Luxury · 6-hour walk · Berlin
Charlottenburg and the Kurfürstendamm in six hours
The Prussian queen's palace, the square of bookshops under the railway, the West's grand avenue, the bombed church kept as a memorial and the food hall of the KaDeWe.
While the city was divided, Charlottenburg was the centre of West Berlin and the Kurfürstendamm its shop window. This route starts at the baroque palace the Prussian kings built for Queen Sophie Charlotte, then takes the bus to the Ku'damm and walks it to the KaDeWe, the largest department store in continental Europe.
The route, stop by stop
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Charlottenburg Palace
The largest palace in Berlin, begun in 1695 as a summer house for Sophie Charlotte, the wife of the first king of Prussia. The New Wing and the gardens down to the Spree are the best of it.
90 min here Walk here → -
Savignyplatz
Arrive by bus from the previous stop
A garden square of bookshops and restaurants beside the arches of the S-Bahn.
30 min here Walk here → -
Kurfürstendamm
The avenue Bismarck wanted to be Berlin's Champs-Élysées, with its flagship stores, cafés and theatres.
45 min here Walk here → -
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The broken tower of the church bombed in 1943, kept as a memorial beside a new church of blue glass blocks consecrated in 1961.
30 min here Walk here → -
KaDeWe
The Kaufhaus des Westens, open since 1907. Its sixth-floor food hall is the reason to come.
60 min here Walk here →
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