SIGHTSEEING BY TRAIN


You can reach all of the most interesting sights directly from ART Hotel CHARLOTTENBURGER HOF using the city train S-Bahn.

Below please find the sights we recommend you to see as well as travel related places. The left column of the table lists the stop you need to take on the S-Bahn to get to a given place, the second column shows how much time it takes to get there, and in consecutive columns you will see a description of the place as well as some attractive pictures. Thank you for considering stopping at our hotel during your travel!

AIRPORT SCHOENEFELD / BERLIN (SFX) 55 min    
Railway Station LICHTENBERG 35 min All international trains from Poland (South + North) - Kraków, Szczecin  
Railway Station HAUPTBAHNHOF 25 min All international trains from Poland (East + West) - Intercity Berolina (Warszawa, Poznan, Berlin)  
Alexanderplatz 20 min Alexanderplatz is the center of the Eastern part of Berlin. Nearby you will find the Nicolai quarter (reconstructed Old Berlin), the museum island with Pergamon museum, and most of the monumental buildings of Berlin.NicolaiKirche TV Tower
Nicolai Quarter
Hackescher
Markt
18 min The district you can reach from this station is a mixture of buildings in a postwar situation and well reconstructed and renovated buildings, as i.e. the Hackische Hoefe. This old factory building with 9 courts is hosting many shops, restaurants, theatres and cinemas. Walking through this district leads you to Oranieburger Strasse where you find a picturesque mixture of subculture in bars and pubs. Tacheles
Friedrichstrasse 15 min While walking southwards on Friedrichstrasse one can admire a luxurious reconstructed shopping area. A few steps to the left is an open place, called Gendarmenmarkt with the 3 historical buildings German Dom, French Dom and Schauspielhaus. Continuing on the Friedrichstrasse southwards you will get to the biggest contemporary building site of Berlin: Potsdamer Platz. Gendarmenmarkt
Potsdamer Platz
Lehrther
Bahnhof
12 min Starting from here you can walk to the best known landmarks of Berlin: Branderburger Gate and Reichstag (government palace). Walking from there westwards through the Tiergarten, you will discover a building with a very strange architecture, the congress hall. Today it is a meeting place for multicultural exchange.Congress Hall Brandenburger Gate
Reichstag
Tiergarten 8 min The Tiergarten is a multicultural huge park and in summertime a place for barbecueing and volleyball. You will find there all nations and a lot of students since the Technical University is nearby. At the entrance of the station Tiergarten the flee market is taking place every weekend.  
Railway Station Zoologisher
Garten
4 min The zoological garden and the aquarium are the world's best with   more than 1600 different animals. Nearby the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church, the Europa Center and the world famous KaDeWe store with one of  the exquisitest food departments of the world.Europa Center Zoological Garden
Memorial Church
Charlottenburg Start to discover the town

stop Charlottenburg

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It is only a few steps from our hotel to Kurfuerstendamm which still is the main boulevard of the town. Restaurants of all nations, bars, nightclubs, shops with long tradition and department stores characterize this quarter. A 20 min. walk leads you to the Egyptian museum and to the Charlottenburger Castle.

Kudamm
Charlottenburg Castle
Westkreuz 3 min The Broadcast Tower is situated on the Berlin Fairground, where all important international fairs are taking place. It is nearby the ICC - International Congress Center Internationa Congress Centre
Olympic Stadion 6 min   Olimpic Stadion
Grunewald 10 min Now you reach the beautiful wood area called Grunewald with lakes and the Havel River Grunewald Tower
Wannsee 15 min In summertime from here you can change onto boats to go on a cruise on the Havel River or make a trip by boat to Potsdam. Nearby the lido of Berlin, called Strandbad Wannsee,  is situated. Wannsee
Babelsberg 25 min After Wannsee the train is leaving Berlin in direction to the capital of Brandenburg: Potsdam. But before you should stop in Babelsberg to look at the famous film studios. Babelsberg
Potsdam 30 min Potsdam is famous for the Sanssouci castle and the Prussian and baroque architecture in the town Potsdam