Potsdam Bike Tour with Rail Transport from Berlin

4.7
based on 81 reviews
Berlin, Germany

Reviews Summary

Fun, informative, and active, with beautiful sights and historical significance. Some felt rushed at stops, while others found it a highlight of their trip.

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Features

Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Instant ticket delivery
Mobile Ticket
Pickup available
Duration

6.5 hours

Wheelchair accessible
Audio guide
Live guide
  • City-cruiser style bike
  • Helmet (provided but optional)
  • Rail transportation to and from Potsdam
  • Experience, English speaking guide
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop off
  • Mobile or paper ticket accepted
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Take a day-trip from Berlin and discover UNESCO World Heritage listed Potsdam, all by the seat of your bike! From park lands to alleyways, you're English-speaking guide will recount historical anecdotes as you explore an array of Prussian and Cold War sites.

  • Duration 6 Hours and 30 Minutes
  • Group Tour
  • Max 18 people in the group
  • 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.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 2

    Sanssouci Palace

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

    • Duration 15 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 3

    Orangerie im Park Sanssouci

    Explore the windmill and gardens.

    • Duration 15 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 4

    Potsdam Paradise Garden

    Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 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

    • Duration 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

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 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

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 8

    Im Park Sanssouci

    A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 9

    Maulbeerallee

    Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 10

    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

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 11

    Am Alten Markt

    Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 12

    Am Alten Markt

    Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings

    • Duration 5 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 13

    Altes Rathaus

    Old Town Hall of Potsdam

    • Duration 5 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 14

    Museum Barberini

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

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 15

    Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)

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

    • Duration 5 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 16

    Neues Palais

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

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 17

    An der Orangerie

    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.

    • Duration 5 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included
  • 18

    Nauen Gate

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

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 19

    Luisenplatz

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

    • Duration 10 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 20

    Old Market Square

    Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch

    • Duration 45 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Included
  • 21

    Innenstadt

    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...

    • Duration 45 Minutes
    • No Admission Ticket Required
  • 22

    Alexandrowka

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

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 23

    Am Jungfernsee

    Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 24

    Germany

    Cycle along the Havel River

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 25

    Potsdamer Platz

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

    • No Admission Ticket Required
    • Drive-By Only
  • 26

    Grosse Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg

    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.

    • Duration 5 Minutes
    • Admission Ticket Not Included

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