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Potsdam and Sanssouci

Royal residence, socialist city, fishing village, garrison town and currently boomtown. Situated on an island, surrounded by lakes, Potsdam is known far beyond the borders. At this place the Prussian rulers have set up their refuge, a cultural landscape was established here that is unparalleled. However, in Potsdam time has not stood still. Universities bring life to the city and the site of Babelsberg film studios produces international movie bestsellers in series.

Immerse yourself in Potsdam's history with our guided city tours. Our guides will help you experience the baroque splendour of Sanssouci and show you where Potsdam is most energetic. Let yourself be guided through the streets and courtyards of the city, listen to the stories behind the beautiful facades and discover what makes Potsdam unique!

Choose your individual Potsdam City Tour

Tour 1 | A first impression: Old Town Walk Potsdam

This city tour shows the most important sights of Potsdam city center with the royal City Palace, the Nikolai Church, the New Market, the remaining city gates and the Dutch Quarter. You will learn the most important details about the town's history and current plans.

approx. 2 hours

from 175,00 € per group

Tour 2 | A first impression: The Park of Sanssouci

The Park of Sanssouci is really colossal. Keeping track of things here is not easy. We'll take a look with you at the highlights of the park on this tour. You also get to see and explain the Big Fountain, the Chinese Teahouse, the Orangery and of course the world-famous Palace of Sanssouci. Additionally an interior visit of the New Chambers can be booked.

approx. 2 hours

from 175,00 € per group

(fees excluded)

City Palace and Sanssouci Palace Potsdam

Tour 3 | Combined: The Park of Sanssouci & Downtown

This city tour combines the Old Town Walk with a short tour of Sanssouci Park. Experience the most beautiful sights of the Potsdam center on your way to the park such as the City Palace, the Dutch Quarter or the city gates. Afterwards we discover together the core zone of the park of Sanssouci with the Church of Peace, the vineyard terraces, the Summer Palace and the Big Fountain.

approx. 3 hours

from 225,00 € per group

Tour 4 | In detail: Discover All of Sanssouci

The Park of Sanssouci in detail. You will experience a time travel through the fashions of garden art and architecture, you can walk through ancient models of landscapes and see where the children of the emperors raged. In addition to the highlights of the small park tour (Tour 2) you will see the Roman Baths, the Charlottenhof Palace, the New Palace, the Belvedere and the Dragon House. Additionally an interior visit of the New Chambers can be booked.

approx. 4 hours

from 275,00 € per group

(fees excluded)

Tour 5 | In Detail: Discover All of Potsdam

This city tour includes all major ensembles of the city center such as the Old and New Market, the City Squares and the Dutch Quarter. Of course, a look into the pretty courtyards should not be missed. You will learn more about the history of Potsdam and get to know current projects. A tram ride to the Russian Colony completes this city tour. Discover and enjoy Potsdam in detail!

approx. 4 hours

from 275,00 € per group

(additional fee for tram ticket)

Glienicke Bridge - Bridge of Spies Potsdam

Tour 6 | The Cold War: Spies and Occupation

The Cold War began not least in Potsdam and at the Glienicke Bridge - world famous as a symbol of the German division. But Potsdam has even more exciting traces of the East-West conflict to offer: especially the KGB City and the Cecilienhof Palace as the venue of the Potsdam Conference of the "Big Three" (Stalin, Churchill, Truman). This city tour takes you on a journey through time to the recent past.

approx. 4 hours

from 275,00 € per group

(additional fee for Cecilienhof Palace)

Tour 7 | Villa Colony Neubabelsberg - In the Footsteps of Movie Stars

Babelsberg stands for big cinema from Potsdam. This tour shows you where the stars used to live and the first German movies were produced. You also learn that Potsdam once had a Little White House, and where Stalin invited Churchill to a dinner. And of course the Park of Babelsberg with its magnificent Palace is not missing on this guided tour.

approx. 3 hours

from 225,00 € per group

Tour 8 | The Park of Babelsberg - Memories of England

The hilly park designed by famous garden architects Lenné and the Prince of Pückler-Muskau is like a dream. We guide you through the richly designed royal garden with its pavilions, geysers, streams, waterfalls and the neo-gothic imperial palace that brings back memories of England. The exclave Klein-Glienicke with the hunting lodge Glienicke as well as the world-famous bridge of the spies complete this green exploration trip.

approx. 2 hours

from 175,00 € per group

Tour 9 | Go Potsdam with a Vintage Tramway!

If you prefer to experience Potsdam from the window of a historic tram, then you will get your money's worth on this tour. It goes past the sights of the city center and the Potsdam suburbs. Legendary Babelsberg is also on the timetable. For technical reasons, this tour must be booked at least four weeks before the travel date.

approx. 2,5 hours
(the price depends on the vehicle choice)

TOUR 10 | Of singers, soldiers and spies - Russian Potsdam around the Alexandrovka Colony

Russian traces in Potsdam go back to the time of the Soldier King and the Russian Colony Alexandrowka is probably the best known symbol of Prussian-Russian friendship. Our tour in the north of Potsdam goes in search of traces: we dive into the everyday life of Russian choristers who inhabited Alexandrowka, look at where the largest Soviet school outside Russia was located and discover together the "Forbidden City" of the KGB.

This city tour can include a visit to the Alexandrovka Museum followed by lunch (borsch or solyanka) or coffee. A visit to the KGB prison and / or Cecilienhof Palace is also possible.

approx. 3 hours

from 225,00 € per group

TOUR 11 | Silkworms, Bohemian Weavers and Babelsberg 03 - A City Tour Through Nowawes

Under Frederick the Great, the settlement of Bohemian weavers and the cultivation of silkworms were emphasized in Nowawes. Later, essential medical and caring standards were shaped in the diaconal Oberlinhaus, and the German resistance found a refuge in the parsonage in Lutherstraße.

We take you to the former DOK film studios and to the tradition-rich VEB Deutsche Schallplatte - Nowawes broadcast music and pictures throughout the Republic. "Nulldrei" still provides sporting impulses and an extraordinary fan culture in the neighboring "Karli". Babelsberg and Nowawes have always been one - the city's belly and biceps.

approx. 2 hours

from 175,00 € per group

Tour 12 | Hammer and Sickle - Hidden Soviet Traces in the Northern Suburbs

For 50 years, the north of Potsdam was characterized by the presence of Soviet or Russian troops. The self-sufficient infrastructure with its own garrison school, millitary hospital and military post office was unique and organized in numerous "military towns".

In this thematic city tour we will show you the locations where the city commandant's office, registry office and officers' house used to be. A quarter of a century after the withdrawal of the last troops, we look for traces in the cityscape, address the everyday life of soldiers and the function of the Red Army in Potsdam.

approx. 3 hours
from 225,00 € per group

"Potsdam is a picturesque, pastoral dream (...) A jewel set in the most stunning landscape of rivers and mountains, studded with villas by the likes of Schinkel and Persius, their towers reaching to the skies, Potsdam is a place which testifies to the deep desire on the part of those who founded, and who nurtured it, to embrace the land and to make of the entire landscape a work of art."

HRH The Prince Of Wales

Your city-guides

Rainer Müller, born in 1972

Graduate Geographer, Tourist Guide

Robert Leichsenring, born in 1981

Master of Slavic Studies, Tourist Guide

CONTACT US

Robert Leichsenring /

Rainer Müller GbR

phone:

+49 331 979 14 39 (office)

+49 160 644 35 65 (Rainer)

+49 178 939 60 75 (Robert)

mail:

info@fritz-und-peter.de

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About Fritz & Peter

The Prussian King Frederick II. (called 'Fritz') and the Russian Tsar Peter - both known as 'the Great' - have influenced and shaped their countries fundamentally. Their significant influence is felt to this very day. Both characters combined different, seemingly contradictory properties: frequently unscrupulous against others and themselves, with military ambition in the European power structure – however also equipped with a sense of the fine arts, both independent and without question cosmopolitan in spirit.

Frederick collected the world’s architecture and philosophy in his “Brandenburg Sandbox”, Peter traveled Europe and had the best architects of his time build the new capital at the mouth of the river Newa. The Prussian King insisted on outlining the designs for his residence himself, Peter - quite Tsar und Carpenter - even personally lent a hand. We make you follow the traces of those two eminent figures and, en route, discover the tracks of other historical characters.