Excursion tips

Period villas, paintings and a lot of history – the surrounding areas of our guest house are offering far more than forests and water. Here you’ll find art, architecture and contemporary history around every corner. We're happy to help with your route planning.

Wannsee lido

Pack your swimwear: The traditional Berlin “bathing spot” can be found on the eastern banks of lake Großer Wannsee, only 2.5 km from Gästehaus Blumenfisch.

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Bridge of spies

The Cold War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989: The Glienicker Bridge is one of the most renowned monuments of the Cold War.
End of Königstraße, 14109 Berlin

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Peacock island

This small paradise of landscape design stays true to its Prussian heritage, with free-roaming peacocks! Arrival every 15 minutes by ferry from Pfaueninsel dock.

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The Potsdam parkland

The collection of Prussian palaces and gardens, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, includes Schloss Sanssouci, Cecilienhof, Neue Garten and many more.

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Liebermann Villa

The restored summer house with a very beautifull garden displays works by Berlin painter Max Liebermann as well as temporary exhibitions.

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Heinrich von Kleist’s grave

This is where poet Heinrich von Kleist and Henriette Vogel willingly took their own lives in 1811. Bismarckstraße Nr. 2/ 4, 14109 Berlin

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Albert Einstein Science Park

The “Einstein Tower” was built from 1921-24 by architect Erich Mendelsohn. It serves as a research institution and is a scientific and technical monument of modern physics.

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Grunewald Tower

Observation tower with a view of the river Havel. The red-brick tower was built in 1899 and has a 36 metre high platform. Havelchaussee, 14193 Berlin

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Einsteinhaus

Built in 1929 for Albert Einstein in Caputh, who used it as a summer house till 1933. Open on weekends from Apr. to Oct., admission on weekdays by reservation only.

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Literarisches Colloquium

The Wilhelminian style villa is a place that welcomes experiments for a variety of public events, such as book readings, open-air festivals or comic vernissages.

House of the Wannsee-conference

This memorial and education center is where the Nazi leadership planned the deportation and murder of the European Jews in January 1942.

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Berlin Secession Art Gallery

A villa built by architect Paul Baumgarten for AEG Director and politician Johann Hamspohn which today is known as Villa Thiede. Am Großen Wannsee 40, 14109 Berlin