Berlin, Germany

Country guide · Western Europe

Germany

24 places across 8 regions, how to get there, the entry rules for your passport, and day-by-day plans priced in your currency.

Berlin
  • Trip from ₹2,15,145 per person · 5 days from Delhi in Nov, visa included, for two at mid-range ·
  • Visa before you fly on an Indian passport, up to 90 days · ₹12,100 fee (other passports below)
  • Best May–Sep · month by month
Plan 5 days in Germany

Classic routes

Flying in

Flights from India

  • Frankfurt (FRA) · from 8 Indian cities, from ₹21,000 one way
  • Munich (MUC) · from 6 Indian cities, from ₹22,000 one way
  • Berlin (BER) · from 6 Indian cities, from ₹23,000 one way

Entry rules

Visa needed before you fly for up to 90 days, about ₹12,100

Apply for a Schengen short-stay (type C) visa at any VFS Global Germany centre in India (New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and others), 4-8 weeks before you fly and about 8 weeks ahead for May to September, when appointments are scarce (no earlier than 6 months). Apply to Germany if it is your only or longest stay in Schengen. The fee is €90 (charged in rupees at the mission's rate, about ₹10,100; €45 for children 6-11) plus the VFS service charge of about ₹2,000, and none of it is refunded if the visa is refused.

Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.

⚓ Hamburg & the North

The port city of Hamburg, with its warehouse district, the Elbphilharmonie and Miniatur Wunderland, and the brick Gothic Hanseatic town of Lübeck, 45 minutes away near the Baltic.

🐻 Berlin & Potsdam

The capital, with the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the remains of the Wall and Museum Island, and next door Potsdam's Prussian palaces at Sanssouci. Berlin's airport (BER) has one-stop flights from India; the ICE reaches Hamburg in under two hours and Munich or Frankfurt in about four.

⛪ Saxony (Dresden & Leipzig)

Baroque Dresden on the Elbe with its rebuilt Frauenkirche, the sandstone towers and Bastei bridge of Saxon Switzerland upriver, and Leipzig, the city of Bach and of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution. Two hours or less from Berlin by train.

🏰 Cologne, the Rhine & the Moselle

Cologne and its great cathedral, the castles, vineyards and Loreley rock of the Rhine gorge between Rüdesheim and Koblenz, and the wine loops of the Moselle at Cochem, with Burg Eltz in the forest. The Rhine boats run from about April to October.

🏙️ Frankfurt & Heidelberg

Frankfurt, where most flights from India land, with its skyline and rebuilt old town, and Heidelberg's castle and university an hour south. The Rhine villages and Würzburg are each about an hour and a half away.

🏘️ Franconia & the Romantic Road

Northern Bavaria's old towns: Nuremberg's Imperial Castle and Christmas market, walled Rothenburg ob der Tauber, baroque Würzburg with its Residence and wine, and Bamberg's river-island town hall. Short train rides apart, between Frankfurt and Munich.

🌲 Stuttgart, the Black Forest & Lake Constance

Stuttgart's Mercedes and Porsche museums, the forest lakes, cuckoo clocks and waterfalls of the Black Forest, sunny Freiburg on its edge, and Lake Constance with Lindau's island old town and the Mainau flower island, the Alps across the water. Basel and Zurich are close.

🏔️ Munich & the Bavarian Alps

Munich, the second airport with non-stop flights from India, and the Alps south of it: Neuschwanstein above Füssen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen under the Zugspitze, and Berchtesgaden with the Königssee and the Eagle's Nest. Oktoberfest fills Munich from late September.

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