House boat tour: All around the island

Around Potsdam Island
A beautiful full-day tour for motor boats and rafts on a varied route that includes the region's natural wealth and plenty of culture besides.
The tour starts at Caputh Boote boat rental (www.caputh-boote.de, Gelbe Welle/Yellow Wave-certified) – Gemünde – Lake Schwielowsee – Towards Werder – Past Werder Island – Lake Großer Zernsee – Lake Kleiner Zernsee – Direction of Ketzin (on the ferry) - Direction of Sacrow-Paretzer Canal – Lake Schlänitzsee - Past Paretz and Marquart Palace – Towards Lake Jungfernsee – Below the Glienicke Bridge – into Lake Tiefer See – Past Babelsberg Palace – Hans-Otto Theatre – Continuation into the Neue Fahrt cut-through (berths available in the Alte Fahrt cut-through) – into the Weisse Flotte harbour basin and, from here, towards Lake Templiner See and back to the starting point.

Distance: 50 kilometres, around six to eight hours
Start/finish: Caputh Boote boat rental
Full-day tour for motor boats and rafts

Tourist highlights on the route:

• Baumgartenbrück Geltow
• Werder Island (Havel)
• Golm Palace estate
• Yachthafen Ringel harbour restaurant
• Cecililenhof Country House Potsdam
• Palace and Sacrow Church of the Saviour
• Glienicke Bridge
• Babelsberg Palace
• Hans-Otto Theatre
• Alte Fahrt cut-through with the Museum Barberini
• Forsthaus Templin brewery
• Einstein’s summer house
• Caputh Palace