Berlin, Potsdam & Saxony — 7 days

From the trendy capital to Potsdam's palaces and Saxon Switzerland. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & historic Mitte; 20th-century history; Kreuzberg & East Side Gallery; Potsdam.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & historic Mitte

10:00 — Arrival in Berlin — Aéroport BER
11:30 — Train → city centre — BER → Berlin Hauptbahnhof
12:30 — Hotel check-in — Mitte
13:30 — Lunch — Mitte
Walk to the gate — Mitte → Porte de Brandebourg
15:00 — Brandenburg Gate — Porte de Brandebourg
Walk to the Reichstag — Porte de Brandebourg → Reichstag
16:00 — Reichstag — glass dome — Reichstag
Walk back to Mitte — Reichstag → Mitte
19:30 — Dinner — Mitte

Day 2 — 20th-century history

08:30 — Breakfast — Mitte
Walk to the island — Mitte → Île aux Musées
09:30 — Pergamon Museum — Île aux Musées
Walk back to Mitte — Île aux Musées → Mitte
12:30 — Lunch — Mitte
Walk to Checkpoint Charlie — Mitte → Checkpoint Charlie
14:00 — Checkpoint Charlie — Checkpoint Charlie
Walk to the Topography of Terror — Checkpoint Charlie → Topographie de la Terreur
15:00 — Topography of Terror — Topographie de la Terreur
Metro to the memorial — Topographie de la Terreur → Bernauer Straße
16:30 — Berlin Wall Memorial — Bernauer Straße
Metro back to Mitte — Bernauer Straße → Mitte
20:00 — Dinner — Mitte

Day 3 — Kreuzberg & East Side Gallery

08:30 — Breakfast — Mitte
Metro to the East Side Gallery — Mitte → East Side Gallery
10:00 — East Side Gallery — East Side Gallery
Walk to Kreuzberg — East Side Gallery → Kreuzberg
12:00 — Walk along the Kreuzberg canal — Kreuzberg
13:00 — Lunch — Kreuzberg
Metro to Alexanderplatz — Kreuzberg → Fernsehturm
15:00 — Alexanderplatz & TV Tower — Fernsehturm
Metro to Prenzlauer Berg — Fernsehturm → Prenzlauer Berg
17:00 — Prenzlauer Berg boutiques — Prenzlauer Berg
20:00 — Dinner — Prenzlauer Berg

Day 4 — Potsdam

09:00 — Train → Potsdam — Berlin → Potsdam
10:00 — Sanssouci Palace — Château de Sanssouci
Walk to the park — Château de Sanssouci → Parc de Sanssouci
12:30 — Stroll through Sanssouci Park — Parc de Sanssouci
Walk to central Potsdam — Parc de Sanssouci → Potsdam
13:30 — Lunch in Potsdam — Potsdam
Walk to the quarter — Potsdam → Quartier hollandais
15:00 — Potsdam's Dutch Quarter — Quartier hollandais
17:00 — Back to Berlin — Potsdam → Berlin
20:00 — Dinner — Mitte

Day 5 — On to Dresden

09:00 — Train → Dresden — Berlin → Dresde
11:30 — Hotel check-in — Vieille ville de Dresde
Walk to lunch — Vieille ville de Dresde → Dresde
13:00 — Lunch — Dresde
Walk to the Zwinger — Dresde → Palais du Zwinger
14:30 — Zwinger Palace — Palais du Zwinger
Walk to the Frauenkirche — Palais du Zwinger → Frauenkirche
16:30 — Frauenkirche & Altmarkt — Frauenkirche
Walk back through Dresden — Frauenkirche → Dresde
20:00 — Dinner — Dresde

Day 6 — Saxon Switzerland

08:30 — Train → Saxon Switzerland — Dresde → Bastei
09:30 — Bastei Bridge — spectacular cliffs — Bastei
Walk to the park — Bastei → Suisse Saxonne
12:00 — Hike in Saxon Switzerland National Park — Suisse Saxonne
13:00 — Picnic — Suisse Saxonne
Drive to the fortress — Suisse Saxonne → Forteresse de Königstein
15:00 — Königstein Fortress — Forteresse de Königstein
17:30 — Back to Dresden — Bastei → Dresde
20:00 — Dinner — Dresde

Day 7 — Back to Berlin & departure

08:30 — Train → Berlin — Dresde → Berlin
11:00 — Last stroll through the Nikolaiviertel — Nikolaiviertel
12:30 — Lunch — Nikolaiviertel
14:30 — Transfer to the airport — Berlin → BER
17:00 — Return flight