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we are going to valkenburg chistmas market on the 4thof dec and we are staying here http://www.campingdendriesch.nl/en/index.lp
we want to visit colonge markets whilst there and was wondering should i leave the motorhome on the site and get train/bus or even a taxi to colonge or just take the motorhome? thanks tommy
Unless you are lucky you will find that once you are parked up at that site then you will not want to move, the pitch's are not only small but have trees on many of them which make it difficult to get on the pitch.
We stayed there and used the bus to go to Mastricht.
Would not rush to go back though.
As far as the markets are concerned if your local garden centre was in a cave then you will have the same experience and see most of the same items on display.
It was also a long way to travel when you could see almost the same at Lille or Brugge or many other places which are nearer.
I must admit that I would not go back again but that's easy to say once you've been somewhere.
It was very busy though which lends itself to having a good Christmas atmosphere.
taking a taxi from Valkenburg to Cologne will cost you an awful lot of money. Two possibilities:
Either take a taxi from the site to Aachen railway station, and from there a regional train to Cologne. Departures every half hour, special regional "Go-as-you-please" tickets available at reasonable price.
Or, take the van and stay on one of the two "Stellplatz" sites that Cologne offers. The one at Haus Vorst is a bit noisy, but easy to reach from the Autobahn and free of charge. And the one at Riehl is more central, but charges 8 EUR per night.
Best Regards,
Gerhard
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thanks boff ive emailed Riehl Campsite re: pitch availability we are even thinking of staying in colonge instead of valkenburg now we dont fancy the idea of the garden centre ,
thanks boff ive emailed Riehl Campsite re: pitch availability we are even thinking of staying in colonge instead of valkenburg now we dont fancy the idea of the garden centre ,
Birmingham's German market is excellent. And you'll have a lot more money to spend.
thanks boff ive emailed Riehl Campsite re: pitch availability we are even thinking of staying in colonge instead of valkenburg now we dont fancy the idea of the garden centre ,
Please do not take my comments too seriously about Valkenburg being like your local garden centre. In terms of Christmas goods it's probably not far off but it is of course a different atmosphere.
Valkenburg has two markets, both of them are in caves but both are pretty similar once you are inside so perhaps visiting one is enough.
The town itself is simply full of restaurants and at that time of the year tourists which makes it very busy during the day. Most people disapeared at around 5pm though as they were mostly there just for the the day.
I would say that it is still worth going there but for perhaps 2 days only.
We were there for 4 days but one afternoon was spent at Aachen and one full day at Mastricht.
Your earlier idea to spilt your sites seems to be the best.
i had seen it in on other forums mikeCo and was already swaying towards colonge the fact tha there are 6 markets and the one set in front of the cathedral look really good im just waiting for the campsite to get back to me before its set in stone
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