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Its the time of the year when we are doing our research for next years travels. We are seriously considering spending some time in Germany in our motorhome.
I would really appreciate it if any members could give us some advice about routes, sites and anything you might consider useful.
We went last Summer for the first time. Stellenplatz are great but more expensive than French aires. The Moselle valley is full of them. We travelled up the Rhine and down the Moselle. It's more formal on the whole than France and , unsurpisingly, everything works. One point we noticed is that fresh water on aires will require a hose. The watering cans dont fit under the taps, however it was clear that some had found a way around this, us included!
We will go back next Summer but still prefer France.
Yes - the Mosel Valley takes some beating, especially if you are cyclists. There's an off road cycle track along just about the whole riverside from Trier to Koblenz.
Most of the tourist offices sell little booklets or fold-out maps showing the Stellplatz and places of interest . . . not that you need a map to find the Stellplatz. There's one about every two miles (I hardly exaggerate!) and most of them are right alongside the river in a spot that would cost an arm and a leg on a commercial campsite.
You could easily spend a fortnight meandering from Trier to Koblenz, with a bit of cycling most days.
Last August we did: Siesta Camping (ACSI), Mendig near Koblenz. The friendly elderly owner will guide you to the sloping overnight area (best to book as it gets busy), all modern, clean facilities. Nearby castle, Burg Eltz, has MH parking area. Ettlingen Stellplatz is very busy with overflow in adjacent car park, even Tuggers!!! Our elec socket was broken. Burg Hohenzollern is great! The stellplatz at Pfronten is a bit basic and next to the railway, but worked for us. Neuschwanstein castle (the one on all the calendars etc) is nearby with MH parking in the town near to the ticket office. Busy! Ruhpolding stellplatz is part of a caravan site, hotel and restaurant complex in a beautiful location. You have full use of the caravan site facilities, which are very good. Elec is by meter, but not expensive. We went on into Austria and then back through Switzerland and France. We were over optimistic about the distances we would cover each day, so had to make extensive use of the Autobahns
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The Romantic Road through Bavaria is worth considering. Neuschenstein (spelling?) Castle is near Fussen at the southern end. It's main claim to fame is being used in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The route meanders through a string of medieval villages, many with complete walls.
Came up this way from Austria last year then picked up the Rhine and on to tha Moselle. Excellent network of stellplatz in Germany. The Bord Atlas is the best book for finding them:
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We did the Mosel and Rhine experience with Gaspode a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
We went off on our own for a bit and found some really nice Stellplatzen.
We found, on the whole the people very friendly and more willing to chat than the French, and thats not a poke at the French either.
What impressed us was the neatness and cleanliness, almost OTT in some places, some villages looking as if they had never been lived in.
One stellplatz we found was in a campsite that was situated on the inside of an old volcano crater. That was a surprise too!.
All the resident oldies went down to the flooded crater for a swim several times a day. It must have been freezing as they had many more wrinkles on the back as they had on the way down to the swimming beach!
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You see no crosses row on row
But those who sleep beneath the sea,
Rest in peace for your country is free".
If you enjoy narrow gauge steam railroads try Brocken in the Harz mountains it starts from Wernigerode and threads it's way through the town and then upwards for about an hour and a half. It can be cold at the top even on a nice summers day so make sure you have a coat. It has a 5 euro stelplaz 200 meters from the station
GPS: 51° 50' 21''N/10° 46' 54''E page 576 in this years Board Atlas
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Yes its a very nice country to visit with one's motorhome, we did find that the germans do not use cards for payments which was a surprise and had to keep on going to atm's (if you can find them!!) to get cash to buy things.... will be going back very soon.... when and if sea france get back to normal!!
The stelplaz at Bacharach is ace, the little bakers shop in town is even better, the apple strudel, ah jaysas, its the best ever, and if you feel guilty after eating four or five you can go into the little Catholic chapel and ask yer man for forgiveness, It worked for me, not so sure about the Protestants though, that might be a problem
seamus.
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