What You Will Do
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
This tour meets at our Alexanderplatz shop, located at the base of the giant TV Tower (Fernsehturm).
You can find us on the north side of the tower between the Alex Café and the entrance to the TV Tower. The address is Panoramastraße 1a, 10178 Berlin.
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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.
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Sanssouci Palace
15 minutes
See the magnificent Sansssouci Palace from the outside and talk about the early life of Frederick the Great. Great photo spot.
3
Orangerie im Park Sanssouci
15 minutes
Explore the windmill and gardens.
4
Potsdam's Gardens
10 minutes
Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam
5
Schloss Cecilienhof
10 minutes
View the fantastic Marble Palace from the outside where Truman, Stalin and Churchill concluded the Potsdam Agreement. Site of the Post-WWII conference
6
Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)
10 minutes
See Potsdam´s Brandeburg Gate and discuss Potsdam as garrison town and the beginnings of Prussia’s mighty army
7
Glienicke Bridge
10 minutes
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
8
Weinbergterrassen
A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens
9
Historic Mill of Sanssouci
Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.
10
Old Market Square
10 minutes
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
11
St. Nicholas' Church, Potsdam
10 minutes
Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam
12
Obelisk
5 minutes
Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings
13
Altes Rathaus
5 minutes
Old Town Hall of Potsdam
14
Museum Barberini
Modelled after Palazzo Barbarini in Rome, now houses the part of the private collection of Hasso Plattner
15
Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)
5 minutes
Chinese Teahouse. See this intriguing garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park, buillt by Frederick the Great. Photo stop and historical explanation
16
Neues Palais
10 minutes
Neues Palais (New Palace) built to commemorate Frederick the Great’s victory in the Seven Years War
17
Orangery Palace
5 minutes
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.
18
Nauen Gate
Ride by Jägertor (Hunters’ Gate) and Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate, built 1755).
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10 minutes
Named after Queen Louise (Queen Consort of Frederick-Wilhelm III), most popular and best-known queen of Prussia.
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Old Market Square
45 minutes
Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch
21
Dutch Quarter
45 minutes
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.
22
Alexandrowka
Hear about the Russian colony in Potsdam, originally built on the orders of Frederick-Wilhelm in the 1820s
23
Am Jungfernsee
Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake
24
Havel
Cycle along the Havel River
25
Potsdamer Platz
Ride along the Berlin Wall (in Potsdam) and see site of former No Man's Land/ Death Strip
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Grosse Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg
5 minutes
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.
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