Holidays to Potsdam

Just south-west of Berlin, Potsdam is a city of palaces, parks and Prussian grandeur whose extraordinary cultural landscape was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1990. Its former royal residence is defined by seventeen palaces and palatial buildings, most famously Sanssouci, set within beautifully designed gardens beside the wooded Havel lakes. Master architects and landscape gardeners shaped a scene of rare elegance that still hosts music festivals, baroque horse shows and glittering palace nights. Beyond the palaces lie the charming Dutch Quarter, the Cecilienhof and the famous Babelsberg film studios, making Potsdam an unmissable day out or short break.

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A UNESCO World Heritage site. Prussia’s monarchs left their mark on Potsdam. 17 palaces and palatial buildings are the defining features of this city, which is nestled in the densely wooded Havel lake district. Famous architects such as Knobelsdorff, Schinkel or Persius and great landscape gardeners such as Lenné, Eyserbeck and Prince Hermann von Pückler- Muskau received royal commissions to design Potsdam’s impressive and diverse palaces and horticultural landscape.

Potsdam’s UNESCO-world heritage comprises the three historic parks Sanssouci, Neuer Garten and Babelsberg including their buildings and palaces, park Sacrow and the Heilandskirche, palace and park Lindstedt, the Russian colony Alexandrowka, the Pfingstberg and Belvedere as well as the Kaiserbahnhof at the Wildpark.

The impressive architecture, horticultural design and history of this world heritage site should tempt everybody for a visit. Potsdam’s palaces and parks provide a unique backdrop for top-class events: the music festival Potsdam Sanssouci, the Baroque Horse show “Le Carrousel de Sanssouci“ and Potsdam’s palace night.