Introducing The Range Of Accessible City Tours In Berlin

The historic city of Berlin is celebrated for its cutting-edge cultural scene, with over 170 museums and world-class shopping, not to mention its wealth of well-known landmarks, from the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag building to Checkpoint Charlie. 

Taking a city tour of Berlin is a great way to check out these star attractions, and when it comes to organised tours, the German capital has a fantastic choice of accessible options to suit wheelchair users and those with other disabilities, thanks to the strong support of the city’s tourism board. Visitors can take their pick from a variety of tour providers to experience the city in a way that best matches their needs. 

Wheelchair-Friendly Tours

These tours of Berlin on land or by water have been specifically created to cater for wheelchair users.

• The non-profit organisation SOZIALHELDEN (Social Heroes) has partnered with the tourism board to create a local tour around the Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Mitte districts, taking in cultural attractions, nightlife and top foodie spots. 

• Or, for a different perspective on the city, try seeing it from the deck of a Rolly Tours catamaran, designed to be wheelchair-friendly with disabled access facilities, widened door frames and accessible bathrooms and decks. 

City Tours for All

Choose a bus, a bike, or even a cycle rickshaw for any of these comfortable rides around the major sights of Germany’s capital.

• The Berliners on the pedals at Velotaxi can describe the city’s landmarks and relate local stories and anecdotes for the blind or visually impaired as they transport you around the city’s neighbourhoods. 

• Berlin Rikscha Tours offer the option of either riding your own bike or taking a rickshaw on one of their themed city tours around the different areas of the capital. The tour includes the Old Town, Tiergarten park and the old route of the Berlin Wall. 

• Visitors with limited mobility can travel in maximum comfort on one of the city’s classic bus or coach tours. These are also ideal for those with impaired hearing, as the audio guides have individually-adjustable volume. 

Accessible Boat Tours

A ride on an old-fashioned steamer is a unique way to explore Berlin’s lakes and waterways, and even the countryside surrounding the city. The boat tours run by the Reederei Riedel and Stern und Kreisschiffahrt companies, which take place daily and in a variety of languages, have been accessibility-tested under the Tourism For All scheme. They are all wheelchair-accessible and assistance-dog friendly, with staff trained in supporting those with disabilities.

How to Get There

The last thing you want when you arrive at the airport is to be worrying about how you’re going to get to your hotel. By booking a Berlin airport shuttle, you can organise everything in advance, and a friendly driver will be waiting to help you with your bags and make sure you travel in comfort to your destination. You can easily pre-book a place for a wheelchair on a Berlin airport shuttle if you need to.

Using our convenient Berlin airport shuttle service makes travelling to the city easy, so you can focus on choosing a great city tour to take in all the highlights of one of Europe’s top destinations.  

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Lukas Johannes is a driver for Shuttle Direct, the number one provider of shared and private airport transfers in various countries across the globe. If you’re looking for an affordable Berlin airport shuttle, Lukas and his colleagues can make sure that you get to and from the airport swiftly and safely.