Enjoy an exceptionally scenic drive to Berlin, where you’ll be introduced to top landmarks as you survey the city by coach. Many symbols in this reunited capital still pack a powerful punch, like the monumental Brandenburg Gate, walled off with barbed wire from 1961 until the divided city was reunified in 1990. Another must-see is the Unter den Linden; a fashionable, tree-lined avenue of aristocratic old Berlin that stretches from Brandenburg Gate to Alexanderplatz in what was once the heart of socialist East Germany. At the East Side Gallery, you’ll contemplate a section of the actual Berlin Wall embellished with messages painted by artists, both famous and obscure. Encounter other sights that serve as poignant reminders of Berlin’s earlier divided-city years as you visit Checkpoint Charlie – the infamous Cold War crossing point featured in so many spy stories – and feel the postwar era come alive at the Allied Museum and Tempelhof Airlift Memorial in the old American Sector. Midday brings free time for lunch on your own before traveling to more attractions like the Reichstag and new Memorial for the Victims of War and Dictatorship. Some more free time for shopping precedes the coach return to Warnemunde.