Heart of Europe Bike & Barge: Cochem to Metz​

Depart the U.S. for Germany. The particulars of your arrival overseas are detailed with your flight itinerary and airline tickets.

Upon arrival at Berlin Tegel airport, Germany, claim your luggage and clear customs. If your luggage is lost, fill out a PIR form before leaving the customs area: VBT representatives are not allowed into the customs area. Make certain your VBT luggage tags are affixed to your bag so that your VBT representative can identify you. After exiting customs, enter the arrival hall and look for your VBT representative, who will be holding a VBT sign. The VBT representative helps you transfer (approximately one hour) to your centrally located hotel in Berlin. At this time, please verify with your airport representative the time of your return transfer to the airport at the end of your Berlin extension. Our transfer company is Bero Berlin – Eurolimousine, tel. +49 30 456 11 11 from outside of Germany or 030 456 11 11 from within the country.

If you arrive early, your hotel room may not be available until 2:00 p.m. You may store your luggage with the Reception Desk. You are free to do as you wish today. Later tonight, our local representative is available at the hotel to answer questions and give inside tips on what to do in Berlin.

Discover this amazing capital of culture and art. An optional walking city tour will be available. This 2½-hour program may be booked with your VBT representative upon arrival in Berlin (it may not be booked in advance of travel). The approximate price is 25 euros ($32 USD) per person (with a minimum of two people required) and includes the services of our local English-speaking guide. We will pass through Berlin's historical heart, walk toward the famous Museum Island (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), and see Germany's Parliament House and the Reichstag, then pass through the Holocaust Memorial Area. Past the New Potsdam Square, we'll stop at the Topography of Terror to see an original piece of the Berlin Wall. The tour ends at the legendary Checkpoint Charlie. You may then wish to continue on your own to the nearby Jewish Museum, or return to the hotel and take a riverboat tour, which departs twice daily from a spot near the hotel.

Continue to discover this amazing capital of culture. You may wish to take one of the hop-on-hop-off bus tours. There are several companies offering these tours; your VBT representative will give you more information.

This morning, verify your scheduled transfer time on the “Transfer Reminder” which you received from your VBT representative upon arrival at the Berlin airport. Transfer from your hotel to the Berlin airport for your flight to Frankfurt.

 

Note: For guests with early-morning departures, breakfast at the hotel may not be available. Please check with the Front Desk to verify the times that breakfast is served. 

Upon arrival at the Frankfurt airport, claim your luggage. If your luggage is lost, fill out a PIR form before leaving the customs area—VBT representatives are not allowed into the customs area. Make certain your VBT luggage tags are affixed to your bag so that your VBT representative can identify you. After exiting customs, enter the arrival hall and look for your VBT representative, who will be holding a VBT sign. The representative helps you transfer via taxi or minibus (approximately 90 minutes) to your hotel in Koblenz. If you cannot find the VBT representative, or if you've been delayed, please go to the airport Meeting Point and wait there for a few minutes. If nobody arrives, you may wish to telephone the transportation company, Garske Touristik, at 0261 92 24 727.

Your hotel room may not be available until 2:00 p.m. You may store your luggage with the Reception Desk if you arrive before that time. At 4:00 p.m., our local guide will meet you in the hotel lobby for a 1.5-hour walking tour around the historic Old Town of Koblenz. It will be about a 15-minute walk before we begin the tour, so we recommend you leave the hotel with everything you'll need to have dinner on your own in the Old Town once our tour has ended.