Germany: Cultural Studies

Airport Transfer

Check-in, Relax & Refresh

Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do in case of an emergency.

Berlin Historical & Cultural Walking Tour - See the Brandenburg Gate, Site of Hitler’s Bunker, Holocaust Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, Gendarmenmarkt, The Berlin Wall, Pariser Platz, Luftwaffe HQ, Bebelplatz, TV Tower, Book Burning Memorial, and more.

Welcome Dinner - The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Reichstag Building Dome- On October 30, 1991, the Council of Elders of the Bundestag decided that the historic Reichstag building by architect Paul Wallot from 1894 should be restored and used as the seat of an all-German parliament.

The Wall Museum - Visitors experience the history of the division of Berlin and the most beautiful event of the Germans - the fall of the Berlin Wall, staged using multimedia and with a common thread from the construction of the Wall to its fall in 1989. The Mauer Museum is located in the former mill warehouse at the famous East Side Gallery and the Oberbaumbrücke border station.

Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Travel to Hamburg (approx. 2 hours)

Boat Tour - See the key sights of Germany's biggest port city. We will take you to Altenwerder container terminal – the most modern in the world. We then cruise along the enormous ships through the canals into the historic warehouse complex.

Lunch Break

Miniatur Wunderland - Miniatur Wunderland is the world’s largest model train exhibit, and still growing. See trains running through recreations of Hamburg and the coast, Austria, the Grand Canyon, and Scandinavia.

Return to Berlin (approx. 2 hours)

Travel to Nuremberg (approx. 3 hours)

Check-in, Relax & Refresh

Nuremberg Old Town - Stroll around the city to see The Marktplatz, Gohlis, and Schiller House.

Memorium Nuremberg Trials Tour - World history was written in the courtroom of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. This is where leaders of the Nazi regime had to answer for their crimes before an International Military Tribunal between November 20, 1945 and October 1, 1946.

Lunch Break

Free afternoon and cultural immersion

Travel to Munich (approx. 1 hour)

Cultural Walking Tour - See Karl’s Square, Citizen’s Hall Church, Richard Strauss Fountain, St. Michael’s Church, Asamhof Passage Sendlinger Gate, Rindermarkt, Old Town Hall, and more.

Free morning and cultural immersion

Lunch Break

Brewery Tour - Look over the shoulders of the master brewers. Take in the intense scent of the original wort. Students will learn interesting facts about beer and its processing, experience the raw materials of brewing, visit the brewhouse and fermentation cellar, and learn how filling and storage are done.    

Dachau Concentration Camp - Established in March 1933, it was the first regular concentration camp established by Nazi government. Heinrich Himmler, police president of Munich, described the camp as "the first camp for political prisoners."

Leave Munich early in the morning with private bus (approx. 2 hours)

Neuschwanstein Castle and Linderhof Palace Excursion - Witness the fairy tale castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof, created by Germany’s 19th-century King Ludwig II, on a day trip from Munich.

Return to Munich (approx. 2 hours)

Free Day in Munich

Farewell Dinner & Program Closing

Train transfer to Berlin Airport

Depart Munich, Germany for Home