Itinerary
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Stop At: Sanssouci Palace, Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Climb through the tiered vineyard up to Frederick the Great's iconic summer palace. Visit the grave of Prussia's most famous monarch, and learn how he became a legend. Palace admission will need to be booked prior to your visit – we're happy to help you organize your booking.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Schloss Cecilienhof, Im Neuen Garten 11, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Stand where Truman, Churchill and Stalin stood, when they met to shape the fate of post-war Germany and Europe at the Potsdam Conference.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Glienicke Bridge, Konigstrasse, 14467 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Cross the 'Bridge of Spies', from West Berlin into East Germany, where the US and USSR swapped captured agents during the Cold War.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Neues Palais, Am Neuen Palais, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Stare up in awe at the imposing New Palace, largest of the residences on the Potsdam grounds, and witness where Kaiser Wilhelm II signed the declaration that sent the Germans to war in 1914.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Orangerie im Park Sanssouci, Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Drive past Frederick William IV's grandiose architectural folly – primarily used, then and now, to store exotic plants for the duration of Berlin's bitter winters.
Stop At: Marmorpalais, Im Neuen Garten 10, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Gaze out over the Heiligen See (the 'Holy Lake') from the veranda of Frederick William II's Marble Palace, and see where Frederick William III learned of Prussia's liberation from Napoleonic occupation at the neighboring Orangerie.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Potsdam Friedenskirche, Am Gruenen Gitter 3, 14469 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Explore the private church of the Prussian monarchy, and descend into the crypts to visit the graves of Frederick William IV and his wife Elizabeth, queen of Prussia and former princess of Bavaria.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor), Luisenplatz, 14467 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Walk beneath the towering arch of Potsdam's Brandenburg Gate – built to celebrate the Prussian triumphs in the three Silesian Wars, and predating Berlin's Brandenburg Gate by roughly 20 years.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hollandisches Viertel, Hollaendisches Viertel 1, 14467 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Wander through the close-set streets of picturesque, red-brick houses in the Dutch Quarter and learn how Dutch craftsmen were drawn to Potsdam in the early 18th century to contribute to the expansion of the then garrison town.
Duration: 10 minutes
Pass By: Old Market Square, 14467 Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Drive past Potsdam's 'Alte Markt' and see the Nicholas Church, the Old Town Hall, and the former Potsdam City Palace – now the Brandenburg State Parliament building.
Stop At: Nauen Gate, Nauner Srasse, Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Pass beneath another of Potsdam former city gates, built to designs created by Frederick the Great and the first example of British Gothic Revivalist architecture appearing in Germany.
Duration: 5 minutes
Pass By: Alexandrowka 2, Potsdam, Brandenburg Germany
Drive around the thirteen charming wooden houses of the 'Russian Village', originally the home of the home of the Russian singers of the First Prussian Regiment of the Guards.