Private taxi tour to Potsdam and Sanssouci 6-8h

Why choose this Berlin tour ?

The special thing is that you will be chauffeured in your own luxury car by a local guide who has lived in Berlin for over 20 years. The personal touch, lots of information and anecdotes are guaranteed! You can also determine what interests you more individually, where you would like to drop out or what you simply want to leave out! This is the big difference to the bus tour.
In addition, you have the opportunity to see Sanssouci and the city center here, and not just, as is often the case, a small section of the park. You can decide whether you want to visit Sanssouci Palace (option). We see other attractions such as the New Palace, the Chinese House or Charlottenhof Palace on a walk through the park (visiting on request).
After a short drive you can stroll through the Dutch quarter and have a drink in a nice café at Nauener Tor. We continue in the car past the other landmarks back to Berlin.

Private taxi tour to Potsdam and Sanssouci 6-8h

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What makes Private taxi tour to Potsdam and Sanssouci 6-8h a unique experience ?

If you couldn’t travel to Egypt, you brought Egypt to Europe. But not in the form of a real obelisk by ship, like Napoleon once did to Paris, but by making your own obelisks by hand in the Brandenburg region. Provided with a few hieroglyphs, the main entrance portal to Sanssouci Park made from it looks deceptively real – it’s just stupid that nobody can read the fantasy characters.

Question: Who would like to have a ruined building? Answer: The electors and kings of Prussia. Of course, not to waste money, but to create an eye-catcher (other rulers did the same) and at the same time to conceal a technical structure: the higher-lying pond, from which the fountain of Sanssouci Palace is fed.

The dream castle of Frederick the Great, situated lonely on a small vineyard. Wine still grows here today, of course behind glass. The rococo-style castle has only 8 rooms, each with access to the garden. Only for the king, his dogs and his male-only visitors such as the French philosopher Voltaire. They discussed, always in French, played music – the king played the flute himself and also composed. Here Frederick was closest to his ideal as an absolutist ruler.

This mill is still here because its owner entered into a legal dispute with the king. And indeed won! In the first instance, however, only. But cheers to the Prussian constitutional state. Grain can still be ground here today. A visit with a great view of the park is highly recommended!

The Palace Orangery – because it has an excellent view of the park – houses the Orangery. Many of the exotic plants in the park have to go in there in winter. At the same time, a new eye-catcher was created on the ridge with the Roman-style castle.

Today a small café, it was originally built for the winegrowers in the Potsdam vineyard. Nevertheless, it should look nice, so the decision was made to wear chinois, which were hip at the time. Completely built in the traditional Chinese pagoda style, the senses of sight and taste get their money’s worth here.

A private castle just for the guests, along with the servants. There was no room for this in the main castle, which itself consists of only 8 rooms. Of course, important main guests like the French philosopher Voltaire lodged with the king directly on top of the vineyard. But even this small castle is anything but a lumber room.

Like all Prussian kings, Frederick the Great collected pictures and paintings. The only unusual thing is that he housed them in a specially built castle. A feast for the eyes.

This and the large water fountain are, so to speak, the “postcard view” of Sanssouci Palace. It was warmer in the 18th century than at least in the 20th, but Potsdam was a bit far north for wine growing. The king’s gardeners helped with a trick: they hid the precious vines behind glass. That helped in the winter and also the spring like a spring bed covered with glass. In this way a delicious wine could be produced. In case of need, there were still deliveries from France and Italy … For the fountain, a separate lake was specially created higher up, artfully disguised with a ruin, the ruin mountain. However, this was not completed during Frederick’s lifetime.

King Friedrich-Wilhelm IV’s love of Italy reached its climax here, in the Friedenskirche. The bell tower, the campanile, is entirely Italian in style. separated from the main building. This nestles around a small artificial pond, in which it is reflected in an ideal way. This is also where the ruler found his final resting place, far away from the hustle and bustle of Berlin and the Hohenzollern burial place in the Berlin Cathedral.

The park is the real attraction. Completely integrated into the landscape of Potsdam, it connects Sanssouci Palace with the vineyard and the large fountain in front of it over 2km with the new palace, the king’s large guest palace with apartments for his relatives during visits. In between, many disappeared paths with plentiful planting and attractions such as small castles, Roman baths or the Chinese tea house.

Rather than just a tea pavilion. The gem should allow visitors to immerse themselves in the world of China in the style of Mode Chinoise, equipped with precious furniture and delicate Chinese porcelain. All lavishly decorated with gold.

The longing for antiquity of the designers of Sanssouci Park knew no bounds. King Friedrich-Wilhelm IV in particular, who also otherwise raved about Italy, excelled here. Admittedly, bathing was rarely done, the interior was intended to delight the senses of the eye and the imagination.

To each his place, and to every king’s child a castle. At least if it was the crown prince or the crown princess. Especially since the Berlin Palace was far from becoming vacant when the heirs to the throne were married, but a suitable residence was needed. New buildings were not always built: the thrifty kings sometimes expanded and converted an existing house, as is the case here. The interior met the taste of the prospective monarch with an oriental (sultan’s) tent embedded in a living room. In addition, a seductive garden with its own hillock with fir trees – for the always melancholy Crown Princess Elisabeth, who comes from Bavaria and loves her homeland.

Every pleasure garden, as the parks were called back then, was adorned with small gifts that were primarily intended to offer something to the eye – or as a destination for a short walk. Practical if you could then use it for a picnic or lunch, for example, which of course the servants were allowed to bring from the castle kitchen. However, the Friendship Temple invites you to a small tète à tète, because it is rather intimate.

Tour Description & Additional Info:

Specialized infant seats are available
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Wheelchair accessible
Baby car seat (MaxiCosy) available on request
Stroller: The cradle must be removable and the frame foldable. Calculate reduced space for additional suitcases!
Wheelchair-accessible means: The guest can slide onto a seat in the car with help (middle to high seating position). The foldable wheelchair can be transported in the rear. Attention, note the luggage restrictions on welcome/farewell tours (only 3 medium-sized suitcases plus a foldable wheelchair possible)
Companion animals: using dogs as an example: up to medium-sized dogs can lie on the floor in the rear, large ones only in the back (caution, then no luggage possible there because of the risk of accidents). According to the Taxi Act, seating areas are taboo for animals unless they are in a suitable transport box (e.g. cats).

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Options To Choose for Your Trip:

DE Sanssouci+castle tour.
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Visit to Sanssouci Palace: Entrance tickets for the castle included. Please inquire about others (package New Palace, Chinese House, Charlottenhof Palace, etc.).
taxi: Part of the flat rate is a taxi ride according to the tariff (7% VAT), the rest is a city tour fee (19% VAT).
Duration: 7 hours: The journey to Potsdam takes 45 minutes, depending on traffic and accessibility of the sights
Pickup included
EN Sanssouci without Palace Visit
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City pickup included: Collection within the S-Bahn ring included. Outside or from the airport with surcharge (Berlin taxi tariff)
taxi: Part of the flat rate is a taxi ride according to the tariff (7% VAT), the rest is a city tour fee (19% VAT).
Duration: 6 hours: The journey to Potsdam takes 45 minutes, depending on traffic and accessibility of the sights
SUV taxi: luxurious and spacious taxi with AC and leather seats
Raised seating position at the rear for better visibility
Pickup included
English Sanssouci + Palace Visit
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Visit to Sanssouci Palace: Please inquire for a ticket with audio guide included for more visits (package New Palace, Chinese House, Charlottenhof, etc.).
taxi: Part of the flat rate is a taxi ride according to the tariff (7% VAT), the rest is a city tour fee (19% VAT).
Duration: 7 hours: The journey to Potsdam takes 45 minutes, depending on traffic and accessibility of the sights
Pickup included
EN Sanssouci without a visit
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Pick up city: Pick-up is included within the S-Bahn ring. Outside or from the airport with an additional charge (Berlin taxi tariff)
taxi: Part of the flat rate is a taxi ride according to the tariff (7% VAT), the rest is a city tour fee (19% VAT).
Duration: 6 hours: The journey to Potsdam takes 45 minutes, depending on traffic and accessibility of the sights
SUV TAXI: Luxurious and spacious taxi with air conditioning and leather seats
Raised seating position at the rear for better visibility
Pickup included