Recreation & Leisure - Best Western Premier Airporthotel Fontane BERlin

Worth knowing

By car or train you will reach the city centre of our fascinating, trendy capital within 25 minutes. You can visit the Brandenburger Tor at the Pariser Platz or maybe the nearby Potsdamer Platz, the most modern place of Europe with the impressive SONY Center where the museum for Film und Fernsehen (Movie and TV) is really worth a visit. At the Alexanderplatz you will find the Rote Rathaus (Red Town Hall) which is the residence of the ruling mayor. The beautiful boulevard Unter den Linden leads to the Berlin Cathedral nearby the museum island, where our chancellor Angela Merkel has her private residence. There are people who are visiting the five museums just to view the magnificent premises – not to mention the artworks. In the distinguished Friedrichstraße you can excellently feast in the French department store Lafayette. Nearby you can find the museum THE KENNEDYS. You can stroll through the Hackeschen Höfe where the young fashion labels establish themselves. All around the Hackeschen Markt really everything (……) is purchasable. Precious boutiques of well-known designers and chique restaurants with celebrity density are located around the Gendarmenmarkt, one of the most beautiful Piazzas of Europe. It is surrounded by the Concert Hall, the German and the French Dom. Make a stop at the multicultural restaurants, bars, berlin pubs – and at the currywurst- takeaway (curry sausage). We ca tell you where to find the best currywurst of the city. You don’t like currywurst? For sure you will in Berlin! Do you like animals? Than you should go to the Berlin Zoo, which is still famous even though our polar bear Knut has died already. Are you tired? Then you have to enjoy the culinary delicacies on the sixth floor of the KADEWE, where seeing and being seen is all about while enjoying. Together with the first summer-sunrays the capitol gets a new face: Parties, concerts and festivals as well as street cafes give the city almost Mediterranean charm. In summer you get to know Berlin from its liveliest side, during the day as well as in the night. The numerous open-air events are characteristically for our city. A wide range of Street festivals, classic concerts, theatre and opera shows are surprising with diversified offers. The copious open-air cinemas in parks show a wide selection of movies under the open sky and guarantee entertaining summer nights. In May the season for the beach bars begins. In the middle of the city you can enjoy delicious drinks under palm trees, dig your feet into the sand and delight in a mixture of city and holiday when the sun slowly goes down behind the Reichstag. The berlin shipping companies offer lots of attractive boat tours, during which you can discover the attractions out of a completely new perspective. With one of the red cabrio busses you can do a sightseeing tour in the fresh air. Even for all adventurous visitors Berlin has a lot to offer: You can jet through Berlin on your own by Vespa, scooter, quad or FunCar! On a scavenger hunt for adults you have to follow encoded clues through Berlin. Searching for the treasure of Gon means to discover known and unknown places of the capitol in a really special way. With the Berlin Adventure tour you will go on a voyage of discovery of a special kind. During this unusual city rally you get to see the most known sights as well as the whimsical corners of the city. Tricky puzzles, original tasks and interactive missions will lead the teams on the right track. With lots of fun and together with the group the participants will learn about all this in an exciting way. A special highlight is the exclusive drive with the glass panorama train in a comfortable ambiance and with wonderful views on the city. The panorama train starts at the Ostbahnhof for three city tours through the new and old Berlin every Saturday and Sunday. A Tour with the bicycle rickshaw means luxury of slowness in one of the most hectic and exciting metropolis of Europe. It is exclusive with an original Chinese Rikscha and your personal city-guide. SightRunning means you explore the highlights of the capitol while running with your personal Tour guide. With the Trabi you can go on Safari through the urban jungle. You can drive on your own while the guide in the guiding vehicle tells you the important information about the sights via radio. Two tours Berlin Classic and Berlin Wild East can be explored with the Trabant – the DDR vehicle with cult status. Hidden, attractive places offside the well-known attractions of Berlin you will find in the online-city guide www.berlin-hidden-places.de. Here you can find quiet villas and interesting monuments, green oases and hidden artwork. Another highlight is the hydroplane –Duck 01. You will feel the uniqueness of takeoff and landing on the Spree in the middle of the city as well as an extraordinary Flight in 600 metres for about 25 minutes. With the Berlin Hi-Flyer, a balloon which is secured with a steel cable, you can have a view from a height of 150 metres. The subterranean Berlin can be explored in different ways. When you do a guided tour with the club of the Berliner Unterwelten, you get to see the bunkers of the Second World War and the Cold War, the dark parts of the history of Berlin. You can have surprising insights in the historical and technical buildings such as breweries. Even close to our hotel you can find the rustic castle with the largest beer garden which is worth a visit. You can drive to the nearby Potsdam where you can visit the Filmpark Babelsberg or the Schlosspark Sancoussi. A wander through the Dutch quarter will charm you. Oh! – There is so much more we could tell you. Just come over and have a visit! See you soon in the capital!