With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to the "Berliner Philharmoniker" and accommodation at the Maritim Hotel Berlin.

Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

He gave his first concert as principal conductor of the BPO on 7 September 2002, leading performances of Thomas Ads' Asyla and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5, performances which received rave reviews from the press worldwide and were recorded for CD and DVD release by EMI.

A desirable young woman and two courtiers a love triangle that inevitably will cause problems. Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Rosina, and he has succeeded in winning her heart disguised as the poor student Lindoro. A difficult undertaking, because the girl lives under the jealous eye of her guardian, the quirky Dr. Bartolo. He too would like to marry Rosina; therefore, he is planning to wed her as soon as possible she will have to obey his will, wont she? Count Almaviva is also not exactly idle. Will he with the help of his sly helper, the barber be able to outwit his odd competitor and beat him to marriage?

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Hänsel und Gretel" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

The siblings Hansel and Gretel are sent by their mother to gather berries, and become lost in the forest. After a night in the wild with sandmen, guardian angels and dew fairies, they receive a dubious welcome to the fairy-tale house of the witch. They toss her into the oven. The gingerbread children, who are transformed back into their original human forms, dance through the happy end with Hansel, Gretel and their parents. For many friends of opera, this masterwork was the first formative experience of opera.

Times:

Performance - 3rd Dec @ 7pm
3 night stay from 2nd Dec-4th Dec at the Hilton Hotel

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Rigoletto" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

No woman is safe from the Duke of Mantua: he takes what he likes. By force. His jester Rigoletto is known as an assistant who is as imaginative as he is merciless. The courtiers want to get even with him. They have been spying on him, and they now know that he lives together with a beautiful young woman who they assume is his lover. They then kidnap her as fresh meat for the duke and get Rigoletto to help with his eyes bound. He thinks that this is about his neighbours daughter or wife. What the courtiers dont realize: they are kidnapping Rigolettos daughter and are bringing to the duke the beauty whose love he has already gained incognito. Rigoletto screams for revenge and hires a killer. But the body that he receives is not that of the duke.

Times:

Performance - 13th Nov @ 7pm

2 night stay on 12th & 13th Nov at one of the below hotels

• Hilton Hotel
• Hotel Am Terrassenufer

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Der Barbier von Sevilla" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

A desirable young woman and two courtiers a love triangle that inevitably will cause problems. Count Almaviva has fallen in love with Rosina, and he has succeeded in winning her heart disguised as the poor student Lindoro. A difficult undertaking, because the girl lives under the jealous eye of her guardian, the quirky Dr. Bartolo. He too would like to marry Rosina; therefore, he is planning to wed her as soon as possible she will have to obey his will, wont she? Count Almaviva is also not exactly idle. Will he with the help of his sly helper, the barber be able to outwit his odd competitor and beat him to marriage?

Times:

Performance - 6th Nov @ 7pm

2 night stay on 5th & 6th Nov at one the below hotels:

• Hilton Hotel
• Hotel Am Terrassenufer

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Die Zauberflöte" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

Tamino, acting on behest of the Queen of the Night, is supposed to free Pamina. The love between Tamino and Pamina is sustained in the realm of Sarastros. Bird catcher Papageno also finds his match here in Papagena. A fairy tale of love conquering everything that separates people from one another. And music that is as rich as life itself.

Times:

Performance - 26th Mar @ 7pm

2 night stay on 25th & 26th at one of the below hotels.

• Hilton Hotel
• Hotel Am Terrassenufer

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "La Traviata" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

The well known tragic love story between the high-class coutesan Violetta and Alfredo, son of a respected Parisian family. With Alfredo the beautiful high-class courtesan Violetta finally finds true love. After a brief spell of happiness enjoyed together Alfredo's father manages, nevertheless, to convince Violetta of the social damage this relationship causes his family. In desperation, she leaves Alfredo and throws herself into the Parisian demimonde with disastrous effects on her health,already ravaged by consumption. Reconciliation comes too late.

Times:

Performance -24th Sept @ 7pm

2 night stay on 24th & 25th Sept at one of the hotels below:

• Hilton Hotel
• Hotel Am Terrassenufer

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Die Fledermaus" at the Semperoper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

Actually, Gabriel von Eisenstein is supposed to go to prison, but the temptations of a boisterous night at the ball are stronger. Masquerades and role swapping full of racy alliances dominate the festival. The night passes quickly and Eisenstein is not able to avoid doing time. But one cell is already occupied: by himself! The staged revenge of an aggrieved bat has taken place, and disgrace rules the day.

Times:

Performance - 19th Feb @ 7.30pm

2 night stay on 18th & 19th Feb at one of the below hotels.

• Hilton Hotel
• Hotel Am Terrassenufer

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you receive ticket(s) to "Phantasialand" and accommodation at the Ling Bao Hotel or Hotel Matamba.

Phantasialand, Europe's most popular entertainment park, offers, as is its custom, the very best in entertainment for the whole family. All six theme areas in Phantasialand have top attractions, such as Winja's Fear and Winja's Force, the indoor spinning coasters in Wuze Town, the Colorado Adventure ghost train roller coaster in Silver City, the 65-meter-high Mystery Castle freefall tower and the River Quest rafting ride, Feng Ju Palace, the mystifying madhouse in China Town, and the Galaxy flight simulator in Old Berlin.

Those who prefer less commotion can relax on peaceful rides such as the Waltzing Dream and the Steam Carousel, enjoy culinary treats in one of the park's many theme restaurants or delight in the merry antics of the Living Characters in their colorful costumes and take in the fantastic shows, in particular the Arachnomé Winter Garden Show. Like its predecessor, "L’ar(c)tistique", "Arachnomé" has been chosen by the IAAPA as one of the best theme park shows in the world.

Winterdream

The Phantasialand winter dream is a real dream!

More winter? Nowhere! Genuine snow, a dreamlike atmosphere and unique novelties are guaranteed! More than a thousand Christmas trees are shining, lights are sparkling and the smell of gingerbread fills the air! Here, a winter dream comes true - for the whole family! For everybody!

Exchange voucher at the box office on arrival.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL children under 7 years of age receive FREE ENTRY during 2010

HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS: Children must be between 1-1.45metres.

Conductor and Soloist: Daniel Barenboim

Is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

There are many recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed.

Act 1

The Marschallin's bedroom

Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (the Marschallin, the title given to a Field Marshal's wife) and her much younger lover, Count Octavian Rofrano exchange vows of love. To avoid scandal, he hides when a small black boy, Mohammed, brings the Marschallin's breakfast, and then again when loud voices are heard in the antechamber. He returns disguised as a chambermaid, "Mariandel".

The Marschallin's country cousin Baron Ochs has unexpectedly arrived to discuss his engagement to Sophie, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. After boorishly describing his personal pastime of chasing skirts, and demonstrating on the disguised Octavian, he asks the Marschallin which cavalier he should select to deliver the traditional silver engagement rose to Sophie. She recommends Octavian, and when Ochs sees the young count's picture, he notices the similarities in the count's face to the chambermaid "Mariandel's" and assumes that she is Octavian's illegitimate sister. The coarse Ochs propositions "the chambermaid," and, in response, Octavian pretends to be the country maid but leaves the first chance he gets.

The room then fills with supplicants to the Princess. An Italian tenor serenades the Marschallin, while Ochs works out the marriage contract with the Marschallin's notary. Two Italian intriguers, Valzacchi and Annina, try to sell the Princess the latest scandal sheets, and offer their surveillance services to Ochs. Rudely interrupting the tenor's song, Ochs tells the lawyer to demand a dowry from Sophie's family, and leaves, but not before employing the two Italians. Amidst all the activity, the Marschallin remarks to her hairdresser: "My dear Hippolyte, today you have made me look like an old woman."

When all have left, the Marschallin, reminded of her own early marriage by Ochs's young bride, sadly ponders her fleeting youth and the fickleness of men. By the time Octavian returns (in men's clothes), she has realized that one day he will leave her. She tells him so, and despite his fervent vows of love, she knows his love will not last. He is stunned by her mood change and abruptly leaves. She suddenly realizes that she has forgotten to kiss him goodbye, and sends some footmen after him. But it is too late, and he is gone. The Marschallin summons her page to take the silver rose to Octavian to deliver to Sophie. After Mohammed departs, Marie Therese stares pensively into her hand mirror as the curtain falls.

Act 2

The von Faninals' home

Herr von Faninal and Sophie await the arrival of the Rosenkavalier (Knight of the Rose), Octavian. Following tradition, Faninal departs before the Knight appears. Sophie frets over her approaching marriage with a man she has never met as her duenna, Marianne, reports on the approach of Octavian. Octavian arrives with great pomp, dressed all in silver. He presents the silver rose to Sophie in an elaborate ceremony. Immediately, the two young people are attracted to each other and they sing a beautiful duet.

During a chaperoned conversation, Sophie and Octavian begin to fall in love, but Ochs enters with Sophie's father. The Baron speaks familiarly with Octavian (even though they have never met), examines Sophie like chattel and behaves generally like a cad. Ochs's servants begin to chase the maids, sending the household into an uproar. Sophie starts to weep, and Octavian promises to help her. He embraces her, but they are discovered by Ochs's Italian spies, who report to him. Ochs is only amused, considering the much-younger Octavian no threat, but Octavian's temper is raised enough to challenge the bull-headed Baron to a duel. The Baron receives a slight wound in the arm in the fracas and cries bloody murder. As a doctor is sent for, Sophie tells her father she never will marry the Baron, but her father insists she will and threatens to send her to a convent. Octavian is thrown out, and Sophie is sent to her room. As Ochs is left alone on the divan with his wounded arm in a sling, he begins to raise his spirits with a glass of port. Annina enters with a letter for Ochs from "Mariandel" (Octavian) asking to meet him for a tryst. The now recovered and drunk Ochs, in anticipation of his imminent meeting, dances around the stage to one of the opera's many waltzes. He makes a serious mistake: he forgets to tip Annina.

Act 3

A private room in an inn

Valzacchi and Annina have switched alliances, and are now helping Octavian prepare a trap for the Baron. Ochs and "Mariandel" arrive for a private dinner. Ochs tries to seduce the seemingly willing chambermaid, though he is disturbed by her resemblance to Octavian. The guilt-ridden baron catches glimpses of the heads of Octavian's conspirators as they pop out of secret doors. A woman (Annina in disguise) rushes in claiming that Ochs is her husband and the father of her children, all of whom rush in crying "Papa! Papa!" As the confusion grows, Ochs calls for the police.

The police arrive, and to avoid a scandal, Ochs claims that "Mariandel" is his fiancée Sophie. Octavian lets the Police Commissioner in on the trick, and the Officer plays along. Furious for being enmeshed in the scandal, Faninal arrives and sends for Sophie to clear his and his daughter's name. Sophie arrives and asks the Baron to leave her alone. Just as Ochs is completely befuddled and embarrassed, the Marschallin enters. The Princess sends the Police and all the others away, and orders the Baron to leave gracefully, salvaging what is left of his dignity. Ochs finally leaves, pursued by various bill collectors. The Marschallin, Sophie, and Octavian are left alone.

The Marschallin recognizes that the day she so feared has come, as Octavian hesitates between the two women. In the emotional climax of the opera, the Marschallin gracefully releases Octavian, encouraging him to follow his heart and love Sophie. She then withdraws elegantly to the next room to talk with Faninal. As soon as she is gone, Sophie and Octavian run to each other's arms. Faninal and the Marschallin return to find the lovers locked in an embrace. After a few bittersweet glances to her lost lover, the Princess departs with Faninal. Sophie and Octavian follow after another brief but ecstatic love duet, and the opera ends with the Marschallin's little black page, Mohammed, running in to retrieve Sophie's dropped handkerchief, and racing out again after the departing nobility.

Performance Info

2010 Season

- 19th Mar 2010 @ 18.00
- 21st Mar 2010 @ 17.00
- 30th Mar 2010 @ 18.00
- 4th July 2010 @ 18.00

Running Time: Approx 3 Hrs

Itinerary

City Segway Tours looks forward to welcoming you on our original, innovative and exciting tour of Berlin. Imagine cruising effortlessly through parks and along sidewalks while receiving a great orientation and exploring Berlins sites! Our tours have very limited size (only max 5 customers per tour guide!) so you can count on an extremely personal and private experience. Dont punish your feet or strain your ears in a giant group join us for an unforgettable Segway tour!

In about 3,5 4 hours on our All-In-One City Segway Tour well show you all the main sights of Berlin, stopping every few hundred meters to soak them in, hear fascinating anecdotes, take pictures, and discuss Berlins history. Your knowledgeable native English-speaking guide will also explain present-day facts and lifestyle facets about Berlin while being available to answer your questions.

Berlin Wall: Stop at the Berlin Wall, wander through Checkpoint Charlie, and stand in the deathstrip under a watchtower. Understand why the Berlin Wall was built, what led to its fall and how Berlin is dealing with its past.

Third Reich: Stand on top of Hitlers bunker and where years earlier the Nazis had their famous book-burning. See the Reichstag and grasp how its fateful burning led to Hitlers rise to power.

Prussian Berlin: Well understand how the mighty Prussians molded Berlin into a European power. Ride through the Brandenburg Gate like many previous armies, over the Museum Island, across the Gendarmenmarkt and much more.

Some of the tour sights include:

- Berlin Wall see one of the last remaining sections still standing
- Brandenburg Gate ride through Germanys most famous monument
- Marienkirche Berlins oldest functioning church
- Red Town Hall city hall of now-unified Berlin
- Marx & Engels Platz monuments still standing of communisms founders in the former East
- Palace of the Republic sight of the former communist East German parliament, now being dismantled
- Hitlers bunker discuss the final days of the Nazis
-Potsdamer Platz the new downtown of Berlin
- Gendarmenmarkt Berlins beautifully quaint square
- Nazi Topography of Terror open-air museum in the former HQ of the Nazi Gestapo and SS
- St. Hedwigs Cathedral
- Unter den Linden Berlins most famous boulevard
- Deathstrip see how East & West Berlin were divided
- Checkpoint Charlie Explore this most famous Cold War landmark and border crossing through the Wall
- Humboldt University
- Museum Island Pergamon Museum, Altes Museum, Bode Museum
- Luftwaffe Ministry intact Nazi air force ministry
- Bebelplatz site of the Nazi book-burning
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Controversial and powerful massive new memorial
- Reichstag beautifully restored parliament house yet site of one of Berlins fi nal WWII battles
- State Opera House

And much, much more!

Inclusions:
Segway, native English-speaking guide, taxes, insurances, and a great time!

Exclusions:
Food and drink at the beer garden break

Child Policy
Participants must be at least 16 years old.

Times: April 1 October 31: Daily at 10am
Running Time: 3,5 - 4 hours

Please make your way to the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz. Take the metro to Alexanderplatz Station. Tours start at the TV Tower entrance with an introduction before grabbing bikes.

BIG MUSICAL BIG COMEDY BIG HAIR!

Its time to let your hair down and dance the night away! HAIRSPRAY, Broadways hit musical comedy is coming to Cologne!

In 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, plump teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight. She then launches a campaign to integrate the show. Hairspray is a social commentary on the injustices of parts of American society in the 1960s.

The musical's original Broadway production opened on August 15, 2002 and won eight Tony Awards out of thirteen nominations. It played for over 2,500 performances. Hairspray has also enjoyed U.S. national tours and numerous foreign productions and was adapted for a 2007 musical film. The London West End production was nominated for a record-setting eleven Laurence Olivier Awards, winning for Best New Musical and in three other categories.

The Broadway production closed on January 4, 2009.

Performance Info

- Tuesdays @ 8pm
- Wednesdays @ 6.30pm
- Thursdays @ 8pm
- Sundays @ 7pm
- Fridays @ 8pm
- Saturdays @ 3pm
- Sundays @ 2pm
- Saturdays @ 8pm

Please exchange voucher at the box office for original tickets.

Join us for a fascinating day trip with a private bus to Dresden - the royal residence of the Saxon Kings, who established a city of such cultural and artistic splendour it was named The Pearl of the Baroque and is considered one of Germany's most beautiful capitals. The Old City is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage City.

Dresden is also widely known for the devastating and controversial Allied bombing campaign. US and Royal Air Force bombers dropped 3,900 tons of high-explosive and incendiary bombs over 3 days in February 1945, destroying 13 square miles of the city. It caused a firestorm of such intensity many of the estimated 40,000 civilian casualties died of asphyxiation. American Kurt Vonnegut, who was a POW in Dresden during the firebombing, later memorialised the event in his novel Slaughterhouse-Five.

We'll explore the immaculately restored Old Town including the famous Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche), the Semper Opera House, the 'Balcony of Europe' - once Dresden's defensive rampart on the River Elbe, and the Zwinger medieval fortress - home to the Old Masters Collection featuring works by Raphael, Rembrandt, Rubens and more.

Hear stories of Dresden at the time of August the Strong (who allegedly sired 300 children), on to horrific wartime experiences, the Communist era and also discover the vibrant city of today - enjoy free time to visit the world class museums, relax on the waterfront, or stroll through the flea market.

Tour Info

Times: Year round

* 9 am Wednesday and Sunday from McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station

Running Time: 10 Hours

Please make your way to the McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station. Your guide will be there 15 minutes prior to tour time.

Insider Tours provides an unparalleled history of the the most defining figure and regime of the 20th Century Hitler and the Third Reich. Our authoritative guides have made this one of the world's most highly regarded tours on the subject mixing integral sites with profound history.

Starting in the heart of west Berlin before the cragged spire of the bombed out Memorial Church, get a full description of: the ferocity of the Allied bombing campaign and the defence of the Nazi Reich Capital; the Cross of Coventry and the Madonna of Stalingrad; where the mammoth flak towers stood; and the experiences of those caught in the onslaught of the Soviet forces

Discover the remains of the 1000 year Reich and see Goering's Air Defence Ministry where the Luftwaffe co-ordinated the Battle of Britain, the site of Goebbels' Propaganda Ministry, and the ruins of Himmler's SS and Gestapo HQs by the "Topography of Terror" exhibit.

Take an imaginary stroll down the North-South axis of "Germania" designed by Albert Speer - from the towering Great Hall to the monumental arch.

Visit the site of Hitler's New Reichs Chancellery, the seat of power of Nazi held Europe, and the exact location of the Fhrer Bunker - we provide a step by step account of Hitler's suicide, the last days spent in the bunker, and the fate of his remains - our information stems from the latest Soviet archives and detailed research.

Up and beyond the average we follow the route of the Soviet attack towards the final battlefield for the Reichstag and stop before the Soviet Memorial flanked with T34 Tanks and Red Army Howitzers.

We describe Post Great War Germany and explain the Nazi's rise to power, Hitler's "Lebensraum" Policy and the path to war and Europe's destruction.

As Berlin became a stage of fire and death Hitler reiterated the original premise of Nazism - total victory or annihilation - we outline the ramifications it held for the new world.

As featured on SBS Australia's documentary: "Dark Tourism";

Tour Info

Year round: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday at 10 am

Running Time: 4 Hours

Please make your way to the McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station. Your guide will be there 15 minutes prior to tour time.

Insider Tours has produced an extraordinary history necessary for a place that played such an integral role in the execution of the Holocaust. Researched and guided mainly by Nigel Dunkley former British Military attach in Berlin and one of the leading military historians world wide.

Built in the Summer of 1936 some 70 years ago Sachsenhausen initially facilitated the removal of "antisocial" elements as Berlin hosted the spectacular Olympics held that year.

More than 200 000 were imprisoned here by the Nazis of which some 50 000 were brutally murdered - as opposed to Auschwitz which served the policy of racial genocide, Sachsenhausen victims were a mix of political opponents and then only later groups defined as racially or biologically inferior - increasingly from the newly occupied territories of Nazi dominated Europe.

"cutting edge" , Sunday Times

We explain why Nazi architects conceived the grounds as the ideal structure for a concentration camp, giving expression to the SS world view of complete subjugation of prisoners to the absolute power of the SS. As the first camp established under Heinrich Himmler find out how Sachsenhausen was used as a training ground of the Holocaust and the realities of life and death there: from starvation, disease, forced labour, or as victims of systematic extermination of the SS and visit the punishment cells, execution grounds and crematorium, Pathology Laboratory and hospital, and the "pit" where victims were thrown into to simply rot.

Learn of the stories of valour such as the British Royal Marine Commandos used to test German army equipment to breaking point who refused to have their will broken, the fate of Stalin's son here, where Hitler's personal prisoner was detained in isolation for 5 years before his execution, and the attempted use of "death marches" to murder remaining survivors before Soviet liberation.

We also detail life and death in Special Camp No. 1/7 as Sachsenhausen was to become under the Soviets. Until its closure in March 1950 another 60 000 were captive here of which 12 000 died of similarly catastrophic conditions of hunger, psychological and physical exhaustion, many were former Nazi functionaries, German POWs and Soviet deserters.

Beyond the norm and rarely noted we find it essential for a responsible and complete tour to what is essentially a place of death to elaborate on the delicate yet fascinating issue of memorialisation in relation to Saschsenhausen and with some comparison to the Jewish Holocaust Memorial.

Duration

*6 hours inc. travel time
*Note if you join us at either the Zoo Station or from Hackescher Markt please bring along a train ticket, you'll require an ABC zone ticket (one way is 2.80 or a day pass is 6.50 and a small group ticket for up to 5 people for the day 16.10).

Tour Info

Year Round:
*10:00 am EVERY DAY except Monday & Wednesday

Running Time: 6 Hours

Please make your way to the McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station. Your guide will be there 15 minutes prior to tour time.

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no afternoon tours from November through April

Take our ALL main sites tour and you'll get to stand over the exact location of Hitler's bunker, walk underneath the Brandenburg Gate, visit the government quarter with the Reichstag Parliament, pass through Checkpoint Charlie, touch the Berlin Wall and much more...

Since the return of the Capital to Berlin nothing has stayed the same. What has resulted is the largest construction effort in modern history! Areas that made up the "Death Strip" dividing Berlin now fall in the futuristic city centre - as do the hidden Nazi War Bunkers and the controversial Holocaust Memorial. Berlin truly is a city at the crossroads of a tumultuous past while in the process of forging an optimistic future. As the New Europe gravitates back towards its centre Berlin prepares to play the role of gateway between the east and west - this time as a European metropolis.

We've designed a thorough all encompassing tour which tends to leave people somewhat amazed, this is not your regular tour.

Beginning our adventure in the heart of Cold War west Berlin's showcase of capatalism with the looming bombed out spire of the Memorial Church before us stroll into the history of the Teutonic Knights and Prussian Kings, through the Royal Hunting Grounds and stand before the Victory Column - marking the birth of the German nation and Europe as we know it today.

Then, follow the route of the Soviet attack up to the final battle ground of the Reichstag Parliament - crowned with Norman Foster's glass dome, and by the futuristically charged Government Quarter and Federal Chancellory ... then comes the East!

Pass over the line of the Death Strip, the exact location above Hitler's Bunker, under the Brandenburg Gate, by the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe, through the intersection of Checkpoint Charlie, and finish with an account of the momentous events which led to the fall of the Wall whilst standing amidst the heart of the East German Government Quarter and the New Berlin...

Key features of the Tour

­Nazi legacy - cover the rise and fall of the Third Reich, stand above Hitler's Bunker and by new bunker excavations: - get the final version of events regarding Hitler's suicide and the last days spent in the Bunker - we utilize information of recently released Soviet archives - speculation can now be put to rest.

Cold War - stand by the Berlin Wall, again we access information of newly released Cold War documents verifying why it really went up - you may be surprised by our version of events. Know what it meant to live in the east, why people risked their lives escaping - and the aftermath today...

Checkpoint Charlie - hoisted away June 22 1990, Charlie finally came in from the Cold, (subsequently housed in the Allied Museum), pass through the intersection now home to an emerging business district, yet once the scene of superpower tensions, escape attempts - successful and failed...

Victory Column - unbridled Prussian military arrogance at its best, what the French did to seek revenge... and how to this day it still provokes wariness as one of the city's most impressive and major of landmarks

Brandenburg Gate - follow in the footsteps of Napolean, Bismarck, the German Kaisers, the Nazis and Allied forces as the struggle for European and world power shifted between east and west. Having stood alone in the Death Strip for 28 years, it now symbolizes the rebirth of the re-unified metropolis - Berlin

Potsdamer Platz - returning Berlin as Capital resulted in the largest construction effort to have been undertaken in modern history - with Potsdamer Platz at its core, this represents the future; German technology and corporate ambitions entering a new millennium - there's nowhere quite like it.

Reichstag - riddled with the bullet holes from the last battle in Europe and now crowned with Lord Fosters glass dome - a beacon of kind guiding the course of the new Capital Republic. Throughout the Cold War the West German Parliament congregated here each year symbolically...a gesture that if Germany were re-unified it would once again serve as the parliament, it does now.

Revolution '89 - Stand before the ruins of the Berlin Palace and shell of the GDR's "Palace of the Republik": the gripping story of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Wall and unification of Germany. In this area in 1989 hundreds of thousands of East Germans chanted - WE ARE THE PEOPLE, as the Politburo observed with fear and while the international press flooded into Berlin to document one of the greatest events of history in our lifetime - we recount what led to the fateful press conference that sparked the collapse of the Wall and end of the Cold War - get a proper understanding of the amazing events that unified a people, and makes Berlin and Europe the place it is today...

Duration

* 4 hours inc. travel time
* If you join us at the Zoo Station please bring along a train ticket (2,10 one way) or ask your guide for assistance, from Hackescher Markt no train ticket is required as the tour is completely on foot from there.

Tour Info

Apr 1st Oct 31st:
* 10 am & 2.30 pm d­aily

Nov 1st March 30th:
* 10 am daily

Running Time: 4 Hours

Please make your way to the McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station. Your guide will be there 15 minutes prior to tour time.

Potsdam is Berlins most popular day-trip destination and for good reason. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site its a veritable playground for biking with many Prussian and Cold War sights tucked deep in parks and along quiet alleyways.

We start the tour at the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz, where we also have the bikes. From there we take our bikes with us on the train to Potsdam. Once there we leisurely explore the various palaces and facets of Potsdam, covering about 10 miles (16km) in roughly 4,5 hours. With transportation time on the train the total duration of the tour is about 6,5 hours.

Sanssouci: Explore the New Palace, Orangerie, the windmill, gardens and Fredrick the Greats famous Sanssouci Palace.

Historic Center: Ride through Potsdams Brandenburg Gate and through the Dutch quarter. Compare the quaintness of Potsdam with the big-city feel of Berlin.

New Gardens: See the fantastic Marble Palace before going into Cecilienhof, where Truman, Stalin, and Churchill concluded the Potsdam Agreement. Entry and audio guide into Cecilienhof Palace are included! (Regular price EUR 6,00)

Cold War: Ride through no-mans land between West Berlin and East Germany and over the Glienicke Bridge where Cold War spy exchanges routinely took place.

Potsdam Bike Tours highlights:

Appreciating the power, lifestyle, and grandeur of the Hohenzollern legacy through their various lavish gardens, parks, and palaces.

Understanding the impact the Potsdam Agreement at Cecilienhof had on Europe to close out World War II foreshadowing an era of tension and distrust in the ensuing Cold War. Explore the interior!

Comparing the Potsdam of today - a vibrant university city filled with creative minds and energy within the backdrop of life under communism behind the Iron Curtain.

Realizing that with its 20+ palaces, numerous parks and gardens, unique WWII and Cold War role in history, and distinct present-day flair, that Potsdam is far more than the Versailles of Berlin, but rather earning of its UNESCO World Heritage status in many ways.

Regardless if this is your first trip to Berlin or if you already feel like ein Berliner, our bike tours are great ways to see the city and understand what makes Berlin so special.

Here are just some of the many reasons why:

Berlin and Potsdam flat and bike friendly. Our tours take advantage of this and ride almost exclusively on bike paths and less-traveled roads.

We stop every few hundred meters to discuss the sights and take photos, so our tours arent the least bit strenuous. Why punish your feet walking?

Our expert guides provide fascinating anecdotes to deliver relevant information youll absorb and take with you.

We make sure to divide up large groups for the highest standards of personal service. We have expert guides and a wide selection of new bikes.

Inclusions:
Bike, native English-speaking guide, admission and audio guide into Cecilienhof Palace, train transportation to and from Potsdam, taxes, insurances, and a great time!

Exclusions:
Food and drink at the beer garden break

Tour Info

May 1 August 31: Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 10:00am
Running Time: 6.5 hours

Please make your way to the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz. Take the metro to Alexanderplatz Station. You will see your guide 15 minutes prior to tour start time.

This powerful tour explores Berlin as the capital city of Nazi Germany. We visit the former Jewish quarter, location of Nazi bunkers, an air raid shelter, anti-aircraft installations, war-damaged buildings, Nazi resistance monuments, WWII battlefi elds, and more.

Our Third Reich / Nazi Germay bike tour is our greenest tour with much of the riding through parks. We relaxingly cover about 14km (8 miles) in about 4,5 hours and stop every hundred meters to take in the sites. Although very comprehensive, its not a strenuous tour.

By the end of the tour you will: Understand the circumstances that allowed a maniac like Hitler to achieve power.

Realize both the grim fate that awaited the victims of the Holocaust and grasp what life was like for ordinary citizens.

Draw the connection from the end of World War I to Hitlers rise and consequently his fall to the building of the Berlin Wall.

See the impact the Third Reich and WWII still have on Berlin, specifically by exploring the destroyed remnants of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Berlins old main train station.

Tour hightlights include:

Seeing where Jewish businesses were destroyed during the infamous Night of Broken Glass, as well as the monumental New Synagogue that survived that fateful night.

Exploring the destroyed remnants of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and Berlins old main train station, both of which stand as grim reminders to the damages of war.

Visiting one of the few remaining air raid shelters, which was topped with anti-aircraft guns and filled way beyond capacity during the Battle of Berlin.

Honoring the resistance movements against the Third Reich at the July 20th 1944 Memorial, soon to be brought to the limelight with Tom Cruises new controversial film Valkyrie.

Regardless if this is your first trip to Berlin or if you already feel like ein Berliner, our bike tours are great ways to see the city and understand what makes Berlin so special.

Here are just some of the many reasons why:

Berlin is almost 9 times the size of Paris yet very flat and bike friendly. Our tours take advantage of this and ride almost exclusively on bike paths and less-traveled roads.

We stop every few hundred meters to discuss the sights and take photos, so our tours arent the least bit strenuous. Why punish your feet walking?

Our expert guides provide fascinating anecdotes to deliver relevant information youll absorb and take with you.

We make sure to divide up large groups for the highest standards of personal service. We have expert guides and a wide selection of new bikes.

Inclusions:
Bike, native English-speaking guide, taxes, insurances, and a great time!

Exclusions:
Food and drink at the beer garden break

Tour Info

May 1 September 30: Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays at 10:30am

Running Time: 5 hours

Please make your way to the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz. Take the metro to Alexanderplatz Station. You will see your guide 15 minutes prior to tour start time.

Our Berlin Wall & Cold War Tour delves deeper into the darker sides of Berlins history. These tours go out further to reach extraordinarily impressive sights otherwise left out on bus, walking and boat tours. We cover only about 14km (8 miles) in about 5 hours and stop every few hundred meters to soak in the sights so our Berlin Wall & Cold War Bike Tour isnt strenuous.

We head away from the Mitte district and the pedestrian Cold War sights to take in more of the former East, more of the Wall, and more of what makes Berlin the unique city it is today.

Our Berlin Wall & Cold War Tour heads east along the imposing Karl-Marx-Allee before taking in the colorful East Side Gallery and the powerful Treptower Park Memorial.

From there we return through the former no-mans-land deathstrip to visit former checkpoints and hear tales of espionage and escape attempts.

To put the Cold War into perspective well timeline other important worldwide events to show how these effectively put Berlin at the forefront of Cold War tension.

We break for lunch at a nice caf in the remains of an old train station split off from its tracks by the Wall. Even our lunch break shows contrasts between East and West that we explore on the tour.

Tour highlights include:

Visiting the imposing Treptower Park Soviet Cenotaph. This is sure to be one of the most impressive sights on your European vacation. More than 3200 fallen Soviet troops are buried here and the reliefs lining the memorial are the fi nest of Stalinist propaganda. Its off the beaten tourist path yet quite accessible by bike and not to be missed.

Exploring the East Side Gallery, a kilometer-long stretch of still-standing Wall, famous for its graffiti. Its politically charged and we give you plenty of time to soak it in, so dont forget your camera.

Retracing more than 5km of where the Wall stood to understand differences still existing in former East and West Berlin.

Hearing numerous anecdotes of escape attempts and techniques, many on-site where they actually took place.

Regardless if this is your first trip to Berlin or if you already feel like ein Berliner, our bike tours are great ways to see the city and understand what makes Berlin so special. Here are just some of the many reasons why:

Berlin is almost 9 times the size of Paris yet very flat and bike friendly. Our tours take advantage of this and ride almost exclusively on bike paths and less-traveled roads.

We stop every few hundred meters to discuss the sights and take photos, so our tours arent the least bit strenuous. Why punish your feet walking?

Our expert guides provide fascinating anecdotes to deliver relevant information youll absorb and take with you.

We make sure to divide up large groups for the highest standards of personal service. We have expert guides and a wide selection of new bikes.

Inclusions:
Bike, native English-speaking guide, taxes, insurances, and a great time!

Exclusions:
Food and drink at the cafe break

Tour Info

May 1 September 30: Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 10:30am
Running Time: 5 hours

Please make your way to the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz. Take the metro to Alexanderplatz Station. You will see your guide 15 minutes prior to tour start time.

If your time in Berlin is just too short, then our All-in-One City Tour is for you! Tens of thousands of customers cant be wrong. Youll get a great orientation and see more in 4,5 hours than you could in days on your own.

In about 4,5 hours we leisurely cover around 6 miles (10 km) and stop every few hundred meters to take in the sights. Our tours arent strenuous and are applicable for all ages fitness levels.

Understand all facets of Berlin in one comprehensive tour as we cover ALL the main sights and hidden gems otherwise overlooked. Some of the discussion highlights include:

Berlin Wall: Stop at the Berlin Wall, wander through Checkpoint Charlie, and stand in the deathstrip under a watchtower. Understand why the Berlin Wall was built, what led to its fall and how Berlin is dealing with its past.

Third Reich: Stand on top of Hitlers bunker and where years earlier the Nazis had their famous book-burning. See the Reichstag and grasp how its fateful burning led to Hitlers rise to power.

Beer garden and Spree River: We cross through the massive Tiergarten Park for a lovely ride to a delightful beer garden. This is a great place to grab a drink, a bite to eat, and to plug your guide for more inside tips and pointers. Then soak in the scenery as we explore the sprawling new government quarter. Relax and enjoy!

Prussian Berlin: Well understand how the mighty Prussians molded Berlin into a European power. Ride through the Brandenburg Gate like many previous armies, over the Museum Island, across the Gendarmenmarkt and much more.

Some of the tour sights include:

Berlin Wall see one of the last remaining sections still standing.

Brandenburg Gate ride through Germanys most famous monument.

Marienkirche Berlins oldest functioning church.

Red Town Hall city hall of now-unified Berlin.

Marx & Engels Platz monuments still standing of communisms founders in the former East

Palace of the Republic sight of the former communist East German parliament, now being dismantled

Hitlers bunker discuss the final days of the Nazis

Victory Column the massive landmark deep in the heart of the Tiergarten

Potsdamer Platz the new downtown of Berlin

Gendarmenmarkt Berlins beautifully quaint square

Nazi Topography of Terror open-air museum in the former HQ of the Nazi Gestapo and SS

Soviet War Memorial where more than 2500 Soviet troops from the Battle of Berlin are buried

St. Hedwigs Cathedral

Unter den Linden Berlins most famous boulevard

Deathstrip see how East & West Berlin were divided

Checkpoint Charlie Explore this most famous Cold War landmark and border crossing through the Wall

Humboldt University

Museum Island Pergamon Museum, Altes Museum, Bode Museum

Luftwaffe Ministry intact Nazi air force ministry

Bebelplatz site of the Nazi book-burning

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Controversial and powerful massive new memorial

Reichstag beautifully restored parliament house yet site of one of Berlins fi nal WWII battles

State Opera House

And much, much more!

Regardless if this is your first trip to Berlin or if you already feel like ein Berliner, our bike tours are great ways to see the city and understand what makes Berlin so special.

Here are just some of the many reasons why:

Berlin is almost 9 times the size of Paris yet very flat and bike friendly. Our tours take advantage of this and ride almost exclusively on bike paths and less-traveled roads.

We stop every few hundred meters to discuss the sights and take photos, so our tours arent the least bit strenuous. Why punish your feet walking?

Our expert guides provide fascinating anecdotes to deliver relevant information youll absorb and take with you.

We make sure to divide up large groups for the highest standards of personal service. We have expert guides and a wide selection of new bikes

Inclusions:
Bike, native English-speaking guide, taxes, insurances, and a great time!

Exclusions:
Food and drink at the beer garden break

Tour Info

March 1 April 30: Daily at 11am
May 1 September 30: Daily at 11am & 4pm
October 1 November 30: Daily at 11am
December 1 February 28: Wednesdays and Saturdays only at 11am
Running Time: 4.5 hours

Please make your way to the main entrance of the TV Tower in Alexanderplatz. Take the metro to Alexanderplatz Station. You will see your guide 15 minutes prior to tour start time.

Opera in two acts by Franz Schmidt. Performed in German.

Opera with prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.
Performed in Italian with German surtitles.

Opera in three acts by Georg Friedrich Händel.
Performed in Italian with German surtitles.

La damnation de Faust (The Damnation of Faust) is a work for orchestra, voices, and chorus written by Hector Berlioz and called, by the composer, a "légende dramatique". It is often performed as an opera.

Premiere on 20 June 2010(3 Colours White), a ballet evening in several parts choreographed by David Dawson.

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Der Rosenkavalier" at the Semper Oper, and accommodation at the hotel of your choice.

Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

There are many recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed.

Act 1

The Marschallin's bedroom

Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (the Marschallin, the title given to a Field Marshal's wife) and her much younger lover, Count Octavian Rofrano exchange vows of love. To avoid scandal, he hides when a small black boy, Mohammed, brings the Marschallin's breakfast, and then again when loud voices are heard in the antechamber. He returns disguised as a chambermaid, "Mariandel".

The Marschallin's country cousin Baron Ochs has unexpectedly arrived to discuss his engagement to Sophie, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. After boorishly describing his personal pastime of chasing skirts, and demonstrating on the disguised Octavian, he asks the Marschallin which cavalier he should select to deliver the traditional silver engagement rose to Sophie. She recommends Octavian, and when Ochs sees the young count's picture, he notices the similarities in the count's face to the chambermaid "Mariandel's" and assumes that she is Octavian's illegitimate sister. The coarse Ochs propositions "the chambermaid," and, in response, Octavian pretends to be the country maid but leaves the first chance he gets.

The room then fills with supplicants to the Princess. An Italian tenor serenades the Marschallin, while Ochs works out the marriage contract with the Marschallin's notary. Two Italian intriguers, Valzacchi and Annina, try to sell the Princess the latest scandal sheets, and offer their surveillance services to Ochs. Rudely interrupting the tenor's song, Ochs tells the lawyer to demand a dowry from Sophie's family, and leaves, but not before employing the two Italians. Amidst all the activity, the Marschallin remarks to her hairdresser: "My dear Hippolyte, today you have made me look like an old woman."

When all have left, the Marschallin, reminded of her own early marriage by Ochs's young bride, sadly ponders her fleeting youth and the fickleness of men. By the time Octavian returns (in men's clothes), she has realized that one day he will leave her. She tells him so, and despite his fervent vows of love, she knows his love will not last. He is stunned by her mood change and abruptly leaves. She suddenly realizes that she has forgotten to kiss him goodbye, and sends some footmen after him. But it is too late, and he is gone. The Marschallin summons her page to take the silver rose to Octavian to deliver to Sophie. After Mohammed departs, Marie Therese stares pensively into her hand mirror as the curtain falls.

Act 2

The von Faninals' home

Herr von Faninal and Sophie await the arrival of the Rosenkavalier (Knight of the Rose), Octavian. Following tradition, Faninal departs before the Knight appears. Sophie frets over her approaching marriage with a man she has never met as her duenna, Marianne, reports on the approach of Octavian. Octavian arrives with great pomp, dressed all in silver. He presents the silver rose to Sophie in an elaborate ceremony. Immediately, the two young people are attracted to each other and they sing a beautiful duet.

During a chaperoned conversation, Sophie and Octavian begin to fall in love, but Ochs enters with Sophie's father. The Baron speaks familiarly with Octavian (even though they have never met), examines Sophie like chattel and behaves generally like a cad. Ochs's servants begin to chase the maids, sending the household into an uproar. Sophie starts to weep, and Octavian promises to help her. He embraces her, but they are discovered by Ochs's Italian spies, who report to him. Ochs is only amused, considering the much-younger Octavian no threat, but Octavian's temper is raised enough to challenge the bull-headed Baron to a duel. The Baron receives a slight wound in the arm in the fracas and cries bloody murder. As a doctor is sent for, Sophie tells her father she never will marry the Baron, but her father insists she will and threatens to send her to a convent. Octavian is thrown out, and Sophie is sent to her room. As Ochs is left alone on the divan with his wounded arm in a sling, he begins to raise his spirits with a glass of port. Annina enters with a letter for Ochs from "Mariandel" (Octavian) asking to meet him for a tryst. The now recovered and drunk Ochs, in anticipation of his imminent meeting, dances around the stage to one of the opera's many waltzes. He makes a serious mistake: he forgets to tip Annina.

Act 3

A private room in an inn

Valzacchi and Annina have switched alliances, and are now helping Octavian prepare a trap for the Baron. Ochs and "Mariandel" arrive for a private dinner. Ochs tries to seduce the seemingly willing chambermaid, though he is disturbed by her resemblance to Octavian. The guilt-ridden baron catches glimpses of the heads of Octavian's conspirators as they pop out of secret doors. A woman (Annina in disguise) rushes in claiming that Ochs is her husband and the father of her children, all of whom rush in crying "Papa! Papa!" As the confusion grows, Ochs calls for the police.

The police arrive, and to avoid a scandal, Ochs claims that "Mariandel" is his fiancée Sophie. Octavian lets the Police Commissioner in on the trick, and the Officer plays along. Furious for being enmeshed in the scandal, Faninal arrives and sends for Sophie to clear his and his daughter's name. Sophie arrives and asks the Baron to leave her alone. Just as Ochs is completely befuddled and embarrassed, the Marschallin enters. The Princess sends the Police and all the others away, and orders the Baron to leave gracefully, salvaging what is left of his dignity. Ochs finally leaves, pursued by various bill collectors. The Marschallin, Sophie, and Octavian are left alone.

The Marschallin recognizes that the day she so feared has come, as Octavian hesitates between the two women. In the emotional climax of the opera, the Marschallin gracefully releases Octavian, encouraging him to follow his heart and love Sophie. She then withdraws elegantly to the next room to talk with Faninal. As soon as she is gone, Sophie and Octavian run to each other's arms. Faninal and the Marschallin return to find the lovers locked in an embrace. After a few bittersweet glances to her lost lover, the Princess departs with Faninal. Sophie and Octavian follow after another brief but ecstatic love duet, and the opera ends with the Marschallin's little black page, Mohammed, running in to retrieve Sophie's dropped handkerchief, and racing out again after the departing nobility.

Spend a unique evening in the amazing ambience of the baroque Nymphenburg Palace. The Schloss concert - dinner takes you into a sensual world full of art, dining and music.

The Concert is held in the baroque Hubertussaal and after the concert you will enjoy a three-course-menu, served in the solemnly atmosphere of the Palace Restaurant "Schwaige". We present masterpieces of classical music from Mozart, Rossini, Vivaldi and many more, which are performed by outstanding artists in historic costumes. The concert is moderated and offers not only amazing music, but also interesting details of the composers` lives or on the background of the artwork.

The royal glance of the palace and the sensual combination of music and dining, make the Schloss concert - dinner a unique experience.

Gourmet Dinner - 5pm in Schlosswirtschaft Schwaige - includes 1 Glass of Champagne.

24/04/10 7:30 PM Johann-Strau-Gala
08/05/10 7:30 PM Wiener Klassik-Nacht
09/05/10 7:00 PM Verdi-Gala
22/05/10 7:30 PM Salzburger Mozart-Nacht
12/06/10 7:30 PM Vivaldi: Vier Jahreszeiten
13/06/10 7:00 PM Italienische Nacht
24/07/10 7:30 PM Hndel: Wassermusik
31/07/10 7:30 PM Die schnsten Opernchre
01/08/10 7:00 PM Carmen
07/08/10 7:30 PM Verdi-Nacht
08/08/10 7:00 PM Mozart-Nacht

Please exchange voucher at the Box Office 30 mins prior to show.

Oberammergau and Obermühle are approximately 50 miles south of Munich, with easy transfers by road or rail . This picturesque village lies in the Ammer Valley surrounded by mountains, meadows and forests and provides the perfect backdrop for the open-air stage at the Passion Play theatre. Oberammergau is also famous for its woodcarving and the traditional Bavarian and religious scenes painted on the facades of many of the buildings.

In 2010 the villagers of Oberammergau will perform for the 41st time, on a new open-air stage to an audience of 5000, seated in state-of-the-art covered seats - enabling performances to go on whatever the weather.

The history of the Oberammergau Passion Play begins in 1633. During the Thirty Years' War, after much suffering and many deaths caused by the plague, the surviving population of Oberammergau vowed that they would perform the "play of the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ" every ten years if they were spared from extinction. Each year the plays have played to capacity audiences – making this an exclusive as well as wonderful occasion.

The 2010 Passion Play, performed in German, runs from May to October. The performance lasts over five hours, however there is a three-hour break for dinner which is provided in our package at a wonderful restaurant in easy walking distance of the theatre. The first part is performed in the afternoon and the second part is performed in the evening with the added effect of the sun setting on the back-drop of mountains. The 41st production includes newly revised text and music especially created for the performance by the composer Rochus Dedler.

Our Package Price includes:

• A category 1A (best seat) ticket to the Passion Play

• 2 nights accommodation with buffet breakfast in the 4 Star Best Western Hotel, Obermühle. Please note that local bus & taxi transfers are easily available and public shuttle buses are also planned. The hotel is well placed, within 15 minutes drive of Oberammergau.

• Dinner in the hotel on the day of arrival

• Lunch in a restaurant in Oberammergau before the performance

• Dinner in a restaurant in Oberammergau in the break of the performance

• Programme

• Advance booking fee and tourist tax:
Up to four single rooms per performance are available to clients with no added single supplement

Performance Times

First half begins @ 2.30pm & ends @ 5pm

Second half begins @ 8pm & ends @ 10.30pm

Running Time: 5 hours

Visits to the Passion Play can be combined with visits to the Bregenz Opera Festival and the Munich Oktoberfest, both within easy travelling distances.

Built in 2000, the Hamburg Dungeon is a tourist attraction from a chain including the London Dungeon and York Dungeon. It is the first of this brand to be built in mainland Europe.

It provides a journey through Hamburgs dark history in an actor led, interactive experience. Shows are:

Torture Chamber: A show based on the interrogation of those thought to be smuggling to defy the 18th century Napoleonic invasion.

Great Fire of Hamburg: Visitors have to find their way through the terrible fire that devastated much of Hamburg in 1842.

The Plague: A recreation of the streets of plague ravaged Hamburg street, where the effect the killer disease had in the city in 1664 is animated.

Labyrinth of the Lost: A mirror maze.

The Inquisition: The visitor stands in an Inquisition court where they are accused of sins against God! The punishments are always harsh and the court is unforgiving as some of the darkest moments of the countrys history are played out.

Times: Daily at 10am

Closed on 24th & 25th Dec

Adult: 15 - 59 years

Child: 3 - 14 years

Concession: Students 15 - 26 years & Senoirs 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: Opened daily at 10am - last admission 4 p.m. (closing at 5 p.m.)

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times

July-07.Sept (daily) 10am-7pm

May-June and 8.Sept till 31.Oct (daily) 10am-6pm

November-April (Monday to Friday) 10am-5pm
(Sat, Sun, bank holidays and vacations Baden-Wrttemberg) 10am-6pm

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: Daily at 10am

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: Daily at 10am

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: 10am to 6.30pm (last entry at 5pm)

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: Opens from 10am to 6pm (till closes at 17.00 hrs)

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: Opens at 10am

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

The SEA LIFE is a spectacular attraction in which visitors feel themselves immersed in the marine environment rather than mere spectators.

SEA LIFE features a dramatic walkthrough underwater see-through tunnel where it often seems that you are the captive creature while the fish swim freely watching you rather than the other way round.

Gone are the gallery-style collections of oblong tanks, and in their place displays of all shapes and sizes offering astonishingly close views of an array of creatures through windows which are flat, curved and even bubble-shaped!

Increasing awareness of the importance of safeguarding the seas and their inhabitants is an integral element of the SEA LIFE experience, and the companys marine experts are actively involved in a wide range of research, rescue and conservation endeavours.

Times: 10am to 7pm (last admission 6 p.m.)

Adult - 15-59 years

Child - 3-14 years

Concession - Students 15-26 years and Seniors 60+

Please go to the fast track / pre-booked tickets entrance and exchange voucher for original tickets at the counter.

An opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa and based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.

La Bayadère (The Temple Dancer) (Russian Баядерка - Bayaderka) is a ballet, originally staged in four acts and seven scenes.

Fidelio (Married Love) is an opera in two acts by Ludwig van Beethoven, his only work in this genre, with libretto by Joseph Sonnleithner and Georg Friedrich Treitschke. It was composed between 1804 and 1805, revised in 1806 and once more in 1814. The original three act version premiered on 20 November 1805 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna; the first revised version (in two acts) also premiered at the Theater an der Wien on 29 March 1806 and the second revised version premiered on 23 May 1814 at the Kärntnertortheater in Vienna.

Choreography by Aaron S. Watkin, William Forsythe, Jiří Bubeniček, Jiří Kylián.

Boris Godunov, the regent of the young Tsar Fyodor, has arranged the assasination of the Tsar's half-brother and heir Dimitriĭ, in order to seize power. When the Tsar himself dies Boris pretends to decline the crown, but his agents incite the Muscovite crowd to acclaim him as the new Tsar. Though racked with guilt, Boris is crowned. In the monastery of Chudov an old monk Pimen is writing a chronicle of Russia. He tells his novice Grigoriĭ of the history surrounding Boris, and Grigoriĭ resolves to avenge the murdered Dimitriĭ. Leaving the monastery Grigoriĭ claims to be the dead Tsarevich and with two vagabond friars Varlaam and Misail escapes across the border into Lithuania. In his Kremlin rooms Boris learns of the pretender. His councillor Shuĭskiĭ aims to reassure him by recounting the murder of Dimitriĭ but this throws Boris into a state of hallucination.

In Poland, Grigoriĭ's lover Marina dreams of becoming tsarina and her Jesuit confessor Rangoni exhorts her to support the Catholic cause. Marina joins Grigoriĭ in a moonlit rendezvous and she drives him forward with his ambitions.

In the Kromy forest the people are in disordered revolt against Boris but rally behind Grigoriĭ's call to follow him to Moscow. A simpleton is left behind bewailing the fate of the Russian people. The boyars hold an emergency meeting in the council hall in Moscow and Shuĭskiĭ describes the Tsar's unstable mental state, confirmed when Boris enters. Pimen arrives to describe a miraculous cure performed at the tomb of Dimitriĭ, causing the Tsar to collapse. Boris bids farewell to his son, prays for Russia, and dies.

Starting point:
BalloonGarden, Wilhelmstrasse/ corner Zimmerstrasse close to Checkpoint Charlie (metro U6 railway station Kochstrasse)
Duration: appr. 1 hour

Route:
BallonGarten> Potsdamer Platz > Embassy District > KaDeWe > Ku’damm > Straße des 17. Juni > Victory Column (Siegessäule) > Governement District > New Synagogue > Scheunenviertel (Jewish District) > Red Town Hall > Television Tower > Schlossplatz > Berlin Cathedral > Museum Island > Unter den Linden > Brandenburg Gate > BallonGarten

On the "Berlin-Classic" Trabi Safari you will experience a balanced mix of information about the city's historical roots and the pulsating life and growth of the rise of the new middle class.

General information:
Few years ago only a few enthusiasts dared to show themselves in public with their Trabis. Anyway, times have changed - so now the cult vehicle of the East is back. "To drive a Trabi once in a lifetime" has not only become the dream of car and "East" fanatics, but is ranging amongst the cultural "musts" for any visitor. With this unique sightseeing offer in Germany you you can combine unsurpassed driving feeling and nostalgic sightseeing with the real atmosphere of the past "East". No matter which colour your Trabi has or wether it's a convertable or a genuine closed one, on a tour with our all but ordinary fleet, driving fun is guaranteed.

On this tour it will be YOU taking over the steering wheel and maneuvring this unique vehicle. While you are enjoying the sights passing by the windows of your personal Trabi, your guide provides you with information about historical facts and funnny things via radio. A Trabi-Safari will be an incomparable experience for everyone and for sure one of the ultimate highlights of your visit in Germany!

Tour Info:

2010: Start at 10:00 a.m. / 11:30 a.m. / 01:00 p.m. / 03:00 p.m. / 04:30 p.m.

Running Time: Lasts 1hour

Maximum: 16 persons (4 trabis)

Guide accompanies all tours giving live explanations via radio.

Customers must call 0049 (0)302 759 2273 no later than 3 days prior to reserve the exact tour date and time.

Two of the most precious jewels of Bavaria can be seen during this excursion. The castle Linderhof built by King Ludwig II in French rococo style with its fantastic grotto and the moorish pavillon can be visited during our two hour stay lunch. We travel on to Oberammergau, world-famous for its Passion Plays, the woodcarvers and the richly painted houses (Lüftl-paintings). Time for sightseeing, shopping and a coffee break.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

See Castle of Linderhof and Oberammergau

Free Time for Sighseeing

Tour Info

Times: Tour departs at 10.15am every Sun

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz).

After driving through the village of Dachau we will reach the former concentration camp of Dachau. You will have plenty of time to visit the memorial site, the museum and the documentary film. We will provide explanations to the memorial site on the bus, however there is no guided tour on site. Visitors are asked to respect the dignity of the site by wearing appropriate attire.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Self-Guided Visit of Former Concentration Camp

Tour Info

Times: Tour departs at 1.15pm on Saturdays

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz).

Running Time: 4.5 hrs

Our trip through the Chiemgau gives you a beautiful view on the Lower Bavarian Alps. In Salzburg, the city of Mozart, we will have enough time for shopping and a walk through the picturesque old city. On lake Wolfgangsee, possibility of a boat ride to the White Horse Inn and a visit to the pilgrim church. Past lake Mondsee (Scene of "Sound of Music") return to Munich.

Some nationalities may require passport or a visa for Austria.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Time for Walking and Shopping and Salzburg

Lake Wolfgangsee

Tour Info

Times: This tour departs at 8.30am (Tues, Thurs, Sat).

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz).

Following the German Alpine Road you will have a splendid view of the Bavarian Alps. In Berchtesgaden optional ride in a special bus to Eagle’s Nest, Hitler’s former teahouse (open as of May). In case of snow and ice, the world famous Salt Mines will be visited instead.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

View of the Bavarian Alps

Optional Bus to Hitler’s Former Teahouse

Tour Info

Times: This tour departs at 8.30am (mon & Fri)

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz).

Along the Romantic Road we first reach Harburg, one of the oldest, biggest and best preserved castles of Southern Germany, which was first mentioned end of the 11th century. Through the Swabian crater landscape passing Dinkelsbühl arrive in Rothenburg, the most perfectly preserved medieval town in Europe. Time for sightseeing, lunch and shopping. Via the Hallertau, the world largest hop-growing area we return to Munich.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Ride Along the Romantic Road.

Time for Sightseeing, Lunch and Shopping in Rothenburg.

Tour Info

Times: Departs at 8.30am (Sun & Weds)
Running Time: 10.5 hrs

On the largest of the Bavarian lakes, Chiemsee, we take a boat ride to the Herreninsel. Here you visit Ludwig’s II castle, a replica of the palace of Versailles. We continue by boat to Fraueninsel. Time to visit the Benedictine church and a walk on the island. Castle included in the price.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Boat Ride to Herreninsel

Time For Walk on Island of Fraueninsel

Tour Info

Times: Departs at 8.30am on Mondays
Running Time: 10.5 hrs

This tour is guiding you along some of Bavaria’s most beautiful lakes, through the Karwendel-mountains to Innsbruck, city of the "golden roof" in Austria. One of the highlights of this extraordinary excursion is surely the visit of Swarovski’s "World of Crystals" designed by the famous Austrian performance - artist André Heller. At Innsbruck you have enough time to visit sightseeings of the historical center. Pass Olympic Wintergame places of 1964 and 1976 return to Munich.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

• Visit "World of Crystals"
• Time to Explore Innsbruck
• See Olympic Wintergame Places

Tour Info:

• Times: Tour departs at 8.30am every Friday
• Running Time: 10.5 hrs

Hidden in the seclusion of the mountains Ludwig II. built two of his dream castles: Neuschwanstein and Linderhof. This excursion shows you two extraordinary castles, both testifying to the vision of Bavaria’s fairytale King. Short shopping stop in Oberammergau. Approx. 4 hours time to visit Neuschwanstein and for lunch. A comprehensive visit of Linderhof with its fantastic grotto and moorish pavillon offers Tour 15.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

• Visit to Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castles

Tour Info:

• Times: Tour departs at 8.30am
• Running Time: 10.5 hrs

After visiting Ettal Monastery, we drive to Garmisch-Partenkirchen and on to Eibsee where we take the cablecar to the summit of the Zugspitze (9,788 ft.). On a clear day you can see over a thousand Bavarian, Austrian, Swiss and Italian mountain peaks. Descent by cogwheel train. Cablecar and cogwheeltrain included!

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

• Ettal Monaster
• Cablecar to Zugspitze Summit
• Transportation to and from Summit Included

Tour Info:

• Times: Tour departs at 10.15am every Sun
• Running Time: 8 hrs

On this tour you will pass beautifully illuminated monuments, fountains, and buildings. In the famous Hofbräuhaus you will be treated to an evening Bavarian style with music, show and dinner. After that you will be driven through the former artists’ quarter-Schwabing and on to the Olympic Grounds where you can ascend the Olympic Tower to enjoy the marvellous view of the city by night. To end the evening we will have a drink at a nightclub with live music.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Scenic Views in and Around Munich.

Evening at the Hofbräuhaus.

Price Includes Dinner, Guided Tour, Ascent of Olympic Tower, One Free Drink at Nightclub Visit, Entrance Fees.

Tour Info

Times: Tour departs at 7.30pm

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz

Running Time: 4.5 hrs

In addition to the major sights of Munich we will also visit the most modern soccer stadium in Europe, the “Allianz Arena” – venue for the World Soccer Championship 2006. A visit to the FC Bayern Grounds will follow. On match days visiting Allianz Arena isn´t possible. As an alternative we will visit the VIP area of the Olympic Stadium and Olympic Park.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Allianz Arena

FC Bayern Grounds

Tour Info

Times:

Tour departs at 9.30am Thur & Fri

Tour Departure Point: This tour departs from the front of the “Hertie” department store, across the main railway station (Hauptbahnhof, Bahnhofplatz).
Running Time: 3.5 hrs

This tour introduces you to the most beautiful and most outstanding sights of Munich and then takes you to the film studios on the southern city fringes where you learn about the studio premises’ long tradition. You are invited to view what goes on behind the scenes of television and motion picture sets.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Bavaria Film Studios

Guided Tour Behind the Scenes

Tour Info

Times: Sat & Sun @ 9.45am
Running Time: 3 hrs

Enjoy Munich in our open air double-decker buses. Discover the highlights of our city with our comprehensive Hop on Hop off tour. Our route invites you to discover sights such as the Pinakotheken art museums, the world-famous Hofbräuhaus, the National Theater with the Royal Palace, Marienplatz and the Viktualien market with its colorful outdoor stalls.

Our tour continues to the Palace of Nymphenburg, the former summer residence of the Bavarian elector princes and kings with its beautiful and spacious gardens.

To get an impression of modern Munich, you will visit the Olympic grounds where you will find other attractions like Sea Life, the BMW museum and the new BMW Car World (scheduled to open in July 2007). You will have a fantastic panoramic view from the top of the 290 meter high Olympic Tower. Later we will pass through the former artist quarter of Schwabing where you may stroll along Leopold street.

The frequent stopping points make this tour an unforgettable Munich experience.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Open Air Double-decker Buses

Palace of Nymphenburg

Visit Olympic Grounds

Tour Info

Times: First departure is at 10.00am & last is at 5.00pm
Running Time: 2.5 hrs

Enjoy Munich in our open air double-decker buses. Discover the highlights of our city with our comprehensive Hop on Hop off tour. Our route invites you to discover sights such as the Pinakotheken art museums, the world-famous Hofbräuhaus, the National Theater with the Royal Palace, Marienplatz and the Viktualien market with its colorful outdoor stalls.

Our tour continues to the Palace of Nymphenburg, the former summer residence of the Bavarian elector princes and kings with its beautiful and spacious gardens.

To get an impression of modern Munich, you will visit the Olympic grounds where you will find other attractions like Sea Life, the BMW museum and the new BMW Car World (scheduled to open in July 2007). You will have a fantastic panoramic view from the top of the 290 meter high Olympic Tower. Later we will pass through the former artist quarter of Schwabing where you may stroll along Leopold street.

The frequent stopping points make this tour an unforgettable Munich experience.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Open Air Double-decker Buses

Palace of Nymphenburg

Visit Olympic Grounds

Tour Info

Times: First departure at 10.00am & last at 5.00pm
Running Time: 2.5 hrs

Discover the highlights of our city with our concise Hop on Hop off tour in our open air double-decker buses. Our route presents to you such famous sights as the Pinakotheken art museums, the world famous Hofbräuhaus, the National Theater with the Royal Palace, Marienplatz and the Viktualien market with its colorful outdoor stalls.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Open air Double-decker Buses

Comprehensive Tour of Munich

Tour Info

Times: First departure at 10.00am & last at 5.00pm
Running Time: 1 hr

Since more than 30 years the Berliner Symphoniker are one of the most important symphony orchestras in Berlin. Famous conductors and chief conductors guaranteed the high quality of the concerts. Since 1997 Lior Shambadal is chief conductor of the Berliner Symphoniker and keeps up this tradition.

The Berliner Symphoniker are particularly renowned for their series of performances of classical concerts in the Philharmonic Hall and the Concert Hall in Berlin.

Since their foundation in 1966 the orchestra tours regularly very successful in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Great Britain. Special highlights of these touring activities were the performances during the International Musik Festival of Turkey, Egypt and Lucerne/ Switzerland followed by remarkable concerts through all important cities of the United States of America and Brazil.

In 2001 the Berliner Symphoniker were invited to play again in Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. These appearances received both critical and public acclaim. In autumn 2001 the Berliner Symphoniker went on tour to South America and had very successful concerts in Argentina, Brasil, Mexico, Uruguay and Venezuela. Another highlight of the touring activities were the concerts in Japan 2002.

Worldwide many recordings of the Berliner Symphoniker are available.

Performance Times

27th September 2009 @ 4:00pm

15th November 2009 @ 4:00pm

13th December 2009 @ 4:00pm - Christmas Gala

31st December 2009 @ 7:00pm - New Year's Eve Concert

24th January 2010 @ 4:00pm

14th February 2010 @ 4:00pm

14th March 2010 @ 4:00pm

25th April 2010 @ 4:00pm

The Berlin Philharmonic (in German: Die Berliner Philharmoniker), is an orchestra based in Berlin, Germany. In 2006, a group of ten European media outlets voted the Berlin Philharmonic number three on a list of "top ten European Orchestras", after the Vienna Philharmonic and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Its primary concert venue is the Philharmonie, located in the Kulturforum area of the city. Since 2002, its principal conductor is Sir Simon Rattle. The BPO also supports several chamber music ensembles.

Simon Rattle

Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is an English conductor. He rose to international prominence as conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and since 2002 has been principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

He gave his first concert as principal conductor of the BPO on 7 September 2002, leading performances of Thomas Ads' Asyla and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5, performances which received rave reviews from the press worldwide and were recorded for CD and DVD release by EMI.

Date	Time	Conductor
13 March 2010 9 April 2010 10 April 2010 17 April 2010 24 April 2010 8 May 2010 14 May 2010 21 May 2010 22 May 2010 29 May 2010 4 June 2010	8:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM	Mariss Jansons Sir Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle Andras Schiff Jiri Belohlavek David Robertson Claudio Abbado Sir Simon Rattle Sir Simon Rattle Dmitrij Kitajenko Herbert Blomstedt

L’elisir d’amore (The Love Potion or The Elixir of Love) is an opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, with libretto by Felice Romani. It was composed in 1832 and premiered on 12 May 1832 at the Teatro Canobbiana in Milan.

Onegin is a ballet in three acts choreographed by John Cranko to music by Tchaikovsky and from Alexander Pushkin’s narrative poem, Eugene Onegin. Onegin was premiered by Stuttgart Ballet in 1965.

No woman is safe from the Duke of Mantua: he takes what he likes. By force. His jester Rigoletto is known as an assistant who is as imaginative as he is merciless. The courtiers want to get even with him. They have been spying on him, and they now know that he lives together with a beautiful young woman who they assume is his lover. They then kidnap her as fresh meat for the duke and get Rigoletto to help with his eyes bound. He thinks that this is about his neighbours daughter or wife. What the courtiers dont realize: they are kidnapping Rigolettos daughter and are bringing to the duke the beauty whose love he has already gained incognito. Rigoletto screams for revenge and hires a killer. But the body that he receives is not that of the duke

Is an opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner between 1865 and 1882. It premiered at the Festspielhaus in Bayreuth on 26 July 1882.

Don Giovanni (also known as The Rake Punished) is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Giovanni Bertati’s opera Don Giovanni Tenorio, o sia Il convitato di pietra. It was composed in 1787 and premiered on 29 October at The Estates Theatre in Prague, conducted by the composer himself.

La Cenerentola (Cinderella) is an opera (drama giocoso) in two acts by Gioachino Rossini, with libretto by Giacomo Ferretti, after Charles Perrault’s tale Cendrillon. It premiered on 25 January 1817 at the Teatro Valle in Rome.

La Cenerentola/Askungen
 
La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cinderella. The opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.
 
Rossini composed La Cenerentola when he was 25 years old, following the success of The Barber of Seville the year before. La Cenerentola, which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. Rossini saved some time by reusing an overture from La gazzetta and part of an aria from The Barber of Seville and by enlisting a collaborator, Luca Agolini, who wrote the secco recitatives and three numbers (Alidoro's "Vasto teatro e il mondo", Clorida's "Sventurata!" and the chorus "Ah, della bella incognita.") The facsimile edition of the autograph has a different aria for Alidoro, "Fa silencio; odi un rumore"; this seems to have been added by an anonymous hand for a 1818 production. For a 1820 revival in Rome Rossini wrote a bravura replacement, "La del ciel nel l'arcanno profondo". The light, energetic overture has been in the standard repertoire since its premiere as La Cenerentola.
 

Phantasialand, Europe's most popular entertainment park, offers, as is its custom, the very best in entertainment for the whole family. All six theme areas in Phantasialand have top attractions, such as Winja's Fear and Winja's Force, the indoor spinning coasters in Wuze Town, the Colorado Adventure ghost train roller coaster in Silver City, the 65-meter-high Mystery Castle freefall tower and the River Quest rafting ride, Feng Ju Palace, the mystifying madhouse in China Town, and the Galaxy flight simulator in Old Berlin.

Those who prefer less commotion can relax on peaceful rides such as the Waltzing Dream and the Steam Carousel, enjoy culinary treats in one of the park's many theme restaurants or delight in the merry antics of the Living Characters in their colorful costumes and take in the fantastic shows, in particular the Arachnomé Winter Garden Show. Like its predecessor, "L’ar(c)tistique", "Arachnomé" has been chosen by the IAAPA as one of the best theme park shows in the world.

Winterdream

The Phantasialand winter dream is a real dream!

More winter? Nowhere! Genuine snow, a dreamlike atmosphere and unique novelties are guaranteed! More than a thousand Christmas trees are shining, lights are sparkling and the smell of gingerbread fills the air! Here, a winter dream comes true - for the whole family! For everybody!

Tour Info

Exchange this voucher at the box office on arrival.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL children under 7 years of age receive FREE ENTRY during 2010

HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS: Children must be between 1-1.45metres.

With this exclusive packaged hotel deal you will receive ticket(s) to "Europa Park Resort " and accommodation at the Hotel Colosseo.

At Europa-Park, the vision of a united continent has taken shape a long time ago. Discover the most beautiful European countries first hand. Here, Europe is not just a spot on the map, it comes alive in the hearts of the guests.

Germany: An excursion into German history

Italy: The realization of the European themed concept began in 1981 with the construction of this themed area. And till today, the Italian themed area has lost nothing of its Mediterranean charm.

England: Welcome to Merry Old England! A triumphal arch, an elegant glass pavilion, the nostalgic merry-go-round with its antique hand-carved horses and the majestic statue of Queen Victoria.

France: Bonjour! Welcome to the French themed area! Enjoy the scent of freshly baked bread and hot crpes in the Quartier Franais with its typical French flair.

Holland and Chocoland: Big adventures and picturesque sceneries. Windmills belong to Holland - this is why a stately windmill is situated in the picturesque Dutch village at Europa-Park. But those who have a glimpse behind the scenes, also discover a real land of adventures!

Greece: The land of the Gods: Welcome to Mykonos! Stroll through the typical Greek village and enjoy our neighbours Mediterranean joy of living.

Russia: From outer space straight to the czarist realm: After visiting the original MIR space station and the high-speed roller coaster Euro-Mir, which is named after the space station, you get to the Russian village, where you come across the cultural diversity of Eastern Europe.

Scandanavia: The marketplace with its beautiful Reindeer-Fountain always bustles with activity. The view of the colourful wooden houses along a roaring torrent and the Norvegian stave church, where you can even get married, is just breathtaking.

Spain: White faades, picturesque little towers, large flower beds on the plaza, richly ornamented balconies, fayences and azulejos those who stroll through the Spanish themed area will inevitably feel as if being in Sevilla.

Austria: Over hill and dale in the Austrian themed area. A splashing ride is waiting for you in the Tirol Log Flume. First, you glide slowly through a diamond cave in a hollow tree trunk. Then you are pulled up and race down a roaring torrent.

Children's World: A whole world for children at Europa-Park: the NIVEA Childrens World has turned into a beautiful scenery with lots of water, dunes, white sand and an original fishing cutter! While you relax on the sun deck, your little ones can play on a fun dune or set sail in the NIVEA Paddlers Tour or in little Childrens Boats.

Portugal: Europa-Park follows in the footsteps of the most famous discoverers - off to new shores towards Portugal. After a fast paced ride with turbulent rotations in dizzy heights, the 16 "crew members" plunge into a gigantic wave. A true challenge lies ahead.

Switzerland: a fantastic fun area representing our Swiss friends with wonderful attractions such as a balloon ride, Jungfrau-Gletscherflieger plane rides, Matterhorn Blitz, Swiss Bob Run, and Valasian Village.

Adventureland: Truely a proper adventure! Choose from Dwarf City, Fairy Tale Alley, Hydroelectric Power Station, Jungle Rafts, Mississippi Steamer and Stagecoach - or be a true adventurer and go on them all!

Street artists
Performances of all kinds are offered throughout the whole park

Shows and special performances
Leaflets with the show-times are available as you enter the park from the parking area. You can also find them posted in the local areas around the park.

Restaurants
You can choose from over 30 different restaurants and fast food places with over 5000 seats

Tour Info

Times: Every day from 9:00am - 6:00pm

Winter Season: 28th November - 10th January

Lyrical comedy in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi.

Carmen is an opera comique in four acts by Georges Bizet with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the story of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.

The opera premiered at the Opéra Comique of Paris on 3 March 1875, denounced by critics as "immoral" and "superficial".

An opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini with libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa and based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900.

Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac. It was first performed at the Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under the direction of Max Reinhardt.

There are many recordings of the opera, and it is regularly performed.

Act 1

The Marschallin's bedroom

Princess Marie Therese von Werdenberg (the Marschallin, the title given to a Field Marshal's wife) and her much younger lover, Count Octavian Rofrano exchange vows of love. To avoid scandal, he hides when a small black boy, Mohammed, brings the Marschallin's breakfast, and then again when loud voices are heard in the antechamber. He returns disguised as a chambermaid, "Mariandel".

The Marschallin's country cousin Baron Ochs has unexpectedly arrived to discuss his engagement to Sophie, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. After boorishly describing his personal pastime of chasing skirts, and demonstrating on the disguised Octavian, he asks the Marschallin which cavalier he should select to deliver the traditional silver engagement rose to Sophie. She recommends Octavian, and when Ochs sees the young count's picture, he notices the similarities in the count's face to the chambermaid "Mariandel's" and assumes that she is Octavian's illegitimate sister. The coarse Ochs propositions "the chambermaid," and, in response, Octavian pretends to be the country maid but leaves the first chance he gets.

The room then fills with supplicants to the Princess. An Italian tenor serenades the Marschallin, while Ochs works out the marriage contract with the Marschallin's notary. Two Italian intriguers, Valzacchi and Annina, try to sell the Princess the latest scandal sheets, and offer their surveillance services to Ochs. Rudely interrupting the tenor's song, Ochs tells the lawyer to demand a dowry from Sophie's family, and leaves, but not before employing the two Italians. Amidst all the activity, the Marschallin remarks to her hairdresser: "My dear Hippolyte, today you have made me look like an old woman."

When all have left, the Marschallin, reminded of her own early marriage by Ochs's young bride, sadly ponders her fleeting youth and the fickleness of men. By the time Octavian returns (in men's clothes), she has realized that one day he will leave her. She tells him so, and despite his fervent vows of love, she knows his love will not last. He is stunned by her mood change and abruptly leaves. She suddenly realizes that she has forgotten to kiss him goodbye, and sends some footmen after him. But it is too late, and he is gone. The Marschallin summons her page to take the silver rose to Octavian to deliver to Sophie. After Mohammed departs, Marie Therese stares pensively into her hand mirror as the curtain falls.

Act 2

The von Faninals' home

Herr von Faninal and Sophie await the arrival of the Rosenkavalier (Knight of the Rose), Octavian. Following tradition, Faninal departs before the Knight appears. Sophie frets over her approaching marriage with a man she has never met as her duenna, Marianne, reports on the approach of Octavian. Octavian arrives with great pomp, dressed all in silver. He presents the silver rose to Sophie in an elaborate ceremony. Immediately, the two young people are attracted to each other and they sing a beautiful duet.

During a chaperoned conversation, Sophie and Octavian begin to fall in love, but Ochs enters with Sophie's father. The Baron speaks familiarly with Octavian (even though they have never met), examines Sophie like chattel and behaves generally like a cad. Ochs's servants begin to chase the maids, sending the household into an uproar. Sophie starts to weep, and Octavian promises to help her. He embraces her, but they are discovered by Ochs's Italian spies, who report to him. Ochs is only amused, considering the much-younger Octavian no threat, but Octavian's temper is raised enough to challenge the bull-headed Baron to a duel. The Baron receives a slight wound in the arm in the fracas and cries bloody murder. As a doctor is sent for, Sophie tells her father she never will marry the Baron, but her father insists she will and threatens to send her to a convent. Octavian is thrown out, and Sophie is sent to her room. As Ochs is left alone on the divan with his wounded arm in a sling, he begins to raise his spirits with a glass of port. Annina enters with a letter for Ochs from "Mariandel" (Octavian) asking to meet him for a tryst. The now recovered and drunk Ochs, in anticipation of his imminent meeting, dances around the stage to one of the opera's many waltzes. He makes a serious mistake: he forgets to tip Annina.

Act 3

A private room in an inn

Valzacchi and Annina have switched alliances, and are now helping Octavian prepare a trap for the Baron. Ochs and "Mariandel" arrive for a private dinner. Ochs tries to seduce the seemingly willing chambermaid, though he is disturbed by her resemblance to Octavian. The guilt-ridden baron catches glimpses of the heads of Octavian's conspirators as they pop out of secret doors. A woman (Annina in disguise) rushes in claiming that Ochs is her husband and the father of her children, all of whom rush in crying "Papa! Papa!" As the confusion grows, Ochs calls for the police.

The police arrive, and to avoid a scandal, Ochs claims that "Mariandel" is his fiancée Sophie. Octavian lets the Police Commissioner in on the trick, and the Officer plays along. Furious for being enmeshed in the scandal, Faninal arrives and sends for Sophie to clear his and his daughter's name. Sophie arrives and asks the Baron to leave her alone. Just as Ochs is completely befuddled and embarrassed, the Marschallin enters. The Princess sends the Police and all the others away, and orders the Baron to leave gracefully, salvaging what is left of his dignity. Ochs finally leaves, pursued by various bill collectors. The Marschallin, Sophie, and Octavian are left alone.

The Marschallin recognizes that the day she so feared has come, as Octavian hesitates between the two women. In the emotional climax of the opera, the Marschallin gracefully releases Octavian, encouraging him to follow his heart and love Sophie. She then withdraws elegantly to the next room to talk with Faninal. As soon as she is gone, Sophie and Octavian run to each other's arms. Faninal and the Marschallin return to find the lovers locked in an embrace. After a few bittersweet glances to her lost lover, the Princess departs with Faninal. Sophie and Octavian follow after another brief but ecstatic love duet, and the opera ends with the Marschallin's little black page, Mohammed, running in to retrieve Sophie's dropped handkerchief, and racing out again after the departing nobility.

Times:

2009
- 22nd March 2009 @ 17:00
- 8th July 2009 @ 18:00

2010
- 19th Mar 2010 at 18.00

Running Time: Approx 3 Hrs

The siblings Hänsel and Gretel are sent by their mother to gather berries, and become lost in the forest. After a night in the wild with sandmen, guardian angels and dew fairies, they receive a dubious welcome to the fairy-tale house of the witch. They toss her into the oven. The gingerbread children, who are transformed back into their original human forms, dance through the happy end with Hansel, Gretel and their parents. For many friends of opera, this masterwork was the first formative experience of opera.

Macbeth is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, composed originally between 1846 and 1847, although was revised between 1864 and 1865. The original libretto was by Francesco Maria Piave (with additions by Andrea Maffei), after the tragedy of the same name by William Shakespeare and the revised libretto by Charles Nuittier Alexander Beaumont. It premiered at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence on 14 March 1847 and the revised version at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris on 21 April 1865.

Without doubt, one of the easiest ways to familiarise yourself with this fascinating city is by taking the DRESDEN GRAND CITY TOUR. Double-decker buses, featuring multiple language commentaries, transport you around Dresden and surrounding towns in just over 1½ hours on this unlimited hop-on/hop-off tour.

With buses running at 30 minute intervals and passing all of Dresden’s famous landmarks, you can disembark at your leisure, take in one of the many interesting sights then continue the tour on one of the following buses.

Tickets are valid for the whole day and also entitle the bearer to:

• Guided tour of the Zwinger Palace
• Guided tour of the Fürstenzug (Procession of Princes)
• Tour of Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady)
• Evening Trip

Tours begin from 9:30am next to the Semper Oper on Theatreplatz.

Concerts are given regularly in the Grand Hall of the Gewandhaus, featuring the works of composers from around the world.

2009 Calender

March 19th, 20th, 26th, 27th 2009 @8:00pm

April 2nd, 3rd, 16th, 17th 2009 @ 8:00pm

May 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th, 30th 2009 @ 8:00pm

June 11th, 12th, 26th, 27th 2009 @ 8:00pm

Simply light years ahead of the rest, this futuristic tale of the triumph of love and hope in the face of adversity is a feel-good musical with something for everyone; including over 20 of Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest songs and all the thrills and spills of roller-racing action.

Starlight Express brings every audience a performance with speed, spectacle and turbocharged excitement.

See it and you still won't believe it...

Starlight Express in Bochum is the musical of superlatives. With nearly 10 Million guests since the premiere in 1988 it is the most successful piece of music in a theatre worldwide. In over 6.200 Shows actors became living trains. No other musical in the world can achieve the acrobatic speed of STARLIGHT EXPRESS. 17 years ago on 12th of June 1988 the engines and wagons raced on skates with fantastic costumes, masks and wigs with over 60 km/h through the audience for the first time.

Guests of all ages and a big fan community are still feeling with Rusty when the young steam-engine competes against his challengers the hypermodern E-engine Electra or the arrogant Diesel-engine Greaseball - in the biggest race of international trains. STARLIGHT EXPRESS has always surprises in store. In 2002 there were the most spectacular innovations since the premiere in 1988: two more songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, faster and more acrobatic races as well as a new 30 metres long roller-skating track right through the stalls so that the audience is feeling the airstreams of the racing skaters close to their skin.

Acrobatic on roller-skates, singing and dancing actors, terrific races, breathtaking lightning effects, infectious songs that is STARLIGHT EXPRESS!

Performance Info

- Wednesdays @ 6.30pm
- Thursdays @ 8pm
- Sundays @ 7pm
- Fridays @ 8pm
- Saturdays @ 3pm
- Sundays @ 2pm
- Saturdays @ 8pm

- Thursday, 01.04.2010 8:00PM = Closed
- Friday, 02.04.2010 8:00 PM = No performance
- Tuesday, 06.04.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Tuesday, 25.05.2010 6:30 PM = Closed
- Thursday, 03.06.2010 6:00 PM = Earlier beginning
- Saturday,12.06.2010 03:00 PM + 08:00 PM = Closed
- Tuesday, 27.07.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Tuesday, 03.08.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Tuesday, 10.08.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Tuesday, 17.08.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Tuesday, 24.08.2010 6:30 PM = Additional show
- Sunday, 14.11.2010 2:00 PM = Closed
- Sunday, 21.11.2010 2:00 PM = Closed
- Friday, 24.12.2010 = Closed
- Thursday, 30.12.2010 3:00 PM = Additional show
- Friday, 31.12.2010 5:00 PM = Earlier beginning

Customers must exchange their voucher at the theatre box office 30 minutes prior to the performance.

With 15 hop-on/hop-off points Experience Berlin with our 8-language City-Circle-Tour. You can hop-on and hop-off at your leisure - 7 days a week.

Enjoy your most individual tour e. g. for a visit of the Pergamon-museum, boatride, visit at Potsdamer Platz or shopping at Kurfarstendamm or Friedrichstrasse. If you like, stay on the bus continually for the full two-hour tour.

You will see:

- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedchtniskirche/Memorial Church
- Europa Center
- KaDeWe
- Kulturforum
- Philharmonie
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Jadisches Museum/Berlin Museum
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Mauerreste/remains of the wall
- Preußischer Landtag/Prussian Parliament
- Martin Gropius Bau/building
- Potsdamer Platz
- Bundesrat
- Friedrichstraye
- Gendarmenmarkt Deutscher+ Franzasischer Dom/German+ French Cathedral
- Konzerthaus
- Nikolai-Quarter
- Berliner(Rotes) Rathaus/Town Hall
- Stadthaus
- Fernsehturm/TV Tower
- Alexanderplatz/square
- Hackesche Hafe
- Rosenthaler Platz/ Square
- Museumsinsel/Museums Island
- Berliner Dom/Cathedral
- Palast der Republik
- Lustgarten
- Alte/Old Nationalgalerie
- Zeughaus/Deutsches Historisches Museum
- Neue Wache
- Humboldt Universitat
- Kronprinzenpalais/Crown Princes Palace
- Prinzessinnenpalais/Princesses Palace
- St. Hedwigs Kathedrale
- Unter den Linden
- Lindencorso
- Brandenburger Tor
- Reichstag
- Lehrter Bahnhof
- Bundeskanzleramt
- Schloa/Palace Bellevue
- Siegessaule/Victory Column
- Technische Universitat Schloay/Palace
- Charlottenburg
- Kurfarstendamm

Tour Info

Departure Points:

10am:AM Kurfarstendamm 216 - Alexanderplatz
10:10am: DomAquaree / Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 5

Departure Times:

April - October: Every 15 minutes, Final Departure @ 4pm
November - March: Every 30 minutes, Final Departure @ 3pm

Running Time: approx 2 hours

Clients must call at least 24 hours prior to the tour date to reconfirm admission and arrange complimentary hotel pick-up, where available.

The old garrison town of Potsdam, situated just a stone's throw from Berlin, has become famous for its splendid palaces and gardens.

The palace of Sanssouci in Potsdam was a favourite refuge of the great Prussian king, Frederic II. Here the "philosopher of Sanssouci", as he was called, entertained some of the most educated men of this time, among them the French philosopher Voltaire, who was a long-term permanent guest.

The excursion includes an extensive guided tour of Sanssouci Palace, a stroll in the magnificent park and a city tour of Potsdam, taking in, among other sights, the Dutch Quarter and the Russian Colony Alexandrovka.

Clients must call at least 24 hours prior to the tour date to reconfirm admission and arrange complimentary hotel pick-up, where available.

Photo Identification in the name of the client booked may be required to enable admission.

In Movie Park Germany you will find five differently themed areas with many breath-taking attractions and rides around the movie theme. Get ready and experience unforgettable moments with your family and friends. The Five Themed Areas include The Old West, Marienhof, Streets of New York City, The Hollywood Street Set & Wonderland Studios.

THRILL RIDES

Side-Kick (The Old West) - This is a rotating gondola platform at the end of a freely swinging mast which turns around on its own axis several times during the turbulent trip.

FX (The Old West) - A very special roller coaster where the rails are above the passengers' heads! Looping at a height of over 30 metres and taking bends at racing speed become a real challenge without "firm ground" under your feet.

Cop Car Chase (Marienhof) - The carriages on the two-track roller coaster produce a breathtaking pursuit of over 700 metres of pure action! Experience 100 spectacular seconds of loops, steep bends & daring evasive manoeuvres. Entrance through the cinema in Marienhof.

NYC Transformer (Streets of New York City) - This attraction turns everything upside down so you better hold on tight!

Time Riders (Streets of New York City) - Let the slightly batty inventor Horace Garrison Wells take you on this breathtaking and action-packed new ride through time.

The High Fall (The Old West) - The more than 60 metre high High Fall Tower - unique of its kind in Europe - leaves nothing to be desired by even the hardest boiled fans of lightning rides. You will experience a free fall at up to 90 km/h down to the depths.

Bandit (The Old West) - The first German wooden roller coaster that takes you over high mountains and deep valleys at speeds of 70 km/h.

FAMILY & KIDS RIDES

Josie's Bath House (The Old West) - In the 'Bath house' the trip in antique barrels takes you into the world of the classic western.

Marienhof Carousel (Marienhof) - The classic carousel. Traditional chain carousel from the days back when.

Dishwasher (Wonderland Studios) - teacups ride

Mad Manor (Wonderland Studios) - child-sized roller coaster on a track with many fast bends and steep ascents and descents.

Miss Patricia's Treehouse (Wonderland Studios) - The 4 metre high "Mini-Free-Fall-Tower" will particularly delight the smaller children.

Rocket Rider Roller Coaster (Wonderland Studios) - A trip on the moon. Not only small adventure fans will have a great time.

WATER FUN

Ice Age Adventure (Wonderland Studios) - During an adventurous wild-water ride you will meet Speedy Gonzales, Tweety Pie and Sylvester - Beware of the dragons that may cross your path!

Bermuda Triangle (The Hollywood Street Set) - Travel by boat through underground rapids, torrential waterfalls and fire-spewing volcanoes and discover the world of mystic aliens. Investigate the secrets of the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

Mystery River (Wonderland Studios) - Set out on a trip in the fairytale world of Fantasia and meet the figures from the film hit "The Neverending Story".

HOLLYWOOD

Movie Magic - Voyager to Mars (The Hollywood Street Set) - Fly like a jet? On the special effects stage this is only one of many possibilities in Hollywood's box of tricks.

Movie Studio Tour (The Hollywood Street Set) - A must for every cinema-lover: numerous exhibits, including real rarities, show how pictures learned to walk. See how films were made before computer animation and digital cameras existed.

SpongeBob Squarepants 4D cinema - You will discover in the season 2005 the new 4D-theater, a world of Bikini Bottom and the strange but cheerful SpongeBob.

Times: The park opens daily @ 10am.

Please Note:
• Exchange your voucher at the Box Office to gain entry.

• Child age is 4-11 inclusive - children up to 3 years will go free and do not need a ticket to enter the park.

• The Park is closed on certain Monday's throughout the season - ensure that you check the calendar and decide which day you would like to visit Movie Park Germany before purchasing your tickets. You do not need to pre-book particular days, but we advise you to check the calendar to make sure it is open on the day you wish to visit.

See the highlights of the German capital, including the Government district and round off your tour with a stop at the Brandenburg Gate, giving you the opportunity to visit the nearby Reichstag.

This tour visits the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Memorial Church, Europe-Centre, Bauhaus Museum, New National Gallery, Philharmonic Hall, Potsdam Square/Sony-Centre, Jewish Museum, Gendarmmarkt, Alexanderplatz, St.-Nicolai-Quarter, Berlin Rathaus (City Hall), Fernsehturm (TV-Tower), the Berlin Cathedral, Zeughaus, State Opera, Boulevard ”Unter den Linden”, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Government district Chancellery, Tiergarten, Bellevue Palace, Siegessäule, Charlottenburg Palace, Olympic Stadium, Grunewald Forest, Funkturm (Radio Tower), ICC, Kurfürstendamm.

This tour incorporates more sites than the 14-Stops-City Tour.

All tours include a live guide who delivers commentaries in both English and German.

Tour Info

Times: Daily @ 10:00am

Friday, Saturday & Sunday @ 10am & 2pm

NOTE:
01.01.2010 only 02:00 pm;
02.01.- 28.02.2010 only 10:00 am;
26.09.2010; 24.12.2010 only 10:00 am

Running Time: 3 hours

Clients must call at least 24 hours prior to the tour date to reconfirm admission and arrange complimentary hotel pick-up, where available.

In the inner courtyard of his place, the tetrarch Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee and Peraea by the grace of the Roman Emperor, holds the prophet Jokanaan captive and sealed off from the world. As the head of an oppositional sect, Jokanaan poses a political danger to the tetrarch. The prophet attacks the dissolute life of the rulers. But Herod, secretly in fear of the prophet, is unwilling to have him put to death.

A banquet is held in the palace. Salome, daughter of Herod’s second wife Herodias from her first marriage, flees the celebrations. When she hears the prophet’s voice, she longs to see him. She wheedles the captain Narraboth into disobeying the tetrarch’s orders and fetching the prisoner out of the cistern in which he is imprisoned. She is fascinated by Jokanaan’s stance, which seems like the antithesis of the mode of life of her own surroundings. But she knows only one way to identify with the new: that of taking sexual possession. Jokanaan refuses her advances.

Searching for Salome, Herod arrives in the courtyard with Herodias and his entourage. He asks Salome to dance for him, swearing to give her whatever she wants. After the dance, Salome demands the head of Jokanaan. The tetrarch, aghast at the prospect of execution, offers her jewels and other treasures, but finally has to fulfill his oath and her desire. The executioner brings Salome Jokanaan’s head. Salome’s bloody revenge is followed by her realization that, with Jokanaan’s death, she has destroyed herself. Herod gives the order to kill Salome.

Performances Times

* 9th Oct 09 - 8pm
* 23rd Oct 09 - 8pm
* 10th Apr 10 - 6pm
* 17th Apr 10 - 8pm
* 23rd Apr 10 - 8pm