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Sanssouci Garden Highlights, Potsdam:
Discover all of Sanssouci Park in one easy walk! With just your smartphone and headphones, you'll stroll from the famous vineyard terraces below Sanssouci Palace to the golden Chinese House, the grand fountains, and the sweeping New Palace – while an immersive audio guide with a high-quality voice reveals the story behind each stop. Surprising fun facts and historical photos bring the gardens to life, turning a simple walk into an unforgettable journey through the playground of Prussia's kings.
How It Works
No human person for guiding (tourguide), this is self-guided audio tour. You use your own smartphone to navigate and listen. No app download is required—just click the access link in your ticket to begin instantly. This route explores the free public sights, so no entrance tickets are needed or included.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Please note: There is no human person (tourguide) to meet you here. Simply open the link provided in your ticket on your smartphone to start the audio guide and navigation entirely on your own.
Itinerary
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1Neues Palais
Frederick the Great's colossal New Palace faces two matching baroque palaces built for his kitchens and servants, the Communs. Since 1991 they have housed the University of Potsdam, so students now take lectures in a king's service wing.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2University of Potsdam
Frederick the Great's colossal New Palace faces two matching baroque palaces built for his kitchens and servants, the Communs. Since 1991 they have housed the University of Potsdam, so students now take lectures in a king's service wing.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
A small open rotunda of eight Corinthian columns that Frederick the Great raised in memory of his beloved sister Wilhelmine of Bayreuth. Inside sits her marble statue, surrounded by medallions of the great friendships of antiquity.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4
Frederick the Great's former deer garden, one of the earliest landscape gardens on the continent, where a four and a half metre marble Flora marks spring beside the Hauptallee.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)
A gilded rococo tea pavilion in the shape of a clover leaf, ringed by life sized golden figures sipping tea and making music. Frederick the Great's dream of China, built by people who had never been there.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6Roman Baths
A dreamy slice of Italy on a Prussian pond: Schinkel and Persius turned a crown prince's sketches into a cluster of villas, pergolas and a Roman bath that was never once used for bathing. Charlottenhof Palace, his summer villa, lies just a short stroll away.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7
A cream-coloured Italianate villa with a square tower, built for the king's cabinet councillor Ernst Emil Illaire. Persius's plans turned a plain gardener's house into a little piece of Tuscany beside the Marlygarten.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Potsdam Friedenskirche
An Italian basilica mirrored in a quiet pond, built by the Romantic king Frederick William IV around a 13th-century Venetian mosaic. It is also the resting place of the king himself and of Emperor Frederick III.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Bildergalerie
A long golden hall east of Sanssouci Palace, built by Frederick the Great between 1755 and 1764 as the oldest surviving purpose-built museum in Germany. Inside, Caravaggio, Rubens and van Dyck hang frame to frame above a marble floor.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Sanssouci Palace
Frederick the Great's single-storey summer retreat crowns six curved vineyard terraces above the Great Fountain. The king who called it his 'place without worries' is buried on the top terrace, his grave strewn with potatoes.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11The Historic Windmill
A working Dutch windmill beside a royal guest palace, forever linked to the legend of the miller who dared to sue Frederick the Great. Rebuilt after burning in 1945, its sails have turned again since 1993.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Orangerieschloss
A 300 metre Italian Renaissance palace stretched along the ridge above Park Sanssouci, built by the 'Romantic on the throne' Frederick William IV. Inside waits a hall of fifty Raphael copies; above, twin towers with the best view in the park.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13
A hidden, walled pocket of Italy below the Klausberg, laid out in 1844 for Queen Elisabeth. Water cascades past ferns and oleander to a tiny open air Roman pavilion where the royal couple dined.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14
Frederick the Great's last building, a Roman style viewing pavilion, crowns the Klausberg hill, while sixteen gilded dragons guard the Chinese pagoda below, now a cafe. The perfect place to end the loop with a view and a slice of cake.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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