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Potsdam Bike Tour: A Day-trip from Berlin Exploring UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Berlin
Embark on a day-long excursion from Berlin to the UNESCO World Heritage site, Potsdam, right from your bicycle seat! Traveling through parks and down narrow lanes, your English-speaking guide will share historical tales as you visit a mix of Prussian and Cold War landmarks.
Embark on a day-long excursion from Berlin to the UNESCO World Heritage site, Potsdam, right from your bicycle seat! Traveling through parks and down narrow lanes, your English-speaking guide will share historical tales as you visit a mix of Prussian and Cold War landmarks.
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- 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…
- 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.
- Orangerie im Park Sanssouci - Explore the windmill and gardens.
- Potsdam’s Gardens - Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam
- 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
- Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) - See Potsdam´s Brandeburg Gate and discuss Potsdam as garrison town and the beginnings of Prussia’s mighty army
- 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
- Weinbergterrassen - A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens
- Historic Mill of Sanssouci - 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
- St. Nicholas’ Church, Potsdam - Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam
- Obelisk - Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings
- Altes Rathaus - Old Town Hall of Potsdam
- Museum Barberini - 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
- Neues Palais - Neues Palais (New Palace) built to commemorate Frederick the Great’s victory in the Seven Years War
- Orangery Palace - 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.
- Nauen Gate - Ride by Jägertor (Hunters’ Gate) and Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate, built 1755).
- Luisenplatz - Named after Queen Louise (Queen Consort of Frederick-Wilhelm III), most popular and best-known queen of Prussia.
- Old Market Square - Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch
- Dutch Quarter - 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.
- Alexandrowka - Hear about the Russian colony in Potsdam, originally built on the orders of Frederick-Wilhelm in the 1820s
- Am Jungfernsee - Cycle along Potsdam’s Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake
- Havel - Cycle along the Havel River
- Potsdamer Platz - 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.

What's Included
- City-cruiser style bike
- Helmet (provided but optional)
- Rail transportation to and from Potsdam
- Experienced, English-speaking guide
- City-cruiser style bike
- Helmet (provided but optional)
- Rail transportation to and from Potsdam
- Experienced, English-speaking guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Hotel pickup and drop off
Location
Fat Tire Tours Berlin
Panoramastraße
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(81 Ratings)
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Roderick_r
Sep 25, 2025
Don’t miss this tour! - This is a fantastic tour. Marco is a very knowledgeable and charismatic guide. The pace of the tour was perfect and the historic context that was provided at each stop was really exceptional. Highly recommended.
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Joannae930
Aug 12, 2025
A perfect way to spend the day in Potsdam - We were a group of 4 and had never been to Potsdam before. Maggi was our guide and he was an awesome guide — friendly, accommodating, and knew so much history. We saw so much during our tour — Sanssouci, Bridge of Spies, Neues Palais, and so much more. We enjoyed a break in the Dutch village and had a delightful lunch. The pacing was great, weather perfect, and it was a very unique way to see all the main sites in Potsdam. We had an awesome time and highly recommend taking this tour, especially if you’re new to Potsdam. Thanks Fat Tire & Maggi for an amazing day!
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Whitney_m
Jul 11, 2025
Excellent tour with Maggi - Our tour guide Maggi was incredible. We were on the 6.5 hour tour in Postdam. He was highly knowledgable, friendly and considerate of all participants. The area is beautiful and the ride is fairly flat. There were people of all levels of bike experience on our tour and Maggi made sure that everyone was with the group before moving on.
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Dianne_f
May 24, 2025
Touriffic! - Such a fun, informative and active Tour. We love the stops and getting a few minutes to Tour and look around. Thor gave us some information at our stops and we loved the tidbits of information. Perfectly paced.
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Lygiaclark_b
May 21, 2025
Highly recommended - I have done this tour nine years ago with my daughter and came back with my husband. Sunny days are the best, beautiful Potsdam, the route is expanded, the guide is from Iceland's, Magga was awesome. .
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Ingrid_t
May 18, 2025
Excellent overview of Potsdam with Fat Tire tours - Excellent overview of Potsdam on bikes, visiting these magnificent Schlosses, parks, and historically significant sites.
Our tour guide Maggi was a very friendly and easy going and introduced to Potsdam. Highly recommend.
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Jay_l
Sep 30, 2024
Potsdam - Nice group, Bindi (SP?) did a good job shepherding us around Potsdam and the sites.... One suggestion: Have some specific recommendations for lunch spots when you break, could save some wantering around...thanks!
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Kay_k
Sep 10, 2024
Worthwhile bike tour. - Background knowledge was great. The group interaction was good on the tour which made the tour that much more enjoyable. Helmets were not offered in Potsdam like they were in Berlin.
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Ptk_from_dy
Sep 6, 2025
Potsdam by Bike - This was a fantastic tour of Potsdam made even better by our fabulous guide Maggi. He brought history of the Prussian kings to life with many interesting facts, insights and humour.
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Nick
Jul 7, 2025
Potsdam bicycle tour - I felt our guide was inexperienced and lacking in information. In other tours I have done the guides have so-much info to supply they run out of time. In this case the guide gave a brief explanation at each stop and sent us away to explore by ourselves. It felt like she was happier to be alone.
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