Potsdam, City of Kings: Private Tour with a Vehicle
Potsdam, DE
100% of travellers recommend this
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Private vehicle included
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Professional local guide
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Duration 6 hours
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Available in multiple languages
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Suitable for all fitness levels
Explore the grandeur of Potsdam's royal history with a private tour, including stunning palaces and iconic Cold War landmarks.
Featured Reviews
Included
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Private vehicle with professional driver -
Professional, local guide
Excluded
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Gratuities -
Food and drink
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Entrance fees (none required for the tour)
Explore the grandeur of Potsdam's royal history with a private tour, including stunning palaces and iconic Cold War landmarks.
Highlights
- Experience the grandeur of Prussian palaces
- Visit the historic Sanssouci Palace
- Step onto the 'Bridge of Spies' from the Cold War era
- Explore the significant Cecilienhof Palace
- Discover the picturesque Dutch Quarter in Potsdam
Pickup
Check if pick-up is available from your location, you will select during checkout (providers may allow other pickup locations)
What to expect
Sanssouci Palace
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.
20 minutes
Admission Not Included
Schloss Cecilienhof
Stand where Truman, Churchill and Stalin stood, when they met to shape the fate of post-war Germany and Europe at the Potsdam Conference.
15 minutes
Admission Not Included
Glienicke Bridge
Cross the 'Bridge of Spies', from West Berlin into East Germany, where the US and USSR swapped captured agents during the Cold War.
10 minutes
Neues Palais
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.
15 minutes
Admission Not Included
Orangerie im Park Sanssouci
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.
Marmorpalais
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.
10 minutes
Admission Not Included
Potsdam Friedenskirche
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.
10 minutes
Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)
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.
10 minutes
Dutch Quarter
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.
10 minutes
Old Market Square
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.
Nauen Gate
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.
5 minutes
Alexandrowka
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.
Additional Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby -
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
What our experts say
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Consider booking Sanssouci Palace in advance. -
Try local cuisine at nearby Café Röntgen.
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Visit the Dutch Quarter for unique shops.
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Check out the Potsdam Friedenskirche crypts.
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Bring a camera for stunning palace views.
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