What are the best books and resources for Berlin tour guides?
As a new start Berlin tour guide, you need to have all the right information and resources to conduct your tours to be an eventful, to be informative, and to be fun feature. Here, we will “travel” (get it?) through some literature and resources to cover the best books and materials that can aid you to become a better tour guide and give your visitors a unique experience.
1. “Berlin: The Story of a City” by Barney White-Spunner
Here is a compelling historical account of Berlin in this significant book that takes readers from its origins as a small trading post to its division during the cold war to its reunification. It affords tremendous insights into Berlin’s reflective behaviour to culture, social structures and most importantly Architecture, to give you a comprehensive knowledge of Berlin’s past.
2. “Lonely Planet Berlin” Travel Guide
Lonely Planet guides are famous as resourceful travel advice. The Berlin Pickup Guide is an indispensable guide for tour guides and contains detailed information from the best Berlin highlights, hidden spots, and suggested itineraries. It also contains maps, restaurant suggestions and know-how about Berlin’s bustling culture and contemporary art.
3. “A History of Berlin” by Frederick Taylor
If you want to get into the history of Berlin and that of its unreliables pasts, this book is a definitive read. From Prussian days to Berlin Wall, it explains everything, would be a great narrative to you to discover the unusual stories and anecdotes to entertain your tour group.
4. “DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Berlin”
Recognised for its beautiful visual style, the DK Eyewitness books are great for the tour leader who wishes to feast his clientele visually. Loaded with action-packed photos, 3D maps and detailed artworks. It includes all the major sights, areas and useful information for visiting Berlin.
5. Online Resources
a. VisitBerlin.de
VisitBerlin.de is the official website for Berlin tourism offering numerous information for tour guides. It also provides information on daily events, guided tours and practical advice on wandering the city’s neighbourhoods.
b. Berlin Historical Walking Tours
Useful websites like Berlin Historical Walking Tours for example provide you with free self-guided tours and downloadable resources on the tour guides. Their rich researched content span wide range of historiic periods, from W.W.II, to the Cold War, to the era of Nazism.
6. Podcasts and Audio Guides
Audio guides are very useful for tour guides to use, for visitors also. Join us for top podcast series like the famous “Superhost Berlin Tour Guide Podcast” and “Radiant Berlin” that will give your groups extensive and engaging audio experiences packed with captivating stories, local tips and tips in an immersive setting.
7. Language Resources
For tour guidel non teduti in tedesco it’s very important of have language for communicate good with the visitor. Platforms such as Duolingo and Babbel offer a simple-to-use language instruction programs which can assist you to achieve improvement in your German abilities and attracted your audience.
Learn with us, but don’t forget, that nothing can surpass the firsthand experience that comes from traveling through Berlin. Be sure to stop by to city tremendously museums, landmarks and neighborhoods to further enrich the understanding you also as to insider tales to the tours you present.
Using these books and resources, you will give a great start of becoming the best Berlin tour guide and with what you will guide your visitors through an interesting and unforgettable experience!
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