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For those visiting Berlin, the Berlin WelcomeCard is great as it is not only your travel card for getting around the city on Berlin's busses, trains and trams, but it also holds a selection of discount coupons for 200 venues in the city including a number of Berlin's museums, tours, exhibitions, theatres, restaurants and more. Some of the family-friendly places with discounts included with the Berlin WelcomeCard are...
For those visiting Berlin, the Berlin WelcomeCard is great as it is not only your travel card for getting around the city on Berlin's busses, trains and trams, but it also holds a selection of discount coupons for 200 venues in the city including a number of Berlin's museums, tours, exhibitions, theatres, restaurants and more. Some of the family-friendly places with discounts included with the Berlin WelcomeCard are...
- rFor those visiting Berlin, the Berlin WelcomeCard is great as it is not only your travel card for getting around the city on Berlin's busses, trains and trams, but it also holds a selection of discount coupons for 200 venues in the city including a number of Berlin's museums, tours, exhibitions, theatres, restaurants and more. Some of the family-friendly places with discounts included with the Berlin WelcomeCard are:
- Sealife Berlin and the AquaDom
- TV Tower
- Museum of Technology
- Charlottenburg Palace
- Berlin Zoo
- Berlin Aquarium
- Botanic Garden
- Legoland Discovery Centre Berlin
The booklet that comes with the WelcomeCard also doubles up as a useful mini-guide that can be carried around in your pocket. An online version of the guide can be read in English, German, Spanish and Italian here. The paper version of the booklet comes in English and German.
There are a couple of Berlin WelcomeCard options available, so you can choose which best suits you. Here is what's available:
Berlin WelcomeCard (AB public transport zones) with Guidebook - 48 Hours
from €18,50 per person
Berlin WelcomeCard (ABC public transport zones) with Guidebook - 48 Hours
from €20,50 per person
Berlin WelcomeCard (AB public transport zones) with Guidebook - 72 Hours
from €24,50 per person
Berlin WelcomeCard (AB public transport zones) with Guidebook - 5 days
from €31,50 per person
Berlin WelcomeCard + Museum Island (AB zones) with Guidebook - 72 Hours
from €34,00 per person
Berlin WelcomeCard + Museum Island (ABC zones) with Guidebook - 72 Hours
from €36,00 per person
All variations of the Berlin WelcomeCard allow an unlimited number of children up to age 6 to travel for free. The Berlin + Potsdam WelcomeCard (the ones with zones ABC) also allow children aged 6-15 to travel free with an accompanying adult.
The Berlin WelcomeCards can be bought at the Tourist Info-Points dotted around the city and at Berlin's Airports.
Some things worth knowing...
- The standard Berlin WelcomeCards don't include entry to the museums on Berlin's Museum Island (Museuminsel), the '+ Museum Island' cards include free entry to those museums (which are quite pricey) excl. special exhibitions.
- if you fly in to Schönefeld Airport, it is based in zone C, so it is worth buying the ABC zoned WelcomeCard if you will be travelling to and from the airport in the time you will be using it.
- in Berlin, tickets for public transport must be validated before you travel, or they will not be valid for travel. In order to validate your tickets, find the small machines, normaly placed next to the ticket machines and put your ticket inside. Once validated, a stamped set of numbers will appear on the ticket.
