Berlin Wall and Third Reich Bike Tour: What the Price Covers

How the Listings Compare

Each row below comes from the operator's own listing, and anything the listing does not state is marked that way.

Included in the $39

Four things are included: the bike rental for three hours, a bike helmet if you request one, the live guide, and waterproof ponchos in case of rain. That is the whole list. The bikes are fitted with baskets and are regularly checked by a certified mechanic, and the operator can store large luggage safely for the duration on request.

Nothing on the route needs an entry ticket. The Berlin Wall Memorial, the Mauerpark, the flak tower ruin and Hitler's bunker site are all open-air or public, and the guide stays with you at street level. Admission to the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is free, and its field of stelae is accessible 24 hours a day, so you can return on your own afterwards.

Not Included and What You May Pay on the Day

No lunch, no drinks and no hotel pickup are included, and the listing does not mention any of them. Tips are optional. You also pay nothing extra for mandatory items, because the listing states no mandatory extras, which is unusual: the half-day walking tour in the same comparison requires you to buy your own public transport ticket.

The German Resistance Memorial Center is free to enter if you add it on your own. The one real extra cost is getting to Poststrasse 11, which is your own transit fare or walk.

How the Listings Compare

Each row below comes from the operator's own listing, and anything the listing does not state is marked that way.

Meeting and Start

You meet at Free Berlin Bike Tours and Rental, Poststrasse 11, 10178 Berlin, in the Nikolaiviertel, which the listing says is five minutes from the TV Tower. The departure time depends on the option you select. You pick a bike, request a helmet if you want one, and set out on the 15-kilometer route.

The first stop is a five-minute guided introduction in the Nikolaiviertel itself.

North to the Wall

The route runs to the New Synagogue Berlin Jewish Centre for a five-minute stop, then to the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse, where the listing allows a photo stop plus a five-minute guided stop. From there it passes Ruppiner Strasse, the Mauerpark, the Berliner Mauerweg (the Wall trail itself), the Behmstrassen bridge and the Memorial to Gunter Litfin, each a five-minute stop. This is the stretch where the guide talks about daily life in the divided city, escape attempts and the ghost stations.

The Flak Tower and Back South

Flak Tower III in Humboldthain gets a photo stop and a five-minute guided stop at the ruin, which was never fully demolished because the Ringbahn line beside it could not be damaged. Note that entering the tower interior is only possible on a separate Berliner Unterwelten tour restricted to ages 18 and over, so this ride sees it from outside. The route then takes in a piece of the Berlin Wall, the Invalids' Cemetery, the Boros Bunker, the Holocaust Memorial for a photo stop, Hitler's bunker site, and a final five-minute stop at the Federal Ministry of Justice.

The return point depends on the selected option.

You Must Be Able to Ride a Bike

The listing states the tour is not suitable for people who cannot ride a bike, and 15 kilometers through a capital city means riding in traffic and on shared paths. If that rules you out, the same ground comes covered differently: the Third Reich and Cold War walking tour walks the government quarter for $27 in 2 hours, and the Hitler and WWII 3-hour walking tour starts outside Friedrichstrasse station and caps groups at 25.

No Hotel Pickup, and a Meeting Point That May Be Far Away

There is no hotel pickup. You reach Poststrasse 11 in the Nikolaiviertel yourself, and the listing names no minimum age and no wheelchair information, so ask the operator before booking if either matters to your group. The tour is family-friendly per the listing: children are welcome and infant seats can be provided on request.

For a private, hotel-based alternative, the private Third Reich walking tour meets you in your hotel foyer.

Rain, Distance and the Emotional Weight

The ride runs in rain with ponchos provided, so there is no dry-weather escape, and dress for the weather. Three hours covering 15 kilometers is a real physical commitment, more than the 2 hours on foot of the cheaper walking tours. And the route passes the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the site of Hitler's bunker, so the subject is heavy.

Treat it as remembrance, not entertainment. If you want to go deeper into a single site, the Berlin Story Bunker entry ticket gives you three hours inside a real air-raid bunker instead.

The Free Southern Sites Are Easy Alone

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe at Cora-Berliner-Strasse 1 is free and open around the clock, and its underground Information Centre opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. The Führerbunker site is a residential car park at Gertrud-Kolmar-Strasse, about 3 minutes' walk from Potsdamer Platz, marked only by an information board, and nothing of the bunker is visible. The Topography of Terror is free, open daily 10:00 to 20:00, and sits at Niederkirchnerstrasse 8 between S Anhalter Bahnhof and S+U Potsdamer Platz.

Read the detail in the guide to Hitler's bunker, the Topography of Terror and the Holocaust memorial in Berlin.

The Northern Stretch Is Harder and Slower on Foot

The northern stops are more spread out than the southern ones, which is where the bike helps. A single zone AB ticket costs €4 (reduced €2.50) and a 24-hour AB ticket €11.20, if you would rather cover the same ground by U-Bahn and S-Bahn. Entering the Humboldthain flak tower is only possible on a Berliner Unterwelten tour (18+, sturdy shoes) priced at €17 per the 2025 flyer, reduced €13, and the page on the flak towers in Berlin explains what you see.

The Berlin WW2 itinerary strings the same sites into a self-guided day.

Where the Guide Earns the Price

Going alone costs nothing but time. What the $39 buys is a live narrator who connects a car park, a ruin and a strip of concrete into one story, and a Berlin Wall route that is hard to reconstruct from a map. If you enjoy reading information boards and walking your own pace, skip the tour and use the Berlin WW2 sites map.

If you want context delivered in three hours, book it.