Settle in for a scenic drive across the German countryside to tour Berlin by coach and river cruise, with free time to add your own discoveries to the agenda. Many of the symbols in this reunited capital city still pack a powerful punch, like the monumental Brandenburg Gate, walled off with barbed wire from 1961 until East and West were reunited in 1990. Another classic Berlin icon is the Unter den Linden, the fashionable avenue of aristocratic old Berlin. Lined with stately linden trees, it stretches from the Brandenburg Gate to Alexanderplatz, once the heart of socialist East Germany. A stop at the East Side Gallery invites you to contemplate the messages embellishing a section of the actual Berlin Wall on which artists were invited to express themselves in paint. Midday brings free time to seek lunch on your own before regrouping for a cruise along the River Spree, where you’ll pass must-see landmarks like the Reichstag and Charlottenburg Palace, large enough to hold several other palaces within its baroque walls. Additional free-range time for exploring Berlin at your leisure follows before the coach return to Warnemunde pier.