Hop-on hop-off on the water with the Maritime Circle Line in Hamburg
Description
A sightseeing harbor cruise with the Maritime Circle Line crowns every visit to Hamburg. Let yourself be impressed by the magnificent panorama at the edge of the harbor and the many sights during your Hop-on Hop-off Harbor Tour Hamburg. With us you sail past Speicherstadt and HafenCity, cruise terminals, container ships, repair yards, container handling but also harbor museum & BallinStadt. We are the only line with a fixed timetable to connect all tourist highlights and museums in the Port of Hamburg on a circuit. The special feature is that you only pay once, make stopovers as often as you like, visit the attractions on land on your own and continue your harbor tour at one of the 9 stops according to your individual excursion plan. Even sightseeing without shore leave is possible. The start is possible at each of the 9 stations.
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Itinerary
Go on an exciting journey and experience the fascinating history of immigration and emigration in the Emigration Museum.
The Port Museum Hamburg is located in the middle of the former free port on the last and listed Imperial Imperial Embankment, whose structure was created more than 100 years ago and at that time ensured an optimal transhipment between sea ship and land transport. Huge cranes rise into the sky on the wharf, historic freight wagons stand on the original tracks of the port railway, in the harbor basin lie a coal-fired floating steam crane, the general cargo ship "MS Bleichen" and other historic watercraft. Nowhere else can you experience the atmosphere of the Port of Hamburg from before the introduction of the container as closely as in the Harbor Museum, a branch of the Museum der Arbeit, which is open from the beginning of April to the end of October and is a very special kind of experience.
3000 years of maritime history and modern research The International Maritime Museum in the listed Kaispeicher B. On nine exhibition decks, 3000 years of shipping history with valuable exhibits, ship models and paintings are shown. Marine research is dedicated to a dedicated deck.
The Elbphilharmonie is the new landmark of Hamburg. It was planned to create a "cultural monument for all". Visit the Plaza and enjoy the great view over the port of Hamburg and the city center.
The Hamburger Speicherstadt (built between 1883 and 1927 on the former Elbe islands and residential quarters Kehrwieder and Wandrahm) has been listed since 1991 and listed since 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As the world's largest historic warehouse complex, it is one of Hamburg's most impressive sights.
The CAP SAN DIEGO is the largest, roadworthy museum cargo ship in the world. Its elegant silhouette is part of the Hamburg harbor panorama like the Speicherstadt and the Michel. Tourists love them, the crew and 45 volunteer retired mariners keep them in good spirits. The CAP SAN DIEGO is the last surviving ship of a series of six fast general cargo carriers, which were built in 1961/62 for the shipping company Hamburg Süd and preferably drove to South America until the end of 1981. Since 1988, the CAP SAN DIEGO is a museum ship, since 2003 also maritime monument and floating hotel, which today has its mooring at the Überseebrücke in Hamburg.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(84)
We had an enjoyable time. We were the only two English speaking people. Long, the deck hand kindly told us the tour in English and was so knowledgeable and friendly!!! This was a fun and informative tour. The experienced captain navigated the boat smoothly and efficiently.
Best choice of harbor tours. Well worth the walk to the end of the pier. . . Which you were going to walk anyway so you could see all of the local businesses. Nice group of folks manning the boat. We asked before purchasing tickets if this was in English and were told they would be announcing in both English and German.
Took the harbour tour with wine and cheese, was a great experience. Crew was friendly and the guide was amazing, fully up to date on anything of interest going on in the harbour. Tour was in German, might be a problem for some guests :-)
Many thanks to Captain Henry and the explainer Bear Andy were yesterday 23.05.2025 with you on the Circle Line Tour from the landing bridges bridge 10 and boarded again at the Maritime Museum and 16:00. The tour is highly recommended especially by the refreshing explanations in German and English from the explainer bear Andy we liked it a lot and the various well cooled cyclists tasted even better mmmh really crispy. We will definitely repeat the tour and warmly recommend you to friends thank you until soon. Keep it up.
We opted for this tour mainly because it was in English as well as German & because it was on a smaller vessel & less crowded. It was a little difficult to find the ticket seller, the boat is on the right hand side berthed at the rear of the dock whilst the ticket office is to the left. The boat is small but comfortable, having both inside & outside area, they offer refreshments and have a toilet. It is informative and covers the whole harbour area with interesting & insightful information regarding the vessels & buildings there. It also offered you the opportunity to get off and visit the harbour museum & other sights along the way. Though you would obviously have to wait the hour &a half for the boat to come back around, & I don’t know how you would take in all of the hop off & on again stops in one day. We enjoyed it, my wife didn’t get seasick and would do it again.
Lovely view. Commentary in German with only occasional english statements. Nice atmosphere thought and would still recommend. Take google translate with.
Very nice staff, best regards to Kai, it all worked out well. We were even allowed to start earlier spontaneously. Highly recommended
arrived station with 10 minutes of beating between 2 trains missing departure and arrival sign ask a2 agent sncf l one answers me this by the ? he doesn't give a damn ever again in this station
Unusually friendly, cozy and authentic tour, in the middle of all the big and more anonymous companies. A both very relaxing, and very informative tour which is worth the money and highly recommended!
This tour was great! Our captain and guide were very knowledgeable about the city! It was so cool to see the port of Hamburg!!
