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The 15 Tickets & Entry Passes in Germany That Earn Their Price

90 tours  ·  from $8 a head

Good tickets & entry passes fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.

Dresden: Semperoper Tickets and Guided Tour - The decorated rooms reveal the building’s purpose
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Dresden: Semperoper Tickets and Guided Tour

1.Semperoper Tickets and Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 12,102 reviews · 45 min · from $18Our pick

Tour Dresden’s Semperoper for 45 minutes, seeing its ornate rooms, Italian Renaissance design, reconstruction story, and famous auditorium acoustics.

“Tour was ok. Felt rushed due to lots of other tour groups. English guide struggled with language and content. Was very hard to hear her - perhaps mics??”

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Berlin: Jewish Museum Berlin Entrance Ticket - Follow the museum’s unusual route
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Berlin: Jewish Museum Berlin Entrance Ticket

2.Jewish Museum Berlin Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8,393 reviews · 2 hours · from $0

Explore Berlin’s Jewish history in Daniel Libeskind’s symbolic museum, with moving galleries, Jewish life exhibits, and free admission.

“Fantastic museum, lots to learn and appreciate. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable. Would recommend a visit.”

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Munich Hop-On Hop-Off Tour: 1-Day or 2-Day Ticket - Nymphenburg Palace and the Olympic Park route
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Munich Hop-On Hop-Off Tour: 1-Day or 2-Day Ticket

Berlin: Illuseum Berlin Entrance Ticket - Arriving on Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse
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Berlin: Illuseum Berlin Entrance Ticket

6.Illuseum Berlin Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 3,970 reviews · 1 hour · from $18

See Berlin from a new angle at Illuseum Berlin, with hands-on optical illusions, photo rooms, digital tricks, and ocean-focused art.

“Very fun and interactive museum! The staff is friendly and helpful. A tip would be to visit during weekdays and go as early as possible to avoid the crowds, as it’s a small place. Recommended!”

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Berlin: DDR Museum Tickets - Begin with East Germany as something you can touch
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Berlin: DDR Museum Tickets

8.DDR Museum Tickets

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 3,443 reviews · 1 day · from $15

Explore East German daily life through real apartments, Trabant cars, films, and hands-on exhibits at Berlin’s DDR Museum.

“Very interesting.Lots of reading but what else would you expect in a museum🤷‍♂️ You can open drawers,doors and cupboards in the rooms and look inside to see the every day things that the people owned,or rather,didn’t. Would I recommend it ? Yes 👍”

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Berlin: Natural History Museum Entrance Ticket - Tristan Otto, the T. rex that draws the crowd
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Berlin: Natural History Museum Entrance Ticket

9.Natural History Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,382 reviews · 30 minutes - 1 hour · from $12

See Berlin’s dinosaur giants, Tristan Otto, Archaeopteryx, one million preserved animals, and the Biodiversity Wall for $12.

“It was extremely easy to get in, the lady just scanned our ticket at the door. I wish there were more areas translated into English. There were QR codes to scan if we wanted the translations, but a lot of them did not work.”

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Berlin: Neues Museum Entry Ticket - Entering from the James Simon Gallery
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Berlin: Neues Museum Entry Ticket

10.Neues Museum Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,261 reviews · 15 min · from $16

Visit Berlin’s Neues Museum for Nefertiti, Egyptian treasures, ancient artifacts, an audio guide, and skip-the-line entry for $16.

“Amazing Museum in the center of Berlin... Although always asking myself if that treasures should be there or at the place where they belong, Egypt in this case...”

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Cologne: Chocolate Museum Entrance Ticket - Start with 5,000 years of cocoa culture
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Cologne: Chocolate Museum Entrance Ticket

11.Chocolate Museum Entrance Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 2,790 reviews · 1 day · from $19

Cologne’s Chocolate Museum traces cocoa from ancient Central America to modern production, with samples, a chocolate fountain, café, and Rhine views.

“Very entertaining and interactive museum. Interesting topics and information. Worth it!”

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Cologne: 24h Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus Ticket - The 90-minute loop, stop by stop
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Cologne: 24h Hop-On Hop-Off Sightseeing Bus Ticket

Potsdam: Sanssouci Palace and Prussian Palaces Entry Ticket - Entering Sanssouci through the Ehrenhof
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Potsdam: Sanssouci Palace and Prussian Palaces Entry Ticket

14.Sanssouci Palace and Prussian Palaces Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,101 reviews · 1 day · from $25

Explore Sanssouci Palace, Prussian royal rooms, and grand Potsdam gardens with a flexible one-day ticket and timed entry.

“We only got to see old palace on the inside due to traveling and timing and a particular woman at the new palace that was rude to us. We went there first and she refused to let us schedule a time because we had not done the old palace first. Nothing in the info said anything of the kind but she was dismissive. We had to walk around only on the outside and then go back to the old palace. It was lovely but small only .12 rooms. We used on and off bus for travel which was difficult to coordinate but better than walking. You can only go into…”

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Frankfurt: Hop-On, Hop-Off Grand or Express Bus Ticket - Starting at Paulsplatz and Römer
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Frankfurt: Hop-On, Hop-Off Grand or Express Bus Ticket

15.Hop-On, Hop-Off Grand or Express Bus Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 2,088 reviews · 1 day · from $24

See Frankfurt from an open-top bus, hear commentary in eight languages, and hop off at 16 stops with a 24-hour Grand ticket.

“Even though we live here we took to learn more about the history of Frankfurt. Good stops along the way bus timing was a little off on one of the stops but was at end anyways”

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