Park Sanssouci

In the location's words:

Sanssouci is not just Old Fritz's palace, his beloved retreat with sweeping views over Potsdam. Above all, Sanssouci is the park with its unique terraced grounds and the magnificent fountain in the center, world-famous and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990. For over 250 years, the park has combined the highest level of garden design with the works of the most accomplished architects and sculptors of their time.

In 1743, Frederick the Great himself planned his palace with terraces dedicated to viticulture and had his tomb laid out here. King Frederick William IV later had the garden between the private Sanssouci Palace and the mighty New Palace considerably extended again. Frederick's French pleasure garden was thus interwoven with the picturesque 19th century landscape park and supplemented with fascinating natural settings and magnificent buildings from the Classicist and Romantic periods.

Today, visitors can stroll through the changing styles of exquisite garden art. The aesthetics and philosophy of the former inhabitants of these palace grounds can be discovered in the perfectly shaped gardens, architecture, water features and over 1,000 sculptures.

The 300-hectare Sanssouci Park stretches more than two kilometers from east to west, so you should plan time for a detailed tour. Almost 60 gardeners lovingly tend the beds, hedges, trees and extensive meadows. The magnificent parterre at the foot of Sanssouci Palace is decorated twice a year with more than 230,000 plants in the style of historical models