Hi Danazcurt,

The nearest airport to the Olympic Stadium will be Berlin Tegel, Schonefeld, the old East Berlin airport is situated in the south east of the city, and Tempelhof I believe is mainly used by business jets now.
If you are flying with BA, Lufthansa etc you will fly into Tegel, EasyJet, or Ryanair into Schonefeld. I don't know the taxi costs, but the public transport system in Berlin is superb, and it will get you to the stadium in no time, and half the cost. I have a lot of great memories of Berlin from my days in the services, so I'm sure you will have a great time. I've been told the Holiday Inn City Centre is a great place to stay, check it out via their web site. Enjoy!!

Thanks for the reply. It is a great help and will give us a choice with airports, etc.

Thanks once again

Does anyone have info/advice on above, and recommendtions for a central hotel have a couple of options but would prefer personal experiences. Thanks in advance.

Have just come back today from Berlin, the Christmas markets have just srarted. really enjoyed it. if you go to Berlin make sure you go to WA KU WE the Harrods of Berlin. Much better thav than Harrods any day.eat breakfast here for about 5Euro anyway enjoy what ever.

Do you mean KaWeDe, it's Berlin's premier department store.

Hi
I think they mean Ka De We which stands for Kaufhaus des Westens, and your right, it is a brilliant place to shop, and the food hall on the sixth floor is superb, even if I say so as a man who'se favourite pastime aint shopping

Sorry I got by DE and my WE mixed up, I was only in there last week, it's a great place to shop.

Decided to go to Berlin over New Year. What area do i need to be staying in? Is Potsdamer Platz within walking distance of most areas of interest, and can anyone reccomend any good hotels. We are taking our 14 year old daughter with us.

Can anyone tell me what this foodhall in KaDeWe has? I'm veggie, and wondering if it might be good for us (previously liked a Karstadt foodhall in Dresden).

Also, isn't this shop rediculously expensive? That's what I've read elsewhere.

We're staying at the intercontinental at the Zoo. Booked it on priceline for £149 i think for 2 nights. I think we got a great deal, as it's more like £100 per night on other websites!

Hi Lesley,

It's been a few years since I was in Berlin with the forces, but I remember the Ka De We store food hall was brilliant. If you Google Ka De We it's the second entry, click on that then skip the intro. Choose the English version, and at the top there is a row of numbers, click on number 6 and it will open up the gourmet section. I don't think it mentions a vegetarian section, but I'm sure when you get there, you will find they will have one, they have everything else!!!

I'm off to Berlin for a few nights in November -
Flights with Easyjet for just over £40 each and The Savoy hotel for £60 a night, gets some excellent reviews on tripadvisor.

TC

Have a good time teecee.

If you would like to write a review on your return I have asked for the hotel to be added to our review site under Other Destinations.

luci

We may pass in the street TC we are off to Berlin 1st nov to 5th. We are staying at the Movenpick it was £85.00 a night. I told my husband that i could not get a hotel but i had got us a very good deal on a certain bunker! Hotel is not my usual type of hotel as it is very modern and i do like old fashioned comfort. But a change is as good as a rest.

Flights are BA and our free yearly perk of the job as my husband works for them.

Really looking forward to seeing all the sights that i have covered helping two daughters through revision in history exams