The season for this holiday is:
04 January 2021 - 13 December 2021
6 nights: 04 January 2021 - 13 December 2021
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan - 30 Apr 2021 | £845 | £385 |
| 1 May - 20 Jun 2021 | £895 | £425 |
| 21 Jun - 30 Sep 2021 | £875 | £395 |
| 1 Oct - 7 Dec 2021 | £845 | £385 |
| 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: 04 January 2021 - 13 December 2021
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Jan - 30 Apr 2021 | £1485 | £385 |
| 1 May - 20 Jun 2021 | £1560 | £425 |
| 21 Jun - 30 Sep 2021 | £1535 | £395 |
| 1 Oct - 7 Dec 2021 | £1485 | £385 |
| 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 12h15. Home Dresden–Brussels (ICE), Brussels–London (Eurostar) approx. duration 12h30.
Pay locally for taxis between stations and hotels (0h05 taxi out/0h05 walk home).
> More about 'by rail' prices
> The 'rail experience': what to expect
Other included travel: Berlin–Leipzig–Dresden by rail
If you book your holiday less than 6 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 same services at a supplement.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel Fregehaus, Leipzig | ||
|---|---|---|
| Larger: 04 Jan - 13 Dec 2021 | £7 |
| Hotel Martha, Dresden | ||
|---|---|---|
| Superior: 04 Jan - 13 Dec 2021 | £7 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
| Hotel Honigmond, Berlin (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Jan - 13 Dec 2021 | £98 | £178 |
| Hotel Fregehaus, Leipzig (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Jan - 30 Apr 2021 #: § | £65 | £105 |
| 01 May - 08 May 2021 | £82 | £139 |
| 09 May - 27 May 2021 # | £65 | £105 |
| 28 May - 01 Jun 2021 | £94 | £163 |
| 02 Jun - 10 Jun 2021 | £65 | £105 |
| 11 Jun - 20 Jun 2021 | £82 | £139 |
| 21 Jun - 13 Sep 2021 | £65 | £105 |
| 14 Sep - 28 Sep 2021 | £72 | £118 |
| 29 Sep - 24 Oct 2021 # | £65 | £105 |
| 25 Oct - 31 Oct 2021 | £72 | £118 |
| 01 Nov - 13 Dec 2021 # | £65 | £105 |
| Hotel Martha, Dresden (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 04 Jan - 13 Dec 2021 | £64 | £96 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Bristol - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Nottingham East Midlands - Berlin Brandenburg | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Dresden - Edinburgh (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Dresden - Edinburgh (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Liverpool - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London City - Berlin Brandenburg | British Airways |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Berlin Brandenburg | British Airways, Eurowings |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Dresden - Heathrow (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| London Southend - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Stansted - Berlin Brandenburg | Ryanair |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Dresden - Stansted | Ryanair |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Berlin Brandenburg | easyJet, Ryanair |
| Return route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Dresden - Manchester (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Berlin Brandenburg | 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 £35 per person for our flight booking service (£60 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
| 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) | £54 | 1400 |
Connecting travel options - flying via Dresden
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| Dresden not recommended for outward travel |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| walk to Dresden Neustadt station (0h05), S Bahn from Dresden Neustadt to airport (0h15) | pay locally | flexible |
| own taxi to airport (0h20) | pay locally | flexible |
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The combination of the three towns was excellent as they all had quite different things to offer. The '2 hour' walks generally took us about a day and a half because there were so many museums and other things of interest to pick up on en route. The Berlin and Leipzig vouchers and the Dresden museum card were great. One highlight was a concert at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. We spotted this on the internet but couldn't book it till we arrived in Berlin to take advantage of the Berlin card. It was good to have been advised to book the Reichstag Dome in advance - this was a highlight. The other highlights that we found but were not mentioned by you were the three Asisi Panoramas. The first one was at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the second was near Checkpoint Charlie and showed how it was when the wall existed. The third was in Dresden, a bit out of the centre, and showed how the town looked as a result of the bombing. All these were fantastic and well worth recommending.
Enjoyed all 3 cities. We pre-booked operas in Leipzig and Dresden which were very enjoyable. We also enjoyed a visit to the Reichstag in Berlin, free but you need to pre-book online. Hotels were all very good and we enjoyed meals at both the Berlin hotel and the Leipzig hotel. Walking tours were very good and we enjoyed a sunny Sunday walk along the canal in Leipzig. We added an extra night in both Berlin and Leipzig.
All three cities were very interesting and quite different. We stayed for 3 nights in Berlin and could easily have filled another day as there is masses to see. The guided tour (in English) of the Reichstag is well worth doing and a highlight, but you do have to book it sometime ahead. The walking tours were all great taking us to the main sites and providing a history of each place.
The Hotel Honigmond was delightful and our favourite hotel. Whilst there we ate at the resturants Alpenstueck, Petrarca and Das Lokal, all very close and very good, particularly Das Lokal. All required booking and the hotel was very helpful here.
Leipzig was particularly charming and our favourite city. In Leipzig we can recommend the Restaurant Weinstock and The Letterman. In Dresden, the Alte Meister.
The combination of the three towns was excellent as they all had quite different things to offer. The '2 hour' walks generally took us about a day and a half because there were so many museums and other things of interest to pick up on en route. The Berlin and Leipzig vouchers and the Dresden museum card were great. One highlight was a concert at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. We spotted this on the internet but couldn't book it till we arrived in Berlin to take advantage of the Berlin card. It was good to have been advised to book the Reichstag Dome in advance - this was a highlight. The other highlights that we found but were not mentioned by you were the three Asisi Panoramas. The first one was at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, the second was near Checkpoint Charlie and showed how it was when the wall existed. The third was in Dresden, a bit out of the centre, and showed how the town looked as a result of the bombing. All these were fantastic and well worth recommending.
Enjoyed all 3 cities. We pre-booked operas in Leipzig and Dresden which were very enjoyable. We also enjoyed a visit to the Reichstag in Berlin, free but you need to pre-book online. Hotels were all very good and we enjoyed meals at both the Berlin hotel and the Leipzig hotel. Walking tours were very good and we enjoyed a sunny Sunday walk along the canal in Leipzig. We added an extra night in both Berlin and Leipzig.
All three cities were very interesting and quite different. We stayed for 3 nights in Berlin and could easily have filled another day as there is masses to see. The guided tour (in English) of the Reichstag is well worth doing and a highlight, but you do have to book it sometime ahead. The walking tours were all great taking us to the main sites and providing a history of each place.
The Hotel Honigmond was delightful and our favourite hotel. Whilst there we ate at the resturants Alpenstueck, Petrarca and Das Lokal, all very close and very good, particularly Das Lokal. All required booking and the hotel was very helpful here.
Leipzig was particularly charming and our favourite city. In Leipzig we can recommend the Restaurant Weinstock and The Letterman. In Dresden, the Alte Meister.
Another fantastic trip with Inntravel. I had visited Berlin previously but enjoyed revisiting with the very informative walking notes.Highlights in Berlin were the Palace of Tears, the East Side Gallery (we used Berlin card to take the train here) and the Reichstag which I had booked before we left. We loved Leipzig with all its old passageways, the background of the peaceful revolution and we travelled out to the Völkerschlachtdenkmal which was amazing. We had hoped to travel to Colditz from Leipzig but the bus/train service at the weekend meant this was not logisticallly feasible. The Zwinger and Frauenkirche were the highlights in Dresden. Our holiday coincided with record temperatures so we thoroughly enjoyed our paddle steamer trip on the Elbe.
Hotels were all excellent with the Honigmond in Berlin my particular favourite.
A fantastic holiday. We stayed an extra night in each of Berlin and Leipzig which we would recommend as there is so much to see in and around both of these cities. Particular highlights were:
In Berlin, the Tränenpalast exhibition, the SS museum and the Holocaust memorials as well as the amazing Panorama of Pergamon (associated with the Pergamon Museum but at a separate site near to, but not on, the Museum Island).
In Leipzig, the Stasi Musem which has an absorbing, very informative, English language audio-guide, and the 2 hour English-language tour at Colditz (book in advance). Travel to Colditz: suggest allow time to get help at DBahn travel centre to buy the combined train/bus ticket. We changed from the train to the 619 bus at Grimma, rather than at Grosbothen per the holiday notes. When we travelled (July 2019): at weekends the bus was using stop 3, one of the group of stops by the station building; on weekdays it was using stop 6, which is about 50 metres further away, on the road. In Colditz, the bus doesn't seem to stop at Sportplatz any more, but the stop at Leipzigerstrasse or the next stop at the disused train station, where the route terminates, are both fine.
In Dresden, all the incredible buildings restored after the WW2 destruction, particularly the Frauenkirche.
We had particulaly good meals at the Syrian Cafe ('Yarok') and the 'Schnitzele' (good for Germas tapas) near the hotel in Berlin; at 'Barcelona', a Spanish tapas restaurant with a large courtyard, in Leipzig (Google or ask at the hotel for directions); and at 'L'art de Vie' (good food, plus they include a locally-produced wine in their wine list) near the hotel in Dresden. All are good for vegetarians.
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.