Potsdam Bike Tour with Rail Transport from Berlin

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1
  Unlimited Biking

  You'll travel to Potsdam by train before embarking on a leisurely ride covering approximately 10.5 miles (17km) over 4.5 hours. After all that exertion, break for lunch (not included) in the Dutch Quarter.

  Admission ticket free
• 2
  Sanssouci Palace

  See the magnificent Sansssouci Palace from the outside and talk about the early life of Frederick the Great. Great photo spot.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 3
  Orangerie im Park Sanssouci

  Explore the windmill and gardens.

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4

  Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Schloss Cecilienhof

  View the fantastic Marble Palace from the outside where Truman, Stalin and Churchill concluded the Potsdam Agreement. Site of the Post-WWII conference

  10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 6
  Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)

  See Potsdam´s Brandeburg Gate and discuss Potsdam as garrison town and the beginnings of Prussia’s mighty army

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 7
  Glienicke Bridge

  Listen to an explanation about the historic "Bridge of Spies", infamous site of 1962 spy exchanges (well-known for Rudolf Abel and Gary Powers) during the Cold War

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Weinbergterrassen (Pass by)

  A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.

  Admission ticket free
• 8
  Old Market Square

  Alter Markt. Discuss Prussia and its royal family in this centrally located square in downtown Potsdam, including the area around St. Nicholas' Church, which forms the historical center of the city

  10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 9
  St. Nicholas Church Potsdam

  Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam

  10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 10

  Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings

  5 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 11

  Old Town Hall of Potsdam

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• Museum Barberini (Pass by)

  Modelled after Palazzo Barbarini in Rome, now houses the part of the private collection of Hasso Plattner

  Admission ticket free
• 12
  Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)

  Chinese Teahouse. See this intriguing garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park, buillt by Frederick the Great. Photo stop and historical explanation

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 13
  Neues Palais

  Neues Palais (New Palace) built to commemorate Frederick the Great’s victory in the Seven Years War

  10 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• 14

  Built by Frederick-Wilhelm IV (Romantic on the Throne). Called the Orangerie because inside there is a greenhouse where he could grow exotic fruits like oranges and lemons.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included
• Nauen Gate (Pass by)

  Ride by Jägertor (Hunters’ Gate) and Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate, built 1755).

  Admission ticket free
• 15

  Named after Queen Louise (Queen Consort of Frederick-Wilhelm III), most popular and best-known queen of Prussia.

  10 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 16
  Old Market Square

  Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch

  45 minutes • Admission ticket included
• 17

  Enjoy a ride and lunch break in the historic Dutch quarter (still in its original state, not destroyed in the war). This section of Potsdam dates to Frederick-Wilhelm I (Soldier King) who had 134 ‘Dutch’ houses built to help lure Dutch craftsmen (also stone workers and linen weavers) so the new immigrants will feel at home.

  45 minutes • Admission ticket free
• Alexandrowka (Pass by)

  Hear about the Russian colony in Potsdam, originally built on the orders of Frederick-Wilhelm in the 1820s

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake

  Admission ticket free
• (Pass by)

  Cycle along the Havel River

  Admission ticket free
• Potsdamer Platz (Pass by)

  Ride along the Berlin Wall (in Potsdam) and see site of former No Man's Land/ Death Strip

  Admission ticket free
• 18

  Built by Frederick-Wilhelm IV (Romantic on the Throne). Called the Orangerie because inside there is a greenhouse where he could grow exotic fruits like oranges and lemons.

  5 minutes • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

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