Not only is Berlin the capital of a reunited Germany, it is also the most exciting city in the country — or in all of today’s Europe. This is truly a metropolis of the future, but one loaded with treasures from its Prussian past. You cannot see it in a day or even a week. The six one-day walking tours outlined in Daytrips Berlin and Northern Germany will give you good idea of what Berlin is all about, and leave you hungry for more. Following that, there are five daytrips to the best destinations in Eastern Germany.
The book also covers Hamburg and Northern Germany with two walking tours of the main city and seven daytrips from there to the places that best capture the spirit of this intriguing land.
Daytrips have many advantages over the usual point-to-point touring, especially for short-term visitors. You can sample a far greater range in the same time by seeing only those places that really interest you instead of “doing” the region town by town. This can lead to a more varied diet of sights, such as spending one day exploring modern Berlin, the next visiting the fabulous palaces of Sans Souci, and another in the seafaring town of Lübeck.
All of the daytrips in Berlin and Northern Germany can be taken by train or by car. Full information for doing this is given in the “Getting There” section of each trip. A suggested do-it-yourself walking tour is outlined in both the text and on the street map. Practical considerations such as time and weather are included, along with price-keyed restaurant recommendations and background information.

DAYTRIPS BERLIN AND NORTHERN GERMANY is the perfect companion book to the new DAYTRIPS PRAGUE & THE CZECH REPUBLIC