Berlin Sightseeing Cruise on the River Spree

Berlin, Germany

Take a cruise on the River Spree for the perfect introduction to Berlin's famous sights and varied architecture. With a choice of morning or afternoon cruises, it's the best way to see a different side to Berlin and escape the summer heat.

You'll cruise right through the city of Berlin, passing such famous sights as Potsdamer Platz, the Reichstag, Museum Island, Berlin Cathedral and much more.

During the boat trip a variety of snacks, hot and cold dishes and beverages is available onboard. Food and beverages are to be ordered directly onboard and to be paid on spot.

Please note: Tours are operated in German, with English written commentary available.

USD $25.45

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Ms Susan N	October 2011
Lovely

Review by: Malini M	September 2011
Its a nice trip if the weather is nice otherwise you will be cold. There is no commentry in English, all you are given is a little leaflet, so in that respect you are just going for a boat ride. The lady at the landaing was quite rude and did not give any information. The landing stage itself is way out of town. So if you want something a little more easy choose a crusie that has a central landing stage. Once you get off the boat you cannot get back on it. Although, it was nice through the main parts of town (as we know the centre quite well), but the second half is a bit boring. You also need to be aware that the boat does not stop at all the stops shown on the map. If you need to get off early like we did - you have to let them know on the bus. We found it expensive for what you actually got for your money.

Review by: Loraine S	September 2011
Ok cruise, seen better river tours, the english written commentary was useless as we did not know where in the booklet to start

Review by: Reinhilde H	September 2011
THIS WAS A VERY NICE RELAXING TRIP. tHE ON-LINE TICKET WORKED VERY WELL. I WISH THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENGLISH EXPLANATIONS ALSO AFTER THE GERMAN.

Review by: Richard S	September 2011
A very comprehensive overview of the city taking in a number of historical landmarks, stunning new developments and even parts of the old East Berlin still waiting to be redeveloped. A pleasant surprise was when we left the river itself and cruised around the various canals bordered by extensive parklands and recreational areas. This enabled us to get a fuller image of the totality of Berlin itself without the need to return to the starting point the same way that we had started out from. Extensive commentary was given throughout the trip but it was a pity that non German speakers were not catered for in any way .

Review by: alitch	September 2011
Due to a misdirection by a taxi we ended up on the wrong boat for this tour, so i cant really give a review, but im sure this boat would have been better than the one we went on!!!

Review by: Cordelia B	September 2011
Fantastic tour and excellent commentary. HOWEVER, we were offered no alternative to the German commentator which meant that some in our group had nothing other than what we translated plus the gorgeous scenery. _br/_ By contrast, the bus tour offered various languages which worked for all.

Review by: Douglas E	May 2011
Had difficulty finding landing stage for start of cruise Guide only spoke in german no written english handed out at all . Was told that if we wanted the 4 hours trip we would have to wait for another boat to come back on.so we alighted the boat at city centre.This trip was a waste of time and money and would not recommend it to anyone.

Review by: Louis C	September 2010
Worth doing.

Review by: LUIS N, Portugal	June 2010
The river Spree is very long and there are more than one SchlossBrucke at Berlin. One at Island Museum near Radisson Hotel and the other at Charlottenburg district. So, the voucher should mentioned the district of Berlin to be more precise to take the boat. BRGDS

Review by: Anonymous	June 2010
The river Spree is very long and there are more than one SchlossBrucke at Berlin. One at Island Museum near Radisson Hotel and the other at Charlottenburg district. So, the voucher should mentioned the district of Berlin to be more precise to take the boat. BRGDS

Review by: Anonymous, Canada	October 2009
Very interesting. Unfortunately, I believe I missed quite a bit because I don't understand German and the English book provided did not seem to have as much information as she was providing in her talk.

Review by: David C, United Kingdom	October 2009
It could have been a disaster as on the scheduled day we were due to depart, due to the rain we called ahead to re-arrange for the next day - only to be told the trip had been cancelled by the operators!! Luckily we didn't make the trip to the launch jetty to find out it had been cancelled!! So I recommend you always call ahead! It further started as a big challenge to actually find the launch jetty after departing from the Underground station. There were no signs and even the locals didn't know where the jetty was located! We arrived with a minute to spare as the directions were totally inadequate. The boat trip itself was good, although the guide only spoke in German our fault for not speaking the language requiring us to follow a book with pictures in English. Very confusing. Saying that we did enjoy our trip and saw many great sites in Berlin via the river - although we did dismount at the half way point rather than do the whole trip again in reverse, which probably would have been a waste of time. So certaily could be much better!

Review by: Eugene G, United States of America	September 2009
There are many different cruises you can purchase in Berlin, but this is just about the longest of them all. There were a few nice sights that we would not have seen on the shorter cruises, but the final 1 hour is spend going down a narrow canal with very little to see. We actually got off a stop early, which worked out quite well, since we were right in the heart of the embassies, many of them showed some astounding and impressive architecture. The crew was less than friendly. The server only came by once at the beginning, then he spent the rest of the cruise sitting at a table with his friends. It was raining, so we spent most of the cruise on the lower level, but at one point I tried to go to the top, when I was blocked by the kitchen staff, who were on a smoke break. The would not let me by to the top level, even though it was open and other people were there. I had to wait for their very long break to end for them to clear the stairway so I could go up. I do recommend a river cruise in Berlin, but perhaps not this one.

Review by: Christina C, Greece	August 2009
Nice sail around Berlin. Really relaxing and informing. The departure point is a bit inconvenient but you can get on and off the boat at any point at least that's what we were told as long as you keep a copy of your voucher. I didn't give a bigger rating because we were supposed to have lunch on the boat and it wasn't provided.

Review by: Fergus H, United Kingdom	July 2009
A relaxing way to spend a beautiful Sunday afternoon, with English commentary as a bonus.

Review by: Carmen G, New Zealand	July 2009
The biggest downfall was that the commentaries were in GERMAN! This was rather disappointing. Also the location to get on the boat was rather out of the way, and there were other operators that were centrally located with English commentaries.

Review by: Kamani G	July 2009
The biggest downfall was that the commentaries were in GERMAN! This was rather disappointing. Also the location to get on the boat was rather out of the way, and there were other operators that were centrally located with English commentaries.

Review by: Roy K, United Kingdom	May 2009
Very interesting and informative. Food and drink excellent. Commentator spoke for about 3 hours in German, but we were given a typed English translation, and it was very pleasant.

Review by: A H, United Kingdom	September 2008
A nice way to start the day. Relaxing cruise along the river is a good way to get your bearings. Only problem was that the commentary was in German but they did provide an English copy so we could read it and get an idea of where we were.

Review by: Adam H	September 2008
A nice way to start the day. Relaxing cruise along the river is a good way to get your bearings. Only problem was that the commentary was in German but they did provide an English copy so we could read it and get an idea of where we were.

Review by: Michael S, United Kingdom	June 2008
Great to see the sights from the river.

Review by: MICHAEL S	June 2008
Great to see the sights from the river.

Review by: David H, United States of America	July 2007
The cruise was a very helpful introduction to Berlin as seen from the River Spree. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, engaging and informative. The boat had many different places one could move around to. Enjoyable, and I recommend it.

Review by: Clifford J, United States of America	July 2007
We took the Sunday afternoon 2:45pm cruise, and our guide for the cruise was just fantastic. We were thankful she was able to do the tour in English as well as German since there were a number of us traveling together from the States and that was very kind. She was extremely knowledgeable, very informative, and answered all our questions so well. It was a lovely time and a great introduction to the city of Berlin since we had just arrived.