Potsdam Bike Tour with Rail Transport from Berlin

Key facts

What's included

Itinerary

1. Stop 1

   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.

2. Stop 2

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

   15 minutes

3. Stop 3

   Explore the windmill and gardens.

   15 minutes

4. Stop 4

   Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam

   10 minutes

5. Stop 5

   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

6. Stop 6

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

   10 minutes

7. Stop 7

   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

8. Stop 8 Pass by

   A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens

9. Stop 9 Pass by

   Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.

10. Stop 10

    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

11. Stop 11

    Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam

    10 minutes

12. Stop 12

    Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings

    5 minutes

13. Stop 13

    Old Town Hall of Potsdam

    5 minutes

14. Stop 14 Pass by

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

15. Stop 15

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

    5 minutes

16. Stop 16

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

    10 minutes

17. Stop 17

    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

18. Stop 18 Pass by

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

19. Stop 19

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

    10 minutes

20. Stop 20

    Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch

    45 minutes

21. Stop 21

    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

22. Stop 22 Pass by

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

23. Stop 23 Pass by

    Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake

24. Stop 24 Pass by

    Cycle along the Havel River

25. Stop 25 Pass by

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

26. Stop 26

    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

Meeting point & pickup

Meet at the starting point

This tour meets at our Alexanderplatz shop, located at the base of the giant TV Tower (Fernsehturm).

You can find us on the north side of the tower between the Alex Café and the entrance to the TV Tower. The address is Panoramastraße 1a, 10178 Berlin.

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