Day 1 – To Berlin: Fly from London to Berlin
with British Airways. Take an orientation tour
of the city visiting the New National Gallery
and the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum. At
the New National Gallery, a private meeting
with the curator of the Modern Times
exhibition has been arranged, with works
from expressionism, dadaism, new sobriety,
Bauhaus and surrealism. Transfer to the Hotel
Angleterre for 4 nights. Evening welcome
dinner. (D)
Day 2 – Berlin: Morning walking
tour, including Unter den Linden and
Gendarmenmarkt. Continue to the Pergamon
Museum for a guided tour. This afternoon
enjoy a special visit to the Neues Museum.
Evening at leisure or you may choose to
visit the Deutsche Guggenheim collection of
contemporary art independently. (B)
Day 3 – Berlin: Panoramic city tour to
see Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin wall,
the Jewish Museum, the Berlin air lift
memorial and the Peter Fechter memorial.
Continue to Gemäldegalerie, where you will
meet a curator and see its unsurpassed
collection of old masters. After some time
at leisure for independent exploration of the
Gemäldegalerie, continue on a walking tour
of new Berlin to see Kultur Forum, Potsdamer
Platz, the Holocaust memorial and the
Brandenburg Gate. (B)
Day 4 – Potsdam: Drive to Potsdam to visit
the enchanting palace of Sanssouci, built
for Frederick the Great’s personal use and
set among glorious parkland. Continue to Cecilienhof, the exotic half-timbered manor
house created in the style of an English stately
mansion and built for German Crown Prince
William in 1913. It was here that the 1945 Treaty
of Potsdam was signed. Evening farewell
dinner. (B, D)
Day 5 – to London: This morning, visit the
Emil Nolde Foundation. Drive to the Palace of
Charlottenburg, city residence for the Prussian
royal family. Visit the new wing, followed
by a visit to the old wing and the Belvedere
Pavilion. Continue to the airport for your
British Airways flight to London Heathrow. (B)
Extensions: If you wish to extend your stay in
Berlin, home to more than 170 museums and
galleries, or in Dresden to visit the Frauenkirche,
the Historic and New Green Vaults, the Turkish
Chamber, and the Zwinger Palace with its old
masters and porcelain galleries, please contact
Cox & Kings for further details.
Meal Basis: (B) = Breakfast, (L) = Lunch, (D) = Dinner, (N) = No Meals
