O estado federal de Brandenburgo, cuja capital é a cidade de Potsdam, localiza-se ao leste da Alemanha, nos arredores da vibrante cidade de Berlin. Incontáveis lagos e canais cristalinos, amplas áreas rurais, ruas extremamente arborizadas, pomares de frutas e cenários naturais imaculados, são as marcas registradas desta região. Seus calmos vilarejos e atrações culturais são de grande significado histórico. Nos últimos 300 anos, o antigo vilarejo de Potsdam, guarnecido por forças militares, tornou-se uma das cidades Reais mais magníficas de toda a Europa.

Brandenburg has a total of 13 holiday regions, all located around Berlin, Germany's capital city. They include the charming, picturesque villages of the Havelland, the unspoilt countryside of the Uckermark to the north west, the palaces and parks of Potsdam, the castles and dense beech woods of the Fläming region and some of the world's most remarkable riverside scenery in the Spree Forest.

Nature as far as the eye can see! Around one third of the state is given over to preserving the natural landscape in areas such as the Lower Oder Valley National Park and its three biosphere reserves, the Spree Forest, Schorfheide-Chorin and Elbe-Brandenburg Riverside. Visitors can also explore large tracts of virtually unspoilt countryside in another 11 nature reserves, by bike, on foot, by boat, on horseback or in a charabanc.

The charming ambience of Potsdam, Brandenburg's regional capital is in marked contrast to the city life of Berlin and can be best experienced by visiting the beautiful palaces and parks designated as UNESCO world heritage sites in this town of islands on the river Havel.