Never 'done' Germany - tips/help please (1 Viewer)

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Lovely stop overs if your going that way,

Rurberg

Details for Rurberg a Overnight parking - with services Simmerath, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 52152

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This one is good for picking up the train and going in to Lake Titisee 10 min away.

Schluchsee

Details for Schluchsee a Overnight parking - with services Schluchsee, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 79859

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Cracking site on Lake Titisee

Sandbank

Details for Sandbank a Independent Campsite Titisee-Neustadt, Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 79822

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Definitely best village in Germany.

Rothenburg parking P3

Details for Rothenburg parking P3 a Overnight parking - with services Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany, 91541

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And another just down the road

Dinkelsbühl Stellplatz

Details for Dinkelsbühl Stellplatz a Overnight parking - with services Dinkelsbühl, Mittelfranken, Bayern, Germany, 91550

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There are so many places in Germany you could spend months driving around

 

[pappajohn]

Don't believe they have no sense of humour.
I asked for a small beer in a hotel bar........I got it in a shot glass!

 

[MisterB]

Got myself an emissions sticker from a garage (MOT station?) In Koln and now parked in the Aire by the Rhine.
55 places, €16, not particularly impressed but it will do for tonight. Main thing was getting the emissions sticker so we can go where we fancy now without having to worry.

So tomorrow, we are heading towards the Romantic Road ...... any suggestions for somewhere nice between Koln and Wurzburg?

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[Coastal Cruiser.]

Got myself an emissions sticker from a garage (MOT station?) In Koln and now parked in the Aire by the Rhine.
55 places, €16, not particularly impressed but it will do for tonight. Main thing was getting the emissions sticker so we can go where we fancy now without having to worry.

So tomorrow, we are heading towards the Romantic Road ...... any suggestions for somewhere nice between Koln and Wurzburg?

Stellplatz Camping Sonnenstrand

Details for Stellplatz Camping Sonnenstrand a Overnight parking - with services Bacharach, Darmstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 55422

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[WESTY66]

Stellplatz Camping Sonnenstrand

Details for Stellplatz Camping Sonnenstrand a Overnight parking - with services Bacharach, Darmstadt, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, 55422

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That’s where I was 10 days ago

 

[andyjc]

If you're planning on getting as far as Fussen and visiting the castles at Neuschwanstein book well ahead. You can see availability by looking online at hohenschwangau.de

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[lorger]

Got myself an emissions sticker from a garage (MOT station?) In Koln and now parked in the Aire by the Rhine.
55 places, €16, not particularly impressed but it will do for tonight. Main thing was getting the emissions sticker so we can go where we fancy now without having to worry.

So tomorrow, we are heading towards the Romantic Road ...... any suggestions for somewhere nice between Koln and Wurzburg?

If you’re in the one I think you are, jump on the tram to the centre as the cathedral is worth a visit on its own.

 

[MisterB]

If you’re in the one I think you are, jump on the tram to the centre as the cathedral is worth a visit on its own.

Thanks, we got our leccy bikes out and rode into the city.looks like the scaffolding is on its way through being removed aswell now (some people mentioned the scaffolding around the cathedral) for anyone else thinking of visiting Koln (Cologne)

 

[Ridgeway]

Don’t mention that war and no goose stepping says Mr Fawlty

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[Ava the Adria]

Sat on the ferry to Holland and the weather isn't looking great for the next few weeks, so tempted to detour through a bit of Germany, the Champagne region in France and down to the Med.

Is there anything I need to be aware of when travelling through Germany to make sure I'm 'legal' as I've never motorhomed there?.

Thanks

Do have a great trip! We love German food, great value and plates full. And do try the Weißbier - a cloudy wheat beer; don't be put off by it being cloudy, the yeast is good for you!. Germans tend to park up, find a restaurant and book it for the evening then go and sight see as they generally don't cook in their vans. So most good Platz are full by early afternoon. Search for Sites and Camper Contact are both good apps for Stellplatz.

Germany's a great country, really well set up for MoHo's. We've lived in NRW and absolutely loved it. It's a well ordered and well organised place with rules even their leaders follow and none of the chaos we have to suffer! As an example of their culture, on a language course I was on, an (English) student asked the German language teacher "what are the exceptions to that (grammatical) rule?" She replied "It is the rule, of course there are no exceptions"! Which is pretty much how life runs in Germany.

On the roads, some points to note; do stop at "stop" signs (I won a 10€ fine for rolling over one as if it was a give way); don't get caught speeding - they hide speed traps and don't announce them unlike in the UK (variable fine according to how far over the limit you were) and this is a big one in towns - do remember to give way to any pedestrians or cyclists on the pavement at the side of you if you are turning right (or left) off the main road into a side road across their path - they are classed as being on the main road and have priority over you who are crossing their path. Bear in mind cyclists on the cycle path here too. Pedestrians will step out in front of you expecting you to give way! And if you do have an "incident" with a pedestrian or cyclist, you will be assumed to be at fault - unless for example they've failed to comply with the pedestrian controlled traffic lights. Hence why, when on foot, do comply with any pedestrian crossing lights (risk of a fine. It's odd at first, all the pedestrians wait for the green "walk" light). And on the motorway, flashing of the headlights means "I'm coming through", the opposite to the UK's "you come through" - so don't pull out if they're flashing you!

 

[Ava the Adria]

Don’t mention that war and no goose stepping says Mr Faulty

I couldn't believe Mrs Ava when we visited the Möhnesee once, singing the Dambusters march out loud.

 

[Lenny HB]

We love German food,

Oh dear, no hope for you, about the worst food in Europe.

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[Ava the Adria]

Most restaurant food is pretty dire unless you find a good fish restaurant.

So I take it you didn't acquire the taste for Mayo on your Pommes?

 

[WESTY66]

Oh dear, no hope for you, about the worst food in Europe.

Really?? Is that taking into account escargot, and frogs legs??

 

[gpat]

Be well prepared at motorway junctions. When you come off slip roads there are rarely roundabouts, the slip road often just splits in 2. We got stuck around the outskirts of cologne for about 2 hours going round and round in circles. The sat nav will say bear right and then there will be 2 rights, one being more right than the other and then invariably wrong

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[Lenny HB]

Really?? Is that taking into account escargot, and frogs legs??

I love them.

 

[WESTY66]

I love them.

You need help

 

[MisterB]

We are on the Aire at Koln. €16 which to me seems a bit pricey when we can get campsites for not much more cost using ACSI. Tonight we have chosen to try a campsite instead of an Aire at €19.

What we did notice yesterday, was that there were about 10 motorhomes and campers (some of the motorhomes were quite high spec and most of the campers were commercially built) parked along and adjacent to the river at various points, they seemed to be parked up for at least one night, no chairs, tables etc but there are benches at pretty regular intervals that looked to being put to good use!

Has anyone wild camped along there? Other than the option of electricity at the Aire, there doesn't seem much difference in the available services.

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[MichaelT]

Sorry to be a pain, but can we not let the thread drift please ..... I'm more interested in where to stay at the moment rather than best place to get fuel and hoping for suggestions around Koblenz .....?? Would like to sample a free German Aire if there are any within 50 odd miles? Thanks

Nothing free in germany generally you pay for everything even to empty the toilet so take a bag of €1 & €2 coins.

 

[MichaelT]

Got myself an emissions sticker from a garage (MOT station?) In Koln and now parked in the Aire by the Rhine.
55 places, €16, not particularly impressed but it will do for tonight. Main thing was getting the emissions sticker so we can go where we fancy now without having to worry.

So tomorrow, we are heading towards the Romantic Road ...... any suggestions for somewhere nice between Koln and Wurzburg?

Its the location in koln right on river to walk or cycle in.

 

[MisterB]

Its the location in koln right on river to walk or cycle in.

I understand that but if others are parking for free alongside the river .....and compared to my experience in France it's overpriced for what you get ..... IMO!

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[Jo662]

Sorry to be a pain, but can we not let the thread drift please ..... I'm more interested in where to stay at the moment rather than best place to get fuel and hoping for suggestions around Koblenz .....?? Would like to sample a free German Aire if there are any within 50 odd miles? Thanks

We stayed here in Koblenz,it’s where the Mosel and Rhine split.
There was also a Stelplatz outside the campsite.
We caught the foot ferry to the city.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ockzZAEBiuJCkXxc6?g_st=ic

 

[Lenny HB]

In Germany you can stay overnight in a carpark providing it doesn't have a cars only sign.