Top Potsdam Half-day Tours

Explore Potsdam on this morning tour and discover the Brandenburg town of gardens and royalty with a local guide. Taking in sights of major palaces such as Sanssouci, New Palace, and Schloss Cecilienhof as well as the baroque old town, the tour showcases the most interesting corners of the city as tales of Potsdam’s bygone kings ring in your ears. If you travel in the summer months, the tour also includes a ticket for a Potsdam hop-on hop-off bus tour.

Once capital of the kingdom of Prussia, Potsdam’s baroque parks and palaces have earned UNESCO World Heritage status. Explore the city with a guide on this small-group walking tour by train from Berlin. Hear about Kaisers, kings, and World War II; stroll ornate streets and Sanssouci Park; and opt to skip the long lines for Sanssouci Palace itself. Please note: entrance fees and train tickets are at your own expense.

Your guide and driver Holger was born in Potsdam. He offers an authentic insight in the history of Potsdam. The former Prussian residential town became one of the focal points in the Cold War. The Potsdam Conference from 1945 paved the way for the Cold War. Potsdam was one of the most important Soviet bases in the GDR. The bridge of spies connecting Potsdam with West Berlin was a symbol for the seperation of Germany.

Explore Potsdam’s Soviet history on this guided walking tour. See the city’s historic center, learn about Potsdam’s role as one of the largest Soviet bases in East Germany, and visit landmarks like the legendary Bridge of Spies, the once restricted area that housed the KGB’s headquarters, and the castle where Stalin, Churchill, and Truman negotiated the end of World War II.

Welcome to Potsdam, known as a garden wonderland within Germany. Its stunning palaces and parks are the reason why it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Besides being an incredibly charming city, it is brimming with an equally interesting history. Prussian kings and the German Kaiser utilized the city as their main residence. Most of its architecture was built during this time, giving the city its historic charm. Explore the Sanssouci Palace, the summer palace of Frederick the Great, the king of Prussia. Join us for a walk to discover more about the history of the city and leave with a sense of wonder. You will learn about: Since the Bronze Age Magna Germania The great migrations of the Germanic peoples Hevelli tribe Thirty Years' War Kingdom of Prussia Frederick the Great Province of Brandenburg German Empire German reunification

If you love palaces you will be spoilt for choice! How many palaces Potsdam has per inhabitant in Germany? You will be pleasantly surprised! Together with your professional local guide, you will discover the historic inner city. You will visit impressive Old Town on the way to the garden Sanssouci. What the Sanssouci Palace is famous for? You will experience the huge expansion of the garden with numerous historical buildings and a relaxed walk between them. Discover the best of Potsdam with the local guide!

Meet the Germans who stood up to the Nazi regime, during this unique historical tour, available for the first time at Sachsenhausen. Many resistance fighters and political prisoners were imprisoned at the camp; based on their stories you will gain insight into: • the early political opposition and the Nazi's crack-down on democracy • how the SS terror expanded, targeting an ever growing groups of people • you will see the resistance in a bigger context of the KZ system and understand the mortal danger anyone had to face who opposed the Nazi regime. You will be standing in the buildings and cells where famous resistance fighters, such as • Pastor Martin Niemöller, founding father of the Confessing Church • Georg Elser, the man who almost killed Hitler in 1939 • Hans von Donhanyi, the spiritual leader of the resistance, were imprisoned. During the tour you will hear about unknown assassination attempts and coup d'états, secret messages, bravery and self-sacrifice.

Potsdam was a city of kings – a German Versaille where the Hohenzollern monarchy of Prussia constructed lavish palaces in which they could spend their summers. It was also the setting for the Potsdam Conference, where geopolitical giants Josef Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill met in the summer of 1945 to seal the post-war fate of Germany and Europe. This 6-hour walking tour takes you to the heart of Potsdam's UNESCO-listed palace gardens to experience the pomp and grandeur of Prussia and explore the origins of the Cold War. You professional, local guide will provide an in-depth commentary throughout and lead you through lavish gardens, past myriad architectural gems, over the 'Bridge of Spies', and much more.

Start the tour at the New Garden where you can enjoy plenty of English Garden style and several buildings of the 18th century towards late 19th century. Cross the historical Dutch quarter in the heart of Potsdam and reach the garden entrance. Experience the jewel of architecture with various buildings and the Castle Cecilienhof. Do you know what was held there in the middle of the last century? Choose from the vast selection of buildings to visit. Stroll through the restored area of the „Whitsun Mountain" (Pfingstberg) along historical villas of famous majority industrialist families. Be inspired by the views from observation tower overlooking the Prussian Arkadien.

If you love palaces you will be spoilt for choice! How many palaces Potsdam has per inhabitant in Germany? You will be pleasantly surprised! Together with your professional local guide, you will discover the historic inner city. You will visit impressive Old Town on the way to the garden Sanssouci. What the Sanssouci Palace is famous for? You will experience the huge expansion of the garden with numerous historical buildings and a relaxed walk between them. Discover the best of Potsdam with the local guide!

Edit Start the tour at the New Garden where you can enjoy plenty of English Garden style and several buildings of the 18th century towards late 19th century. Cross the historical Dutch quarter in the heart of Potsdam and reach the garden entrance. Experience the jewel of architecture with various buildings and the Castle Cecilienhof. Do you know what was held there in the middle of the last century? Choose from the vast selection of buildings to visit. Stroll through the restored area of the „Whitsun Mountain" (Pfingstberg) along historical villas of famous majority industrialist families. Be inspired by the views from observation tower overlooking the Prussian Arkadien.

A visit to this sobering site of the former Nazi concentration camp just north of Berlin is a must for everyone interested in WWII history. In the summer of 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler gave order to the establishment of a “model” concentration camp near Berlin. Its dimensions and capacity were a terrifying prelude into SS intentions and the scale of terror that was yet to come. The tour also includes a visit to the former Concentration Camp Inspectorate, the administrative center of SS terror. During this tour you will learn about: • the development of the Nazi concentration camp system • how the SS founded and extended their system of power and oppression • the prisoners’ daily struggle for survival • society of prisoners inside the barbed wires • perpetrators, special punishments, medical experiments and executions that took place in the camp. *Options for private transportation are available after selecting the time and number of travelers*

A visit to this sobering site of the former Nazi concentration camp just north of Berlin is a must for everyone interested in WWII history. In the summer of 1936, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler gave order to the establishment of a “model” concentration camp near the capital of the Third Reich. Its dimensions and capacity were a terrifying prelude into SS intentions and the scale of terror that was yet to come. This tour also includes the former Concentration Camp Inspectorate – one of the best preserved buildings of the Third Reich in its original form and a visit to the office of Theodor Eicke, first commandant of Dachau. During this tour you will learn about: • the development of the Nazi concentration camp system • how the SS founded and extended their system of power and oppression • the prisoners’ daily struggle for survival • society of prisoners inside the barbed wires • perpetrators, special punishments, medical experiments and executions that took place in the camp.