A journey 
through Europe 

Your journey through Europe begins in Potsdam at the New Palace. This magnificent Baroque building was inspired by English and Dutch models. With the Sanssouci+ combination ticket, you can visit not only the New Palace but also Sanssouci Palace.

After a pleasant stroll through Sanssouci Park, you'll find yourself in Italy. The Sicilian Garden, designed in the Historicist style, captivates visitors with its symmetry and subtropical plants such as dwarf palms, pampas grass, hostas, and yuccas. The quatrefoil pool along the central axis and the colossal replicas of antique Medici and Borghese vases express a longing for Italy.

Do you see the Dutch windmill in the background? The historic mill blends picturesquely into the parkland of Sanssouci. After the original post mill from 1738 had to be demolished due to its poor condition, it was replaced by a windmill built in the Dutch style. The gallery windmill still produces flour today, but it also serves as a museum with a permanent exhibition on milling history spread over four levels. Where else can you travel from Italy to Holland so quickly?

Time for a break. Many small restaurants and cafes await you in the Dutch Quarter. King Frederick William I, the Soldier King, urgently needed well-trained craftsmen to expand the garrison town of Potsdam. He found them in neighboring Holland. And because the Dutch were meant to feel at home in Potsdam, he had this quarter, with its approximately 150 brick houses, built in the mid-18th century.

Your next destination is the Russian Colony Alexandrowka. Frederick William III and the Russian Tsar Alexander I were close friends. To express this friendship and honor the deceased Tsar, Frederick William III commissioned the construction of the Russian Colony Alexandrowka in 1826. Today, the complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

From the Russian Colony Alexandrowka, you can easily walk to the Belvedere on Pfingstberg hill and enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Potsdam with an Italian flair. At the foot of Pfingstberg, in the New Garden, lies Cecilienhof Palace, inspired by English architecture.

After your journey through Europe, you can end your evening in Potsdam at the Meierei Brewery in the New Garden, right on the shore of the Jungfernsee lake. Formerly used as a dairy with stately milk parlors and royal tea rooms, it combined economic and courtly functions. In 1842, the complex was redesigned in the so-called Norman castle style by order of Frederick William IV.