Wannsee-Babelsberg Route, bicycle tour

The Wannsee-Babelsberg Route runs along the banks of the River Havel and its lakes, right through the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin” and past Glienicke Bridge, which marks the border between Berlin and Potsdam.
A detour to Babelsberg Park with its richly decorated garden terraces, flower beds and aquatic features is rewarded with a spectacular view of the World Heritage Site towards Glienicke Palace and Park. The Glienicke Palace Park created by Lenné is a true gem within the UNESCO World Heritage Site. With the Palace, Casino, Remise and Orangery, Prince Charles of Prussia made his dream of an Italian-style villa come true, and had Glienicke Palace built by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in classicist style.

Length: 20 kilometres
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Start/finish: S-Bahnhof Wannsee
Logo/route sign: yellow crossbar
Conditions of the trail: Cycle paths, roads, forest trails

How to get there:
– Public transport: from Berlin by S-Bahn S1 or S7, by regional train RE 1, R7, RB21 or RB33 to Berlin-Wannsee station
– Car: from Berlin Charlottenhof-Wilmersdorf via A 115, from Berlin Tempelhof/Zehlendorf via B1 to Berlin-Wannsee station
– Parking P+R parking directly in front of Wannsee station (2 hours free of charge)

Route:
S-Bahnhof Wannsee, Liebermann Villa, Wannsee Conference building, Alter Hof bathing area, Glienicke Bridge, Glienicke Palace and Park, Babelsberg Palace and Park, Neu-Babelsberg villa colony, Berlin Wall memorial site, Lake Griebnitzsee, Griebnitzsee station, church at Lake Stölpchensee, Kleist memorial
Please note: If you follow the route counter-clockwise, it runs along the road “Am Großen Wannsee” (one-way) in the correct direction of travel to the “Flensburger Löwe” (Isted Lion). If you follow the route clockwise in the other direction, it runs along the roads “Zum Heckeshorn” and “Strasse Zum Löwen” heading for Königstrasse in the correct direction of travel.

Possible combinations:
– Boat trips from Wannsee landing stage
– Ferry connection to Kladow
– Ferry landing stage to Pfaueninsel
– Potsdam water taxi to Potsdam city centre or to Sacrow
– Berliner Mauerweg (“Berlin Wall Route”) cycle route
– Filmpark Babelsberg