Traveling to Berlin

Hotel

The address of the hotel is:

Golden Tulip Berlin Hotel Hamburg
www.goldentulipberlin.de
Landgrafenstr. 4
10787 Berlin
030 26477-0

Arrive by train

If you arrive at Berlin central station ("Berlin Hauptbahnhof", sometimes called "Berlin Hauptbahnhof -- Lehrter Bahnhof") take a city train ("S-Bahn") towards station "Berlin Zoologischer Garten". The city train platforms are marked with a sign showing a white "S" on a green background. At the Hauptbahnhof all city trains leave at one platform. You can take any train that is going in direction west, for exampe the city train line S7 (to Potsdam), line S9 (to Spandau) or line S5 (to Westkreuz). At the "Zoologischer Garten" (which by the way is a very nice Zoo) please enter bus line 100 (this line starts here) and leave it at station "Schillstrasse" after approximately five minutes. The bus stop is on the "Kurfürstenstrasse", the "Landgrafenstrasse" (where the hotel is located) is a side street. The distance from the bus stop to the Hotel is approximately 200m.

Alternatively, a taxi ride from Berlin central station to the hotel should cost no more than 15 Euros.

Arrive by airplane

Berlin is served by three airports:

Berlin Tegel (code: TXL). Biggest airport, quite central location, quick and efficient.
Berlin Schönefeld (code: SXF). Smaller airport, outside the city, served mostly by low-cost airlines.
Berlin Tempelhof (code: THF). Very small, few connections. Good locations.

There is a website for all Berlin airports. If you arrive at Berlin-Tegel airport (TXL) you can take bus line X9 to Zoologischer Garten, then take bus line 100 (see above under Arrive by train). A taxi ride from Berlin Tegel to the hotel should cost no more than 20 Euros.

If you arrive at Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF), you can take a city train (S-Bahn, line S9 direction Spandau). You can either leave the city train at "Zoologischer Garten" (recommended) and then take bus line 100 or you can leave at station "Warschauer Strasse" and use underground line U1 (direction "Uhlandstrasse", white U on blue background) and leave at station "Wittenbergplatz". Walking distance from Wittenbergplatz to the hotel is approximately 500 m. A taxi ride from Schönefeld airport to the hotel costs approximately 35 Euros.

In the unlikely case you arrive at Tempelhof (THF), use public transport or taxi (taxi fare should be around 20-25 Euro).

Public transport information

Getting around Berlin is easy using public transport. The main information source is BVG. There are daily or weekly passes for the entire public transport. You can use, for example, the "journey planner" (upper right hand side on the web page) to get a travel itineray. Important stations to use are:

Bus stop closest to hotel: "Schillstr. (Berlin)"
Airport Berlin Tegel: "Airport Tegel"
Airport Schönefeld: "Airport Schoenefeld"
Central station "Berlin, Hbf" (Hbf is short for Hauptbahnhof)

Arrive by car

You really, really do not want to do that! Public transport is far easier, parking a hassle, and the hotel is in a special environment zone where not all cars are allowed to enter.
In case you insist, please see http://www.goldentulipberlin.de/directions.30235.aspx

Also, there is no need to get a rental car. Berlin has an excellent public transport system.