Potsdam Tour from Berlin With Guided Sanssouci Palace Visit Discount Tickets

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Potsdam Tour from Berlin With Guided Sanssouci Palace Visit image
Potsdam Tour from Berlin With Guided Sanssouci Palace Visit image
Potsdam Tour from Berlin With Guided Sanssouci Palace Visit image
Potsdam Tour from Berlin With Guided Sanssouci Palace Visit image

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Overview

Enjoy a guided excursion to Potsdam, famous for its magnificent palaces and parks. See Sanssouci Palace, the summer residence of Frederick the Great. An audio tour of Sanssouci Palace is included in the price. During the sightseeing tour, enjoy the Dutch Quarter and not to forget the Russian Colony Alexandrowka. During the summer months, you will also have the opportunity to take a short walk through Sanssouci Park. After returning to Berlin, the tour ends back at Kurfürstendamm. Duration of the excursion: 4 hours

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Meeting Point: Kurfürstendamm / corner of Uhlandstraße (by the Mephisto shoe shop, opposite the City Circle stop). Look for: Yellow City Circle minivan White coach with “BEX” logo (arrives around 9:45 a.m.) Departure: 10:00 a.m.

Language Offered

German-GUIDE

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Sanssouci was the summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, located nearby Berlin. Sanssouci is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the park. The palace was designed/built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfill King Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court.
Duration: 120 mins
2. The Glienicke Bridge is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital Potsdam. It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace. The current bridge, the fourth on the site, was completed in 1907, although major reconstruction was necessary after it was damaged during World War II. During the Cold War, as this portion of the Havel River formed the border between West Berlin and East Germany, the bridge was used several times for the exchange of captured spies and thus became known as the Bridge of Spies.
3. The Dutch Quarter/Holländisches Viertel is in Potsdam, a neighborhood, consisting of 134 red Dutch brick buildings, almost all of which have been renovated. It was built from 1733 to 1740 and designed by Jan Bouman following the order of Frederick William I of Prussia.
4. The Russian colony Alexandrovka is located in the north of Potsdam. King Frederick William III of Prussia had it built in 1826/27 for the last twelve Russian singers of a former choir of 62 soldiers. Due to the family and friendly relations between the Hohenzollern and Romanov houses, the colony was named a memorial to Tsar Alexander I, who died in 1825. As part of Potsdam's cultural landscape, the colony is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
5. The Old Market Square is a centrally located square in downtown Potsdam which forms the historical center of the city. The square consists of the area around St. Nicholas' Church.
6. St. Nicholas Church in Potsdam is a Lutheran Church located on the Old Market Square in Potsdam. The central plan building in the Classicist style and dedicated to Saint Nicholas was built to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel between 1830 and 1837. The tambour of the 77-metre-high church that towers above the roofs of the city was built between 1843 and 1850. Its construction has been made by Ludwig Persius and from 1845, Friedrich August Stüler. Towards the end of the Second World War, the church was hit during the British air raid on Potsdam and subsequently badly damaged by Soviet artillery fire. After many years of rebuilding the church was re-consecrated in 1981 by the Evangelical Parish of St. Nicholas, Potsdam, and, today, is open to visitors. In addition to the normal church services, concert events are also held in the church.

Inclusion

Coach with driver

Guaranteed to skip the long lines

Local guide in English and German

Exclusion

Food and drinks

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

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

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Start/end of tour: Berlin, Kurfürstendamm 216

Departure time 10 a.m.

Supplied by BEX Sightseeing

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