Type of Attraction, Tour, Activity: Activity Tour
Introduction: Can any other city have a recent past so brimming with secrecy and double lives? Investigate Berlin's hush-hush world as your very own "operative" leads you to Berlin's secret places! Follow the footsteps of British spy Frank Foley, through the intrigue of Hitler’s generals and Cold War spy games with the KGB and East German Stasi.This tour is seasonal and operates from May to September only.
Description: Your "operative" will take you to the Tiergarten, where British MI5 Agent Frank Foley secretly aided over 10,000 Jews to escape Nazi Germany.
Visit the courtyard of the Wehrmacht HQ, where coup and assassination plots against Hitler backfired disastrously. See where the SS masterminded their first program of mass murder, the "euthanasia project". Explore the outwardly grand "Stalin Allee", showcase of post-war East Germany's communists, but scene of festering discontent in 1953.
Find out about "Operation Gold", a top secret CIA/MI6 spy tunnel, and how a British double agent blew the whistle on the whole operation. On Bernauer Strasse, see where Berliners attempted audacious escapes under the Wall, trying to keep one step ahead of the hated East German secret police, the Stasi.
The tour finishes at the infamous Stasi HQ, office of Markus Wolf, "the man without a face" and model for John Le Carre's spymaster "Karla". Explore the museum at the end of the tour; the spectre of Stasi informers and their controllers will haunt your very footsteps!
Duration: 4 hours
Included: - Professional narration during tour
- Original Berlin Walks city map, including information regarding public transport and the best of Berlin's museums and nightlife!
Exclusions: - Optional gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Transport - This is a walking tour. You must have a valid ticket (or rail passes) for this, as this cost is not included. You can buy a ticket at the from the tour guide for approximately EUR5.80.
Special Policy: - Children aged 13 years and under are free of charge
Additional Information: - This product must be booked at least 48 hours in advance of travel
- Confirmation for this product will be received at time of booking
- This tour is operated in English, unless otherwise stated
- Tour will take place in all types of weather