Holly1875

Thanks to both of you for the info. Stretchcruz, we decided that if we missed Berlin we might never get to it and this is our only opportunity to at least get a quick overview of the city. Believe me, I'm not looking forward to the long ride to get there and back! We did the Viking River Cruise in Eastern Europe last fall and we found some of the excursions to be a bit grueling because some ports were not developed and we spent a lot of time on a bus to get to the sites. Then we had 4 bus-fulls of people taking turns at each stop and eating lunch all together at one big place. JiminyC, we're leaning towards Scenic Berlin because that may be more relaxing. I'm hoping to hear from someone who's taken it. Thanks again!

We took the Historic Berlin about a week or so ago. We had zero regrets. Enjoyed it very much.

Did you spend a lot of time on the bus and/or did you get off to see some of the sites? Did you have any free time? Thanks!

After much thought we've decided to go to Berlin instead of our original plan of staying at the port of Warnemunde and touring around there. I've read a couple of posts that mentioned they would have taken the Scenic Berlin tour instead of the included Berlin excursion because of feeling kind of lost in the few hours of free time the included tour allows. Has anyone taken the Scenic Berlin tour? This is the one that has a cruise and lunch on the Spree River in addition to a bus tour of the city. The other option we're considering is the Historic Berlin tour, which seems to visit more places; has anyone taken that one? It seems Scenic Berlin offers the opportunity to see a lot but very little feet on the ground touring and Historic Berlin offers visiting a few key sites but not get as grand an overview of the city. Can you let me know of your experiences with either of these excursions?