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Potsdam Tour: Explore Historic Castles and Old Town
4.5
322 Ratings
Potsdam
Experience an enjoyable city tour of Potsdam’s highlights and explore the intriguing Sanssouci, Cecilienhof and New Palace castles with three different walks included in the tour. Wander through the old town’s Baroque architecture, following the path of ‘Old Fritz’.
Experience an enjoyable city tour of Potsdam’s highlights and explore the intriguing Sanssouci, Cecilienhof and New Palace castles with three different walks included in the tour. Wander through the old town’s Baroque architecture, following the path of ‘Old Fritz’.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Schloss Cecilienhof - The city guide leads visitors to the castle, sharing fascinating, insightful, and current stories about Potsdam’s history.
- Neues Palais - The city guide escorts visitors to the New Palace, offering fascinating, insightful, and current stories about Potsdam’s history.
- Sanssouci Palace - The city guide takes visitors…
- Schloss Cecilienhof - The city guide leads visitors to the castle, sharing fascinating, insightful, and current stories about Potsdam’s history.
- Neues Palais - The city guide escorts visitors to the New Palace, offering fascinating, insightful, and current stories about Potsdam’s history.
- Sanssouci Palace - The city guide takes visitors to Potsdam’s most renowned castle, sharing fascinating, insightful, and current stories about its history.
- Stadt-und Schloesserrundfahrten Alter Fritz - Delight in a three-hour sightseeing tour that includes all the highlights of Potsdam’s stunning sights and history.

What's Included
- Headsets provided for clear audio
- Expert local and professional guides
- Guided tours include driver/guide
- All local taxes included
- Live entertainment in English and German during walks
- Live German commentary on board, other languages through audio guide
- Headsets provided for clear audio
- Expert local and professional guides
- Guided tours include driver/guide
- All local taxes included
- Live entertainment in English and German during walks
- Live German commentary on board, other languages through audio guide
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- Gratuities
- Drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark
Location
Bahnhofspassagen Potsdam
Babelsberger Straße
Departure Point: main train station Potsdam - Hauptbahnhof Potsdam at 11.15 a.m.
Address: Hauptbahnhof Potsdam, Babelsberger Straße
Directions: exit north/Babelsberger Straße - Ausgang Nord/Babelsberger Straße
"if you see trams, you are on the wrong exit"
Please be there 10 min earlier!
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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(322 Ratings)
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Matthiasrm8308qk
Apr 8, 2026
Super Tour - Great tour. Very interesting and entertaining. Very nice guide and nice driver.
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Y3939rsalexandram
Mar 28, 2026
Unforgettable experience - It was a wonderful and interesting tour. Halil drove us with his friendly and serene manner for hours through Potsdam while Winfried and with heart and passion and incredible knowledge brought us closer to history (not only the city). Highly recommended!
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Ines_g
Mar 17, 2026
Recommended tour - It was a nice round trip with a very
dedicated guide, thank you Winfried. We have been to Potsdam many times before, but have learned a lot of new things through the tour.
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V1158lbkatjav
Mar 1, 2026
⭐️Absolutely recommended ⭐️ - You absolutely must book this tour. Our guide Winfried was highly competent, humorous and extremely motivated. With his extensive historical knowledge adorned with funny anecdotes, he guided us through Postdam. The tour itself satisfied us all very much. The combination of bus ride and three smaller walks was especially suitable for us. Our conclusion: Highly recommended!
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Norm
Feb 26, 2026
Exploring Potsdam - A wonderful informative tour of the city and Royal palaces, our guide was excellent and told us so much about the history of the area, he was able to answer all and any questions I asked. The tour takes you right around the palaces and also over the Gleinicke Bridge, better known as the bridge of spies. You are given the option of three places to finish the tour, you can get off and stay round the palaces, the city centre or the station. We decided to walk around the city centre and then it is only a short walk to the station. A great experience that I would happily recommend. Thanks for a wonderful day in your beautiful city
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Martinaemmat
Nov 30, 2025
Potsdam at its most beautiful...castles, lots of nature, impressive history with so much to learn from Fritz the Great. Dank - Potsdam a city with such beautiful castles, lots of nature, great guides Ewa...thousand thanks especially your knowledge
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Ulrichk123
Dec 7, 2025
Have you ever been here? - It was an interesting ride, even if the start at the main station in Potsdam was a bit strange. Booked and paid at GYG we saw a red hop-on & off-off bus at the meeting point, which in our view would have nothing to do with our booking. But we still had time. Time for a tipple and then walk over. The "stationary" guide asked us if we were guests. I told him that we probably had another provider --- because red and green are different. Several times he asked only one question: " Have you been here before?" And to my note on the possibly other provider, came the answer: "There's only one here." But good, as the departure was delayed due to the lack of a guide and it was now also made clear that the tour would take place with two buses and also a green bus came from the old Fritz, I witnessed a conversation of the gentleman chief guide with our bus driver, which was the Waldemar, that he should probably have picked up passengers at a hotel. But he denied it and started a cozy rant. That's a complete 0 points! Ride itself was very interesting with a very good guide who could score with beautiful stories and historical aspects. Too bad there is no stop at the Altglienecke bridge would certainly be worth considering. The bus itself is certainly perfect in the summer, but with us it smelled quite strongly of diesel in the passenger compartment.
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Dinumahbubani
Dec 8, 2025
No English - Only German Language - The tour guide talked in only German Language throughout the walk tours of the places. I was handed an English text guide to read throughout the walking tour. The tour guide gave very limited information in English language. Only the recorded audio guide in the bus was in English language. It is not mentioned on Viator that the entire naration of the tour will be in German language.
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Angela
Dec 31, 2025
Beautiful places but organization leaves something to be desired - In Coach it was very cold also the guide did not bother to check if the people were all on board during the tour
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Alan
Dec 8, 2025
Don’t do this tour if you speak English . Germans got a guide, English speakers a book to read. Bad idea with 2 language - Being on a hop on hop off bus having to listen with earphones to a prerecorded insufficient recording was a terrible surprise, the guide spoke on microphone in German to other passengers and drowned out our recording . Then when off bus he spent much more time with Germans, when I mentioned this he said” not enough time to give both groups talk”. Also he spoke more on bus while we heard nothing. We paid the same and got much less’ we want our money back. For us he gave us a book in English to read, if he did not take so much time with Germans we could have gone into at least 1 castle. You should never have 2 languages on same tour .
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