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Camping and Travelling
Private accommodation
provides another inexpensive Caravanning with Children
option. In attractive tourist Travelling with a camping trailer, In most hotels, cots
areas, it is quite common for camper van or just a tent is very and high chairs can be
owners of large villas and popular in Germany, which has obtained, and often
private houses to rent rooms a highly developed network of young children can stay
to tourists, often offering more than 2,000 camping sites. for free. In better hotels,
breakfast as well. Houses Of a generally high standard, a few hours of baby-
with rooms available to sites have washrooms and sitting can usually be
rent are indicated by the kitchens. There is usually a booked. For older
sign Fremdenzimmer or shop and café, and some children, expect to pay
Zimmer frei. Details of such even have swimming pools. for an extra bed.
accommodation can be
Minimalist decor at the Motel One München (see p495), a budget option in Munich obtained and booked in Disabled Travellers Recommended
tourist information offices.
Gasthof and Pensionen Hotels
in possession of a valid During the summer Virtually all hotels of a higher
A Gasthof is a traditional inn membership card issued by months in university towns, standard are equipped to The hotels recomm-
with a restaurant on the the Youth Hostels Association students may also benefit accommodate disabled guests. ended in the following
ground floor and rooms to (YHA). This can be obtained from accommodation in At least one entrance will have listings have been
rent on the upper floor. Be from the YHA in your own hotels that house university ramp access, and a few rooms chosen because they
aware, however, that this simple country. Although overnight students during term times. will have bathrooms adapted to represent the best that A mountain shelter in Oybin, Saxony
description covers a wide range accommodation is open to Again, information about the needs of those who are German accomm-
of establishments – from small, anyone in possession of a such accommodation may confined to a wheelchair. In odation has to offer in hospit- Pensionen offer a personable
inexpensive, family-run hotels valid membership card, things be found at tourist offices. lower-category hotels, though, ality, location and value. experience, with breakfast,
with modestly equipped rooms, are slightly different in Bavaria. specially adapted fixtures and Budget hotels offer good while Gasthöfe are traditional
to luxurious and elegant In this region, young people are Agrotourism fittings tend to be rarer. In such value accommodation, ideal for inns with a restaurant. Historic
accommodation in an given priority, but older people hotels, you may have to shorter stays, while mid-range options may be an old hotel
exquisitely restored country inn. can stay, too (although for an Agrotourism, a type of farm negotiate steep stairs to reach hotels include some facilities. or a hotel in an old building.
Pensionen are less formal additional charge), as can holiday, is very popular in rooms on the upper floors. So-called business hotels offer Entries high lighted as
establishments than hotels families with young children. Germany as an attractive, In order to receive additional Wi-Fi connectivity and the use DK Choice are those that
and are typically run by a The cost for a one-night stay low-cost and eco-friendly help and advice during their of meeting rooms. stand out. They may have
family. They usually provide with breakfast is around accommodation choice. trip, disabled travellers can Boutique hotels tend to be an enviable location, offer an
modest sleeping quarters, €13.50–25. Unless you have a The rooms are of a perfectly contact the Bundes arbeits- small and usually feature high incredible service or be
breakfast and a pleasant family sheet sleeping bag, you must acceptable standard, and gemeinschaft Selbsthilfe e.V., design elements, while luxury particularly charm ing.
atmosphere. They are always hire one at the hostel, meals are often also provided. or the Bundesverband Selbst- hotels encompass the finest of Whatever the reason, they
comfortable and very clean, for which an additional charge For younger children, it is a hilfe Körper behinderter e.V. Germany’s upscale hotels. guarantee a memorable stay.
at affordable prices. will be made. The hostels are great thrill to observe the daily
usually closed during the day, work on a farm. There may also DIRECTORY
so you must ensure that all be the possibility of horse-
Inexpensive arrangements connected riding, or of hiring bicycles, Information on Youth Hostels Mountain Disabled
Accommodation with your stay are in place a boat or fishing tackle. Accommodation Accommodation Travellers
Germany has a well-established before 9am or after 4–4:30pm. Agrotourist holidays can be & Reservations Deutsches Jugend­ Bundesarbeits­
and widely developed chain of In large cities during the high booked through Landreise herbergswerk DJH DAV Summit Club gemeinschaft
youth hostels (Jugendherberge), season, when demand for beds and AG Urlaub & Freizeit auf Castle and Palace Service GmbH Am Perlacher Forst 186, Selbsthilfe
and these provide the most is particularly heavy, your stay dem Lande. For more Hotels Im Gildepark, 81545 Munich. Kirchfeldstr. 149,
affordable option for an may be limited to 2–3 nights. information on eco-friendly ∑ castleandpalace Leonardo-da-Vinci-Weg 1, Tel (089) 64 24 00. 40215 Düsseldorf.
overnight stay. A youth stays, see p545. hotels.com 32760 Detmold. ∑ dav-summit-club.de Tel (0211) 31 00 60.
hostel can be found Hotel Reservation Tel (05231) 7401 0. Verband Deutscher ∑ bag-selbsthilfe.de
in every large town, Service (HRS) ∑ jugendherberge.de Gebirgs­ und
as well as in small Mountain Blaubach 32, 50676 Wandervereine Bundesverband
Accommodation
holiday centres. The Agrotourism Kleine Rosenstr. 1–3, Selbsthilfe Körper­
most attractive are Mountainous regions of Cologne. AG Urlaub & Freizeit 34117 Kassel. behinderter (BSK)
those that are located Germany are generally well Tel (0221) 207 76 00. Tel (0561) 93 87 30. Altkrautheimerstr. 20,
in old castles, beautiful prepared to accommodate ∑ hrs.com auf dem Lande ∑ wanderverband.de 74238 Krautheim.
Lindhooper Str. 63, 27283
villas or other historic walkers and can offer truly Romantik Hotels & Tel (06 294) 428 10.
buildings. Most hostels idyllic retreats. Shelters, hostels Restaurants Verden. Tel (04231) 966 50. Camping and ∑ bsk-ev.org
are of a high standard. and mountain hotels can be ∑ romantikhotels.com ∑ bauern Caravanning Club Behinderter
Accommodation may found not only along Alpine hofferien.de und ihrer Freunde
be provided in double trails, but also in the Thuringian Trivago GmbH Landreise Deutscher (CBF)
and triple rooms, as Forest, the Black Forest and Bennigsen-Pl. 1, Hülsebrookstr. 2–8, Camping­Club Pallaswiesenstr. 123a,
well as in dormitories. the Harz Mountains. Details 40474 Düsseldorf. 48165 Münster. Mandlstr. 28, 80802 64293 Darmstadt.
In order to be about such accommodation Tel (0211) 54 06 50. Tel (02501) 801 1195. Munich. Tel (089) 380 14 Tel (06151) 812 20.
eligible to use youth can be obtained from local ∑ trivago.de ∑ landreise.de 20. ∑ camping-club.de ∑ cbf-da.de
hostels, you must be Guesthouse near Neuschwanstein tourist information offices.

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