Itinerary

Unlimited Biking
(Pass By)
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.
Sanssouci Palace
(Pass By)
See the magnificent Sansssouci Palace from the outside and talk about the early life of Frederick the Great. Great photo spot.
15 minutes
Orangerie im Park Sanssouci
(Pass By)
Explore the windmill and gardens.
15 minutes
Potsdam Paradise Garden
(Pass By)
Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam
10 minutes
Schloss Cecilienhof
(Pass By)
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
Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)
(Pass By)
See Potsdam´s Brandeburg Gate and discuss Potsdam as garrison town and the beginnings of Prussia’s mighty army
10 minutes
Glienicke Bridge
(Pass By)
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
Marmorpalais
(Pass By)
A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens
Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.
Old Market Square
(Pass By)
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
Old Market Square
(Pass By)
Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam
10 minutes
Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings
5 minutes
Altes Rathaus
(Pass By)
Old Town Hall of Potsdam
5 minutes
Museum Barberini
(Pass By)
Modelled after Palazzo Barbarini in Rome, now houses the part of the private collection of Hasso Plattner
Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)
(Pass By)
Chinese Teahouse. See this intriguing garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park, buillt by Frederick the Great. Photo stop and historical explanation
5 minutes
Neues Palais
(Pass By)
Neues Palais (New Palace) built to commemorate Frederick the Great’s victory in the Seven Years War
10 minutes
Neues Palais
(Pass By)
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
Nauen Gate
(Pass By)
Ride by Jägertor (Hunters’ Gate) and Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate, built 1755).
Named after Queen Louise (Queen Consort of Frederick-Wilhelm III), most popular and best-known queen of Prussia.
10 minutes
Old Market Square
(Pass By)
Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch
45 minutes
Admission Included
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
Alexandrowka
(Pass By)
Hear about the Russian colony in Potsdam, originally built on the orders of Frederick-Wilhelm in the 1820s
Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake
Alexandrowka
(Pass By)
Cycle along the Havel River
Potsdamer Platz
(Pass By)
Ride along the Berlin Wall (in Potsdam) and see site of former No Man's Land/ Death Strip
Grosse Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg
(Pass By)
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