The season for this holiday is:
05 January - 15 December 2019
6 nights: 05 January - 15 December 2019
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 5 January - 30 April | £775 | £345 |
| 1 May - 30 September | £795 | £360 |
| 1 October - 9 December | £775 | £345 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | £0 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £0 |
Includes accommodation, meals, travel between hotels and any other services integral to the holiday as described, plus a detailed information pack, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Included travel: Berlin–Leipzig–Dresden by rail
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6 nights: 05 January - 15 December 2019
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 5 January - 30 April | £1255 | £345 |
| 1 May - 30 September | £1295 | £360 |
| 1 October - 9 December | £1255 | £345 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | £0 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £0 |
Includes all elements in the 'journey price', plus standard-class travel by Eurostar from London St Pancras or Ebbsfleet International to Lille or Paris, with onward travel as described below.
Included travel from the UK: UK–Brussels (Eurostar), Brussels–Berlin (Thalys/ICE) approx. duration 10h15. Home Dresden–Brussels (ICE), Brussels–London (Eurostar) approx. duration 12h30.
Pay locally for taxis between stations and hotels.
Included travel: Berlin–Leipzig–Dresden by rail
If you book your holiday less than 3 months in advance of your travel date, seats may no longer be available at the tariffs on which our prices are based, but we may be able to offer you seats on the sames services at a supplement.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel Fregehaus | ||
|---|---|---|
| Larger: 05 Jan - 15 Dec 2019 | £6 |
| Hotel Martha | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 05 Jan - 15 Dec 2019 | £7 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hotel Honigmond (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 05 Jan - 15 Dec 2019 | £90 | £165 |
| Hotel Fregehaus (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 05 Jan - 20 Jan 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 21 Jan - 24 Jan 2019 | £81 | £124 |
| 25 Jan - 19 Mar 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 20 Mar - 23 Mar 2019 | £93 | £142 |
| 24 Mar - 25 Apr 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 26 Apr - 03 May 2019 | £81 | £124 |
| 04 May - 06 Jun 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 07 Jun - 10 Jun 2019 | £93 | £142 |
| 11 Jun - 13 Jun 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 14 Jun - 23 Jun 2019 | £81 | £124 |
| 24 Jun - 15 Sep 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 16 Sep - 20 Sep 2019 | £81 | £124 |
| 21 Sep - 24 Oct 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| 25 Oct - 02 Nov 2019 | £81 | £124 |
| 03 Nov - 15 Dec 2019 | £65 | £100 |
| Hotel Martha (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 05 Jan - 15 Dec 2019 | £62 | £92 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Berlin Tegel | Flybe |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Cardiff - Berlin Tegel | Flybe |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Doncaster Sheffield - Berlin Tegel | Flybe |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Nottingham East Midlands - Berlin-Schoenefeld | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Leeds Bradford - Berlin-Schoenefeld | jet2 |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Liverpool - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Berlin Tegel | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Berlin Tegel | easyJet |
| Gatwick - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet, Norwegian |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Berlin Tegel | British Airways, Eurowings |
| Heathrow - Leipzig (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London Southend - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Berlin Schoenefeld | Ryanair |
| Manchester - Berlin Tegel | easyJet |
| Manchester - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Berlin-Schoenefeld | easyJet |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you. We charge £30 per person for our flight booking service (£50 for India and Nepal). Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Berlin Schoenefeld
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| arrange own travel from the airport to the hotel | pay locally | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Dresden Neustadt to Berlin HB (2h) | £52 | 1400 |
Connecting travel options - flying via Berlin Tegel
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| arrange own travel from the airport to the hotel | pay locally | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Dresden Neustadt to Berlin HB (2h) | £52 | 1400 |
Connecting travel options - flying via Leipzig Halle
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Leipzig Halle to Berlin HB (1h40) | pay locally | 1600 |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| rail Dresden Neustadt to Leipzig Halle (1h30) | pay locally | 1300 |
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In Berlin we recommend the Panorama Punkt, on Potsdamer Platz. The Platz has a long history anyway and the new buildings there are unusual and looking down from the top of the P.P. is well worth the 7.50E, at time of writing. There are 360 degree views of Berlin and there were no queues or prebooking as may be needed for the Berlin TV Tower. There are free toilets at the top and the cafe is very reasonable with good views. Oh, and it has the fastest lift in Europe. The bar with a hundred beers is in the same area and there are inside and outside seats in a relatively quiet area. We also enjoyed the 1 and and a half hour boat trip on the River Spree which took us to the Reichstag and beyond. There are longer trips which we would have liked to do given the time. We later walked around the outside of the new buildings at the Reichstag without hindrance which were interesting.
We ate at night near to the Hotel rather than walk in to where the crowds were. The Schnitzelei in a quiet 'yard' between two thoroughfares is very close to the Hotel; it is very popular and booking may be a good idea; there are seats inside and out. The Italian Restaurant Bonfini was a short walk and was good. We also enjoyed 2 meals at the cheap and cheerful Syrian cafe called Yarok which is near to the hotel (cash only, no reservations). We arrived just after the 2nd October celebration of unification and the Brandenburg Gate was cordoned off and protected. When we returned the next week it was all cleared away, so customers need to be aware of this if the Gate is a key element to their visit.
In Leipzig there is a good Italian, Pizzeria Rizzi, very close to the hotel (cash only) and we also had a good meal at Indian Crown nearby. A bit futher afield The Bayerischer Bahnhof serves local cuisine and its own excellent beers brewed on site in this former station and is well worth a visit.
In Dresden if you book the bus tour after 4pm you have time to do the tour to 'get your bearings' and then do a couple of free guided walks the next day before the middle of the afternoon - we had an excellent English speaking guide and with only 1 other person on one of the walks and just a couple on the other they felt like personal tours. We ate 3 enjoyable meals at the friendly "L'art de Vie" (it is convenient for the hotel) but didn't manage to attend a performance there.
Check out the concerts and opera schedule to avoid disappointment. The concert we attended in Leipzig was a fabulous experience. We enjoyed a trip to Wannsee and a sail on the lake as it was hot in Berlin and we had walked a lot! Easily done with the Berlin Card.
This was a most interesting holiday. We booked an extra night in Leipzig so that we could visit Colditz for the 2 hour extended tour which was fascinating and well-worth doing. We also enjoyed an orchestral concert at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. As we had been in Berlin fairly recently, we decided to visit Schloss Sansoucci at Potsdam. In the end we enjoyed a whole day in Sansoucci Park where there are other palaces to visit. The Berlin card proved to be very good value.
In Berlin we recommend the Panorama Punkt, on Potsdamer Platz. The Platz has a long history anyway and the new buildings there are unusual and looking down from the top of the P.P. is well worth the 7.50E, at time of writing. There are 360 degree views of Berlin and there were no queues or prebooking as may be needed for the Berlin TV Tower. There are free toilets at the top and the cafe is very reasonable with good views. Oh, and it has the fastest lift in Europe. The bar with a hundred beers is in the same area and there are inside and outside seats in a relatively quiet area. We also enjoyed the 1 and and a half hour boat trip on the River Spree which took us to the Reichstag and beyond. There are longer trips which we would have liked to do given the time. We later walked around the outside of the new buildings at the Reichstag without hindrance which were interesting.
We ate at night near to the Hotel rather than walk in to where the crowds were. The Schnitzelei in a quiet 'yard' between two thoroughfares is very close to the Hotel; it is very popular and booking may be a good idea; there are seats inside and out. The Italian Restaurant Bonfini was a short walk and was good. We also enjoyed 2 meals at the cheap and cheerful Syrian cafe called Yarok which is near to the hotel (cash only, no reservations). We arrived just after the 2nd October celebration of unification and the Brandenburg Gate was cordoned off and protected. When we returned the next week it was all cleared away, so customers need to be aware of this if the Gate is a key element to their visit.
In Leipzig there is a good Italian, Pizzeria Rizzi, very close to the hotel (cash only) and we also had a good meal at Indian Crown nearby. A bit futher afield The Bayerischer Bahnhof serves local cuisine and its own excellent beers brewed on site in this former station and is well worth a visit.
In Dresden if you book the bus tour after 4pm you have time to do the tour to 'get your bearings' and then do a couple of free guided walks the next day before the middle of the afternoon - we had an excellent English speaking guide and with only 1 other person on one of the walks and just a couple on the other they felt like personal tours. We ate 3 enjoyable meals at the friendly "L'art de Vie" (it is convenient for the hotel) but didn't manage to attend a performance there.
Check out the concerts and opera schedule to avoid disappointment. The concert we attended in Leipzig was a fabulous experience. We enjoyed a trip to Wannsee and a sail on the lake as it was hot in Berlin and we had walked a lot! Easily done with the Berlin Card.
This was a most interesting holiday. We booked an extra night in Leipzig so that we could visit Colditz for the 2 hour extended tour which was fascinating and well-worth doing. We also enjoyed an orchestral concert at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. As we had been in Berlin fairly recently, we decided to visit Schloss Sansoucci at Potsdam. In the end we enjoyed a whole day in Sansoucci Park where there are other palaces to visit. The Berlin card proved to be very good value.
Three very different places, each with their own appeal. Berlin was interesting, Leipzig was charming, and Dresden was astonishing. The German people were very welcoming and we had some great places to stay. It has whetted our appetite to visit other parts of Germany.
Our highlights?
Berlin generally
Open air concert in Dresden
Music in Leipzig churches
Mendelssohn House
Bach Museum
Old Masters Gallery
Neuesmuseum Berlin
We found the whole trip interesting and informative but the definite highlight was Leipzig. The small size of the city, the intimate little passages and the colourful buildings provided an uplifting contrast to the sombreness of Berlin. Hotel Furstenhof was worth every penny of the upgrade as it was comfortable and welcoming with wonderful food both at breakfast and in the bistro. We also ate well at Kummell Apotheke in Madler Passage. The other joy was the music - we booked in advance for a concert at the Gewandhaus, stumbled across a Sunday morning concert in the Mendelssohn House (book if you can and arrive early as it was packed) and heard the Bach Motette in Thomaskirche. Dresden was a different experience with the wonderful restored Frauenkirche, the echoes of the apocalypse and the unbelievable golden and bejewelled extravagance of Augustus the Strong.
If I was doing this holiday again I would spend more days in each city and certainly more days in Berlin on the return trip (I used the Berlin Card on the return trip). I would book more events in advance. I did see the Green Vaults, see a good concert in Leipzig and eat in some of the recommended restaurants. The recommended restaurants were good with reasonable prices and I wished I had visited more. The walking notes gave a very good feel for the Cold War. Although the walking notes say they are '2 hours' duration you will take longer as the sights are so interesting. On the Berlin walk I found the Tränenpalast, the Topographie des Terrors and die Mauer very moving. The Museum der Runde Ecke the Stasi HQ in Leipzig gives a good grasp of the Stasi madness. The Leipzig coffee museum was quirky and fun. In Dresden Castle the Green Vaults both old and new are not to be missed. I was in Dresden castle for over four-and-a-half hours and about three hours in the Zwinger Palace. The Dresden transport museum was small but pretty good for hands-on bicycle fans. I did not get going on the Dresden paddle steamer but no doubt Inntravel will one day have a walking holiday in Saxon Switzerland involving the steamer. So one day I will be back!!
I had been to Berlin before and on a previous trip saw the Berlin Philarmonic in their excellent concert hall. It is worth booking in advance. The Museum Island in Berlin is very good especially the Pergamonmusuem (which I visited again). Potsdam is also excellent. The Berlin TV tower is fun (but this time around for a view I went for a ride in the fastest lift in Europe instead). If you have not been to Berlin before do the walking notes on the first day as they set the scene for the whole trip and do the other sights of Berlin later perhaps spending a a few nights there again after visiting Dresden. If you did not manage to book things in advance online you might be able to book things in person on the first day for your return trip if not for your first day. You can also leave shopping to the end of the holiday in Berlin although Dresden and Leipzig had good shops, too. In fact most of the Dresden streets were empty when I was there in November because everyone was in the shopping malls. It was also cold.
If you book a ticket for the Gewandhaus in Leipzig online you can pick up the ticket before the concert starts if the ticket office is closed. It says this on the German web page but not the English version when I was there. The hotel staff checked. The hotels were all a high standard and in good locations. The trains were a bit off during my visit because of work on the lines but the train staff were very helpful.
Brilliant and interesting and as usual Inntravel have lived up to their very high standard. The particular choice of different and high quality hotels in quiet but central areas was great. The suggested walks were easy to follow, included all the essential sites and offered more unusual ideas.
We found the Germans most friendly and helpful, without exception.
The highlights were 1) The Topographie des Terrors in Berlin and, although one knows the history, this modern presentation is brlliantly informative and a must for everyone; 2) The Stasi headquarters in Leipzig, with the building untouched from its last day of use; 3) The Musical Instrument Museum in Leipzig, we walked into a chamber orchestra rehearsal and were allowed to stay for an hour, the only members of the public; 4) The unexpected sheer concentration of palaces and churches in Dresden in such a small area and an amazing classical music concert in the Frauenkirchen, only recently lovingly restored after its total destuction in 1945.