rockcar Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 thinking about going to Germany for a month inJjune in our motorhome .Any recommendations of areas to visit?Any help from you experienced travellers will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter21 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 We had a good time exploring the Rhine and Moselle last Spring, staying mainly on the stellplatzes. Have look at our blog entry for Bacharach http://peterandnia.com/2015/05/22/bacchus-country/ for a feel of the landscape and what to do. We cycled a lot along the riverside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Buy the Bordatlas books, and a German dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinhood Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Germany is a big and varied country, if you add some idea of what you like to see and do, you may attract some more focussed answers. ;-)I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie2 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Mosel (German spelling) and Rhine are nice and the traditional tourist areas. But if you like to avoid the crowds, try the Altmuhltal, an area of Northern Bavaria, south of Nurnberg. Some lovely Stellplatze and small campsites here. Whilst there Nurnberg itself is worth a visit. There's a large free stellplatz just outside the town, bus stop adjacent and frequent buses into the Nurnberg. Also the Neckar Valley- whilst Heidelberg is nice, go to the smaller riverside towns. In particular Bad Wimpfen-a lovely walled town. Germany is extremely underrated as a motorhome destination. Full of Stellplatze. Don't forget to try the Kaffee und Kuchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 There have been a number of posts about the Romantic Road, and an app called "romantic street" that gives more information about travelling to mad King Ludwig's castles, and also a fairytale route to Hamelin and Grimm'sbrothers sites. We should have gone last year to the Dethleffs' party in Isny, but didn't make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugga Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Billggski - 2015-10-13 12:16 PM There have been a number of posts about the Romantic Road, and an app called "romantic street" that gives more information about travelling to mad King Ludwig's castles, and also a fairytale route to Hamelin and Grimm'sbrothers sites. I have just looked for this app in the App Store and it doesn't exist - can you confirm the name please as I would like to download it on my iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugga Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Billggski - 2015-10-13 12:16 PM There have been a number of posts about the Romantic Road, and an app called "romantic street" that gives more information about travelling to mad King Ludwig's castles, and also a fairytale route to Hamelin and Grimm'sbrothers sites. I have just looked for this app in the App Store and it doesn't exist - can you confirm the name please as I would like to download it on my iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tugga Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Billggski - 2015-10-13 12:16 PM There have been a number of posts about the Romantic Road, and an app called "romantic street" that gives more information about travelling to mad King Ludwig's castles, and also a fairytale route to Hamelin and Grimm'sbrothers sites. I have just looked for this app in the App Store and it doesn't exist - can you confirm the name please as I would like to download it on my iPad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyg3nwl Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Recommend "die romantische strasse von Wurtzburg nach fussen" Apologise if my German spelling is iffy, but lookup Romantische Strasse on google, or in English Romantic Road. it is main tourist route between Wurtsburg, and runs via Augsburg down to the border at Fussen and then you can cross into Austria and Innsbruck. very touristy route, loads of tourist traps to empty your wallet , plenty of Stelplatze for overnight stops, well worth the time and trouble We entered Germany via luxumberg, and across to romantic road via Neckar valley..a good scenic route also. enjoy your trip, and take plenty of Euro to help support Angele M... and her new friends !!!!. Tonyg3nwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojitoes Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Despite what others may post, do take plenty of Euros, ATM's can be hard to find. The area around Bernkastel is good for scenery, food & wine and the Stellplatz are cheap. Have a great trip Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazdog6007 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Germany is great ! take the gruff attitude as part of their character.Did the romantic road.down to the castles lots of big trucks who seem a bit put out with us tourist,and with snow but loved it.Don't expect any english spoken in the countryside.October is the best month for the rhine and mosel,when the grapes are harvested.trouble is thats when it gets full of germans! (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliB Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 As Robin Hood states, it is a big country. We have been right across the country to the eastern borders so could recommend lots of places if you like the same sort of thing as us. We usually start by selecting one of national parks and the plan around that area. http://www.germany.travel/en/leisure-and-recreation/natural-landscapes/national-parks/national-parks.html Contact the German tourist office and they will send you glossy brochures and you can get a good idea of different area. They also sent me a free book of campsites which although a bit sparse in some areas was very good overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 The app is Romantische strasse, but I could only download it from the App Store as romantic street, not romantic road because of the translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry1956 Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Just got back from Germany a fews days back.i love history, german food and beer. Started from calais, went to speyer which as the largest collect of transport in german, from trains, ships, motorbikes and space ships, there is a site in the grounds of the museum and its only a 5 min walk to the town.from speyer to Ingolstad, the motorhome site is a short walk from the town and only costs 3 euros including elec hook up.lots of things to see and do in Ingolstad. From there to kumark, free parking and a great big fortress to take in, from there a short hop to colburg and a further fortress with the largest collection of arms and armour in Germany. Then to bamburg for smoked beer and good food, back to speyer for the vets and then aachen for a break before home. Would of taken in a bit more, but the miles of road works slowed us down.michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney1 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 We had a great 10 days in Germany this summer. Used the tunnel and stopped off at Hans Sur Lesse in Belgium on the way down then started a tour of the Mosel region starting a little further away at Saarburg and finishing near Koblenz. Excellent time using a mix of campsites and Stelplatz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watty Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Have a look at this site for some free "E-leaflets/guide" They will send the three or four you select as free paper backs, the rest can be downloaded and saved to computer. http://www.germany.travel/en/ebrochures.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 TBH, I think the best advice is to go to your local library and get a guide book to Germany - or even several - and look for what you think will interest you. Then come back on here with the places you fancy, and see if anyone has any useful motorhoming information to add. As already stated, it is a large country (although not quite varied as I had expected), with a wide variety of types of scenery, and a lot of historic towns and monuments, so going on other people's recommendations is a bit of a "shotgun" approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxli Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Hi Good advice. Here's a useful tip when typing German names, which include accents äöü etc.. The Germans, when faced with an English keyboard, will change "ä" to "ae". Thus Stellplätze = Stellplaetze for the plural spelling with accented "ä". Singular = Stellplatz without accent. If you want to produce an accent on a UK keyboard, then hold down the "Alt Gr" key and type following codes on the PC number pad: ä = AltGr + 0228 ö = AltGr + 0246 ü = AltGr + 0252 Full list here - http://symbolcodes.tlt.psu.edu/bylanguage/german.html A useful trick. It's possible on a MAC too, but you'll need to look up the special key combinations. To Germans, the accents are very important for both pronunciation and meaning. For example, as a novice German speaker, I invariably confused "schwul" (gay) with "schwül" (inclement/close). They have different pronuciations and there were bellows of laughter when I proclaimed "Isn't the weather very 'homosexual' today!" Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billggski Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 On an iPad you just hold the key for a moment and the various alternative accents come up. à æ å etc.. Very easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 On a PC up to at least Windows7 (no experience of later versions), search for "Character map" in the Windows program files. The program file is "charmep.exe". Try doing a search within the Windows directory for charmap. Then find the icon for the .exe file, left click it and hold, and drag it to the taskbar. Then, when you want an accented character in any windows based program, click on the Character Map taskbar icon, and Character Map will open. Select the font and character you want to use, click "copy", switch back to the program into which you want the character, and at the point you wish to place it, click "paste". Done! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Kirby Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Weak connection: double post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rupert123 Posted October 19, 2015 Share Posted October 19, 2015 So many times a thread like this get started and there is no further input from the person who started it. No feedback on the answers given, not a word of thanks to the people who have tried to help, do they not bother to look or are they plain rude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletguy Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 rupert123 - 2015-10-19 11:19 AM So many times a thread like this get started and there is no further input from the person who started it. No feedback on the answers given, not a word of thanks to the people who have tried to help, do they not bother to look or are they plain rude? I agree though you'd be amazed at the number of people who just cant be a*sed to search Google themselves and expect others to do it for them. Not only that they expect folk to be mind readers too. OP gives no indication of specific preferences and interests. I've toured extensively throughout Germany over years but why bother when a 'newbie' with just 6 posts to their name posts a two line sentence with scant detail. *-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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