MEANS OF TRANSPORT

Berlin offers a dense network of Public Transport and several Taxi Companies. You will find extensive information under "Unterwegs" on the Site of the Tourist Information (only in german or english).

Berlin holds three airports: Tegel Airport (TXL), Airport Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF) and Airport Tempelhof (THF). They are all easily accessible by public transport or Taxi.

Using public transport from the airports Tegel and Tempelhof will take about 20 minutes and costs 2€. The Airport-Express from the Airport Berlin-Schönefeld to the central station Zoologischer Garten takes 30 minutes and costs 2.20 €.
(Price for single ticket, status 01.04.2004)

A Taxi ride to the City-West, Hotel InterContinental costs about
(status 12/2003):

• from Tegel Airport to Hotel InterContinental:
  17 €, taking about 15 - 25 minutes
• from Airport Tempelhof to Hotel InterContinental:
  11 €, taking about 15 - 20 minutes
• from Airport Berlin-Schönefeld to Hotel InterContinental:
  26 €, taking about 35 - 40 minutes

Taxi-call numbers (a selection):

• Funktaxi Berlin: +49 (030) 26 10 26
• Würfelfunk: 0800-222 22 55
• Spreefunk: +49 (030) 44 33 22
• City-Funk (GPS): +49 (030) 21 02 02