Neighborhood 48H guide
Charlottenburg: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
The palace, the Ku’damm and the Memorial Church.
The old West Berlin centre: the Kurfürstendamm shopping boulevard, the bombed Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, the zoo, and the Baroque Charlottenburg Palace to the north-west.
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Photo: Michael.F.H.Barth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Elegant and calm, with direct trains to Mitte.
Who it's for: Shoppers and classic-hotel fans.
Pros
- Shopping
- Elegant
- Palace
Cons
- Far from Mitte nightlife
- Older feel
- Busy Ku’damm
48H in Charlottenburg
Palace and church.
10:00 – Charlottenburg Palace
State rooms and the gardens.
15:00 – Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
The war-damaged tower and the blue-glass new church.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
See / do
See / do
Charlottenburg Palace
Spandauer Damm 10–22
Berlin’s largest palace, with Baroque state rooms and gardens.
Photo: Michael.F.H.Barth · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →See / do
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Breitscheidplatz
The ruined tower kept as a war memorial, beside a blue-glass modern church.
Photo: Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
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Hotel · Expedia
June Six Berlin City West
Charlottenburg
Modern hotel with a terrace near the zoo.
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Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Charlottenburg.
Berlin’s ban on misusing housing (Zweckentfremdungsverbot) means renting out a whole flat to visitors needs a permit from the district office, which comes with a registration number that must be shown in every online listing. Second homes are generally limited to 90 rental days a year, and illegal rentals can be fined up to €500,000. Before booking on Vrbo, check that the listing shows a Berlin registration number.
Browse vacation rentals in Charlottenburg on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Berlin
- Mitte & Museum Island — Museum Island and the Humboldt Forum.
- Alexanderplatz — The TV Tower and East Berlin life.
- Brandenburg Gate & Reichstag — The Gate, the Reichstag dome and the Memorial.
- Potsdamer Platz & Kulturforum — Old masters, modern art and the Philharmonie.
- Hauptbahnhof & Moabit — Contemporary art and dinosaurs by the main station.
- Kreuzberg — The Jewish Museum, market halls and canal bars.
- Friedrichshain — The East Side Gallery and Karl-Marx-Allee.
- Prenzlauer Berg — Mauerpark and the Berlin Wall Memorial.