the Endellscher Hof. If it is a weekend, you are in luck because you can enjoy the fresh produce market, local specialties and handicrafts, which takes place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Plaza de Hackescher Markt.

Although in Berlin there never was a Jewish ghetto as such, do not forget that you are in what is known as Jewish quarter… And so, following Oranienburger Straße, you will find the New Synagogue (6). The facade of this building destroyed by a bombing in 1943, was restored and currently houses a museum and a center for the Jewish community. Very close, the old one Jewish cementary (7), where you will not find tombstones or mausoleums, but a chilling monument at the entrance.

If you start to whet your appetite, you are in the right place. Both in Hackescher Markt and the surrounding area, and in Oranienburger Straße there are plenty of places to eat rich and cheaply.

Take the S-Bahn to Ostbahnhof to visit the East Side Gallery (8). This open-air gallery collects the works of artists from around the world in 103 murals painted in the section of the most famous Berlin Wall, which is over a kilometer.

Limiting on a shore with the East Gallery stands on the river Spree the Oberbaumbrücke (9). This bridge became a symbol of reunification, connecting the districts of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, separated for years by the Berlin Wall.

Crossing the Oberbaumbrücke you will have reached one of the most fashionable neighborhoods in the entire city. Popularly known as the "Turkish quarter", Kreuzberg (10) is the perfect place to end your second day of visit. Stroll around while enjoying street art, busy streets, markets and lots of bars and restaurants where you can relax after a long day of sightseeing. There is no better place in the whole city to try the famous Döner Kebab in Berlin.

We started this third day in the big green lung of the city. In the Tiergarten (1) there is space for everything and everyone. 210 hectares of canals, trails for sports or getting lost in nature, sunbathing meadows (even in a nudist area), cafes ... In addition to government buildings and museums. Among such vastness, do not miss some places of interest like theMemorial to the Soviet Soldiers, the Siegessäule (Victory Column), or the monument dedicated to Otto von Bismarck.

And without realizing it, you are likely to find the city's zoological garden, the name Zoologischer Garten. I am not a zoo lover, so I will not strongly recommend you to visit this place, you decide, just remember that in these places animals live locked away from their natural habitat with the sole purpose of entertaining those who pay for it .

Leaving Tiergarten behind you will reach the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (2), a church that was severely damaged during the 1943 bombings and was not rebuilt later. With this impressive aspect, it is intended to keep the foolishness of war in the minds of all those who contemplate it daily.

Kurfurstendamm (3) was the nerve point of West Berlin. Today the great avenue concentrates a good number of fashion stores, some of them very select. Even if you don't want to be seduced by the attractive shop windows, it is an area of ​​the city that is worth taking a walk through. In the continuation of Kurfürstendamm or Ku'Damm (as Berliners know it), there are the most famous department stores in the entire country. In the luxurious KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) (4) you can find everything, but special attention deserves the incredible delicatessen section of the sixth floor.

As the KaDeWe is more of that "looks, but does not touch", or in this case "eats", take the opportunity to regain strength in one of the typical currywurst around the Zoologischer Garten station.

With a full belly, either on U-Bahn or by bus, go to Schloss Charlottenburg (5). You can enjoy the visit of the luxurious interiors of this baroque palace, but without a doubt the best of this place are its beautiful and immense gardens ... A real haven of peace in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the big city.

If you still have time and desire, you can take the S-Bahn to get to the old airport of Tempelhof (6) and end the day enjoying the extensive and central park in which it has become today. One of the best places in the city to watch the sunset.

This is for us the best three-day trip to Berlin, in which you can explore and know the fundamental attractions of the capital of Germany.

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