Cost:
€ 15
€ 12 (under 26, pensioners)
€ 12 (Welcome or ISIC cards)
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Insider's Potsdam: Kaisers to Komissars – Prussia's wonderland!
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Duration:
6 hours
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased in advance by credit card or you can also buy tickets from your guide, but in cash only.
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Description
Only 20 minutes away from Berlin join us for an adventure through the fairy tale like gardens, lakes and palaces of the Prussian Kings, German Emperors and Soviet Commissars. You won't believe how truly fantastic this really is!
Potsdam is listed as a World Heritage site by the UN and it is no small wonder. Not only is Potsdam incredibly picturesque with many palaces, lakes, manicured gardens, statues and water fountains dotted over hundreds of green acres but it is brimming with an equally fascinating history.
We'll visit the manorial residence of Germany's last Kaiser, Wilhelm II, used by Churchill (to be replaced by Atlee), Truman and Stalin through the Potsdam Conference and describe the conversations that sealed the fate of Cold War Europe for the next half century.
Ride through the Dutch Quarter built up by the infamous "Soldier King", known for the giant men he collected for his showcase military regiments, to the stunning Sancoussi Palace of Frederick the Great and his final resting place (also learn why Hitler hung his portrait in the Führer Bunker).
Discover the forbidden town used by the Soviet Secret Service until 1994, the ruins of a KGB jail and the Glienick Bridge used by the CIA and KGB for spy swaps, including that of U2 Spy Plane pilot Gary Powers.
See where the ceremonial handshake between President Paul von Hindenburg and the new Chancellor Adolf Hitler took place on 21 March 1933 in Potsdam's Garnisonkirche (Garrison Church), symbolising a coalition of the military (Reichswehr) and Nazism.
Visit the mammoth New Palace (Neues Palais), (with over 200 rooms and 400 statues), built to celebrate the end of the Seven Years' War, in which Prussia ousted Austria from its centuries-long role as the dominant power in German affairs, the Roman Baths and Chinese Tea House and more.
Did we mention the visit to a fantastic local biergarten midway for a light lunch and a cold refresher? Relax, be fascinated and have a great day out!
This tour is researched and guided mainly by Chris von Zameck - one of the few Federally recognized authorities on Potsdam's Parks and Palaces - in short - with Insider your in the hands of experts!
Meeting Points / Prices / Times
April 1st - October 31st:
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Sunday at 9:50 am from McDonald's opposite the main entrance to Zoo Station
How Much?
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€ 15
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€ 12 (under 26 yr. olds, Pensioners)
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€ 12 Welcome Cards or ISIC cards
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Note: advanced booking is not required however you can buy your ticket online now, or alternatively from your guide directly at the meeting point and time.
Duration
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6.5 hours inc. travel time
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Note: please bring along a train ticket, you'll require an ABC zone ticket (one way is €2,60 or a day pass is €6,30 and a small group ticket for up to 5 people for the day is €15,60).
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Insider Tours has produced an extraordinary history necessary for a place that played such an integral role in the execution of the Holocaust. Researched and guided mainly by Nigel Dunkley former British Military attaché in Berlin and one of the leading military historians world wide.
The Guides
Pen
Pen is the Aussie belle of the Insider team. Originally she came to Berlin for 3 days. Those three days turned into three weeks... three months... three years... Now she's marrying a German and there's no going back! Pen has always been a history buff and after moving here she became ever more fascinated with the ramifications German history held for the world we live in today. With a background in both the performing arts and social sciences her tours fold together knowledge with energy and insight into Europe's most dynamic cultural hotspot with the insider perspective of having been part of it. Her enthusiasm and accessable presentation of Berlin's remarkable history make her one of our most sort after guides on both the Famous Walk and the important Sachsenhausen Memorial Tour. If she had a euro for every time someone had said they wished she had been their history teacher at school or university, she would be rich by now!
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