Charlottenburg is considered the heart of former West Berlin and stretches from the ICC convention center in the west to Ku'Damm Kurfürstendamm in the east. Public transport or a bike are often ideal modes of transportation in this area since parking spots are scarce and parking garages expensive. The city bus system BVG covers Wilmersdorf extensively, with its the northern-most parts being served by the S- and U-stations Heidelberger Platz or Fehrbelliner Platz.
S-Bahn
To reach the former center of West Berlin, get off at S-Bahn station "Zoologischer Garten."
A good place to start exploring Charlottenburg is at S-Bahn station "Savignyplatz." This area includes many popular cafes, bars, restaurants including fast food, bookshops and boutiques.
Walking south from the Schöneberg centrally located Winterfeldplatz you´ll find Goltzstr with lots of small bars and cafes. Restaurants provide all sorts of food and prices are low, especially compared with other locations in the "touristy" center of Berlin. Around Eisenacher Str extension of Goltzstr. you´ll find even more bars and cafes situated in the basement of nice old houses. During WW II this part of Berlin was not destroyed by bombs as much as other parts of Berlin, so you can get an impression of what 19th century Berlin's architecture looked like. If you walk along Grunewaldstrasse to the west, you´ll reach "Bayrischer Platz" and around it the "Bayerisches Viertel" with many streets named after Bavarian cities, which was destroyed a lot more during WW II about 60%. Somewhere around there Albert Einstein lived once. You´ll find several memorial signs providing information about the Nazi-regime's rules against gays and Jews.
U-Bahn
To arrive at the central bus station, get off at the U-and S-Bahnstation Kaiserdamm U2 / Messe ZOB ICC S41, S42, S46 and follow the signs.
If you want to ride a bus the entire length of Ku'Damm, you can get off at U-Bahn Wittenbergplatz U1 - U3 or S-Bahn Halensee S41, S42, S46 east to west or vice versa.
To get to Schloss Charlottenburg palace, exit U-Bahn station Sophie-Charlotte Platz U2 or Richard-Wagner-Platz U7.
Exit U-and S-Bahn station Zoologischer Garten U2, U9, S5, S7, S75 for the city zoo, the Gedächtniskirche, the TauentzienstraÃe main shopping street and/or a short walk to Ku'Damm. Friends of the Berlin partner city, Los Angeles, can walk right to the Los Angeles friendship place.
The rest of Ku'damm can be easily reached via U-Bahn station Kurfürstendamm U1, U9, UlandstraÃe U1 or Adenauerplatz U7.