Fat Tire Tours Berlin

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

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

Explore the windmill and gardens.

15 minutes

Potsdam Paradise Garden

Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam

10 minutes

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

10 minutes

Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)

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

10 minutes

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

10 minutes

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A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens

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Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.

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

10 minutes

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Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam

10 minutes

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Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings

5 minutes

Altes Rathaus

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)

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

5 minutes

Neues Palais

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

10 minutes

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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).

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

10 minutes

Old Market Square

Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch

45 minutes

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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

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Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake

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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

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