Potsdam Half-Day Trip from Berlin

Berlin, Germany

Discover Potsdam, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed city, on a half-day trip from Berlin. Once home to Prussian royalty, the city is renowned for its elegant palaces and stately homes. You'll see the Rococo-style Sanssouci Palace, the Roman Baths and other Potsdam attractions on this fascinating half-day tour.

Departing from central Berlin, you'll travel by luxury air-conditioned coach to the city of Potsdam, capital of the German State of Brandenburg.  Often referred to as Germany's most beautiful city, Potsdam is steeped in European history and royal tradition, giving it a cultural ambience that is rarely found elsewhere.

During your Potsdam sightseeing tour you'll see the Dutch Quarter (Hollandisches Viertel) and the Russian Colony (Alexandrowka), both important historical sections of the city. Further famous Potsdam sights that your tour will pass include the impressive Sanssouci Palace, Charlottenhof Palace and Orangery Palace.

After your audio-guided tour ends, you'll have time to spend at leisure in the Sanssouci Gardens.  If time permits, enjoy lunch at a local Potsdam restaurant to have lunch, or visit one of the palaces in the Sanssouci Garden (for an extra cost) before returning to Berlin.

USD $31.81

Traveler Reviews

Review by: E A B	April 2012
The bus trip was good - but unfortunately so much time was taken driving us round Potsdam not enough time was left to see the Palaces. We were told if we went to the New Palace we wouldn't have time to see the Sans Souci Palace - and when we arrived there, we were told we could see the Palace or the gardens, but not enough time for both. The place where the historic Potsdam Conference was held was pointed out - hidden behind trees. We would LOVE to have walked there but were not given the option. So all we saw were the Sans Souci Palace gardens. The map was useless - we wanted to see Frederick's grave but no indication of where it was. We were bitterly disappointed with the tour as we basically were not given the chance to see what we wanted to see. Apart from looking around it was almost a complete waste of time and money.

Review by: ann w	December 2011
The tour description should be more clear that you can pick up the tour at 9:30 or 10:30 and the 4 hours begins after the 10:30 pick-up. The tour was enjoyable, however the bus driver was abrupt and rude. When I showed up with my online voucher she pretty much only wanted to speak in German demanding that I have a ticket. It would have been nice if she had said, let me exchange your paid up voucher for a ticket. Also when we stopped for 25 minutes before the 10:30 pick-up she didn't offer any comments such as there are coffee shops around the corner, etc. Again, abrupting/rudely -- "we leave in 25 mins in bus". Also provided no help on how to plug in the audio sets. Maybe Berliners just don't understand good customer service.

Review by: Peter W	December 2011
Had not realized that the timing of the trip was from Charlottenberg and not Alexanderplatz - trip took 6 hours not 4 or 4.5 as expected and therefore we lost the afternoon activities we had planned. Needs to be made clearer to those who do not know berlin beforehand._br/_ Driver also announced trip ended at Charlottenberg and suggested we made our own way back to Alexanderplatz as we were the only ones left in the bus.- did take us back when we expressed surprise and upset about the suggestion of taking the train back to our starting point. _br/_ Also waited in the cold to be picked up as the bus did not move up to the startng point until almost when the bus was due to depart - not 15 minutes ahead of time as we were asked tobe there. bus driver had parked 100 mtrs away._br/_ journey to Potsdam also longer than expected - says 45 minutes - which we had assumed form pick up - but according to audio tape appeared to be formt eh outskirts of berlin and not even from Charlotenberg - misleading._br/_ Much pf Potsdam placae grounds also closed for renovations - not flagged up in the information.

Review by: John S	November 2011
Quite good for what it is. The bus takes you to Potsdam and there is onboard commentary via headphones. You get to spend a couple of hours at Sanssouci. Inexpensive.

Review by: noora.abbas	November 2011
Very nice trip and we enjoyed the lovely scenes.

Review by: Louise G	October 2011
very nice

Review by: Colin N M	October 2011
This was an excellent trip, good driver/guide, delightful city which I would like to spend more time in.

Review by: SATYABRATA100	September 2011
This was a nice trip made even better because of a sunny bright weather. Nice way to see Berlin, Potsdam.

Review by: betty	September 2011
Nice introduction to Potsdam for those who have never been. However, we missed our bus cause the instructions did not clearly state which entrance the meeting point was at. We ended up catching a taxi to the next departure point.

Review by: Kamlesh N	September 2011
There was no guide on this tour only audio recording. The driver did not speak English. The tour bus has two stop locations one each in east and west Berlin. Make sure to find the nearest one._br/_ Potsdam is very beautiful. I like the park more than the palace :)!

Review by: Kamlesh N	September 2011
There was no guide on this tour only audio recording. The driver did not speak English. The tour bus has two stop locations one each in east and west Berlin. Make sure to find the nearest one._br/_ Potsdam is very beautiful. I like the park more than the palace :)!

Review by: Paul S	September 2011
Not a great tour. Potsdam was ok but the tour was not very well delivered.

Review by: Chaker T. C	August 2011
Good for relaxing!

Review by: EIRINI P	November 2010
It was an excellent and comfortable tour. Had a great day in spite of the bad weather and got to know lots of things about the village and the palace thanks to our well informed guide. Highly recommended trip.

Review by: Marcelo Sechieri C. Neves	November 2010
Good service, although too fast. It could be a 5 hour tour with no problem, but to make it a 4 hour tour makes things superficial and "here was ....and here on our left you saw ...." Run ....

Review by: Joie B	October 2010
It was very hard to find and the people there were not helpful.

Review by: Neil R	October 2010
The trip was good, but we spent most of the trip being rushed. I would rather pay a couple of Euro more in order to have maybe six hours in total in order to visit Potsdam for a short while and the site of the Wicker Chairs. Our guide, Kevin Kennedy, was very knowledgeable and Sansoucci was pleasant, but be prepared to spend most of your time on the coach.

Review by: Veena M	September 2010
The guide in Potsdam/Sanssouci was good but the remainder of the trip was terrible. First, a number of us were told our tickets were for a 1pm departure from Alexanderplatz. The bus driver drove us to Ku'damm where we waited for 1 hour for another group! What a waste. Why not have said there was only one departure point? There was nothing on the website/ticket that indicated this. On the return, the bus driver decided he would only stop at Ku'damm, leaving the Alexanderplatz passengers to find their way home. Not very good.

Review by: Jill L	September 2010
A most enjoyable day. A chance to see Potsdam and surrounds.

Review by: Nathan F	September 2010
good to do if you have time in berlin. potsdam is really nice place, but you dont get enough time there.

Review by: Christie S	September 2010
Sansouci is a small but beautiful palace. I took a couple of others tours by City Discovery in Berlin which were good but this particular day the bus was not equipped with headphones so you could not hear the taped commentary. When the driver was asked about the problem, he seemed disinterested. The hop-on guide did the minimum without enthusiasm. I would recommend the excursion however with more emphasis on Potsdam. Viatour--- you should provide better information on departures; the tour does not depart Alexanderplatz everyday as you indicated. Although pickup is Friday and Saturdays at 1:15pm ,you wait 30 minutes at the Ku-dam pick-up stop giving you a little over an hour to get to and from the bus and tour the castle; Potsdam is ignored or perhaps that was detailed in the missing audio.

Review by: George M	September 2010
The coach was difficult to find as it did not depart from the company kiosk as stated in the voucher I received, nor from the "ticket sale van at the end of the road" as the sign on the kiosk said. The lady managing the van gave me very poor directions to the bus which was several blocks away and I only identified it by asking the drivers of other tour buses that were in the vicinity. Also, it was clear that the German commentary on the bus going to Potsdam was very much more detailed than the English translation and serveral people on the tour complained about the lack of English being spoken. This resulted in a more balanced presentation inside the Palace, though there was at least on more complaint in my hearing. Overall it was a good tour but I felt I could easily have missed it due to incorrect and poor directions to the pick up point and the tour itself could have been improved by a greater use of English.

Review by: Anonymous	August 2010
Beautiful place-our bus was late starting so we didnt get to walk around -it had to end on .I thought we travelled that far would have been nice towalk the grounds.

Review by: Anonymous	July 2010
Tour was excellent, with well informed guide. Bus was cool and comfortable. i have always had good luck booking tours with Viator.

Review by: Eva P	July 2010
Very informative tour guide

Review by: James W, United Kingdom	June 2010
Interesting tour and good guide.Only hiccup we had was our Viator papers stated the wrong pick up point and only by luck did we catch the coach.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	June 2010
The meeting point and the pick-up point were different and not clearly defined by the person present at the meeting point. The tour though the village was informative but would have been much better if there were some stops to at least take some photos. Only one guide was available. The palace and the garden are worth a visit and so is the village. If the trip could be made about 60 minutes longer it could be much improved to be a 'Highly Recommended' trip

Review by: Anonymous, Canada	June 2010
The history of the place is interesting but the palace itself is only average.

Review by: Christine F, United Kingdom	May 2010
A good day out which worked well even though we were delayed on the outward journey because of May Day demonstations in Berlin. It was interesting to hear about Potsdam and its role in the history of the second world war and its forbidden city and Sanssucci Palace and grounds were beautiful. Our guide gave us a good history of the town and palace, as well as some up-to-date information and managed to keep us on schedule despite the delay - Kevin Kennedy. Overall a very enjoyable day out to this pretty area.

Review by: Lisa H	May 2010
It was unexpectedly not just in English. The guide didn't get in the bus until before Sanssouci so we did not get much from Potsdam. The woman tried hard enough but we mostly needed to rush and she seemed exhausted. Better with 1 language and guide who comes from Berlin.

Review by: Belinda B, United Kingdom	March 2010
One cant believe how much of Berlin and Potsdam is being rebuilt and regenerated. In years to come Potsdam will be an entirely different tour with and entirely different scene. Once again the guide was very informative and had pictures and props to better explain certain areas of the tour. The only down side was that she was quietly spoken and her accent was very heavy, more easily understood when face to face but not so over a PA in the bus. The Sanssouci palace is much more beautiful in the spring and summer, but knew that and it is still lovely and peaceful at this time of year. An interesting place and well worth seeing. An easy day out, use it as a relax day.

Review by: Anonymous, Canada	February 2010
It 's gorgeous and it 's probably very nice to walk around in the summer months.

Review by: Christine H, United States of America	October 2009
The tour guide was particularly outstanding in his assessment and presentation of the affect of Prussian military history and policies on post-War Germany.

Review by: Michelle O, United States of America	October 2009
Had a wonderful guide in Postdam! Took forever to pick up all the bus passengers though. Should have only 1 central meeting point, so you don't waste an hour of the tour driving around Berlin.

Review by: Kathleen K	October 2009
In going to Potsdam we hit a real traffic jam out of Berlin. It probably took us an extra 12 hour to get there. Well, the tour of the city of Potsdam took the brunt of that delay. We went by the highlights of the city so quickly that I couldn't even take pictures. The tour of Sanssouci Palace was terrific I guess we made up the lost time in the city.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	July 2009
Interesting.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	July 2009
The guide's English could have been better.

Review by: Marilyn T, Belgium	June 2009
Good trip; however, it would have been better if we had spent more time at Sanssouci and less time on the bus. To explore the gardens at Sanssouci would have been nice. Our guide spoke in German first and then repeated in English, which meant half of our time was spent listening to a language which we didn't understand, and it was time consuming.

Review by: Anonymous, Canada	June 2009
There was not enough time to enjoy the place. It ought to be a one day tour not just four hours.

Review by: Anonymous, Ireland	June 2009
I found the tour rushed. Not enough time to stop and admire the sights. Also no time to get out of the coach to take photos.

Review by: Anonymous, Germany	November 2008
As always with Viator, excellent and everything we expected.

Review by: Jill A, United States of America	July 2008
It was wonderful tour. The tour guide spoke German and English and was very informative.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	June 2007
The guide was definitely the best part of this tour. Without such a knowledgeable guide we would have missed out on the majority of the rich history of these sites. If Viator could only have canceled the rainstorm this tour would have been perfect.

Review by: Steven H, United States of America	February 2007
The tour guide was very knowledgeable, completely fluent in both English and German, and was very personable. The Potsdam tour was a big step above the usual guided tour.

Review by: Terry G, United States of America	July 2006
What a great tour - the guide was well informed and knew the area. Well worth the money for the tour. Be sure to take this tour if you have the chance.