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Camping and Travelling
Caravanning with Children
Travelling with a camping trailer, In most hotels, cots
camper van or just a tent is very and high chairs can be
popular in Germany, which has obtained, and often
a highly developed network of young children can stay
more than 2,000 camping sites. for free. In better hotels,
Of a generally high standard, a few hours of baby-
sites have washrooms and sitting can usually be
kitchens. There is usually a booked. For older
shop and café, and some children, expect to pay
even have swimming pools. for an extra bed.
Disabled Travellers Recommended
Hotels
Virtually all hotels of a higher
standard are equipped to The hotels recomm-
accommodate disabled guests. ended in the following
At least one entrance will have listings have been
ramp access, and a few rooms chosen because they
will have bathrooms adapted to represent the best that A mountain shelter in Oybin, Saxony
the needs of those who are German accomm-
confined to a wheelchair. In odation has to offer in hospit- Pensionen offer a personable
lower-category hotels, though, ality, location and value. experience, with breakfast,
specially adapted fixtures and Budget hotels offer good while Gasthöfe are traditional
fittings tend to be rarer. In such value accommodation, ideal for inns with a restaurant. Historic
hotels, you may have to shorter stays, while mid-range options may be an old hotel
negotiate steep stairs to reach hotels include some facilities. or a hotel in an old building.
rooms on the upper floors. So-called business hotels offer Entries high lighted as
In order to receive additional Wi-Fi connectivity and the use DK Choice are those that
help and advice during their of meeting rooms. stand out. They may have
trip, disabled travellers can Boutique hotels tend to be an enviable location, offer an
contact the Bundes arbeits- small and usually feature high incredible service or be
gemeinschaft Selbsthilfe e.V., design elements, while luxury particularly charm ing.
or the Bundesverband Selbst- hotels encompass the finest of Whatever the reason, they
hilfe Körper behinderter e.V. Germany’s upscale hotels. guarantee a memorable stay.
DIRECTORY
Information on Youth Hostels Mountain Disabled
Accommodation Accommodation Travellers
& Reservations Deutsches Jugend­
herbergswerk DJH DAV Summit Club Bundesarbeits­
Castle and Palace Service GmbH Am Perlacher Forst 186, gemeinschaft
Hotels Im Gildepark, 81545 Munich. Selbsthilfe
∑ castleandpalace Leonardo-da-Vinci-Weg 1, Tel (089) 64 24 00. Kirchfeldstr. 149,
hotels.com 32760 Detmold. ∑ dav-summit-club.de 40215 Düsseldorf.
Tel (0211) 31 00 60.
Hotel Reservation Tel (05231) 7401 0. Verband Deutscher ∑ bag-selbsthilfe.de
Service (HRS) ∑ jugendherberge.de Gebirgs­ und Bundesverband
Blaubach 32, 50676 Agrotourism Wandervereine Selbsthilfe Körper­
Cologne. Kleine Rosenstr. 1–3, behinderter (BSK)
Tel (0221) 207 76 00. AG Urlaub & Freizeit 34117 Kassel. Altkrautheimerstr. 20,
∑ hrs.com auf dem Lande Tel (0561) 93 87 30. 74238 Krautheim.
Lindhooper Str. 63, 27283 ∑ wanderverband.de Tel (06 294) 428 10.
Romantik Hotels & Verden. Tel (04231) 966 50.
Restaurants ∑ bauern Camping and ∑ bsk-ev.org
∑ romantikhotels.com hofferien.de Caravanning Club Behinderter
und ihrer Freunde
Trivago GmbH Landreise Deutscher (CBF)
Bennigsen-Pl. 1, Hülsebrookstr. 2–8, Camping­Club Pallaswiesenstr. 123a,
40474 Düsseldorf. 48165 Münster. Mandlstr. 28, 80802 64293 Darmstadt.
Tel (0211) 54 06 50. Tel (02501) 801 1195. Munich. Tel (089) 380 14 Tel (06151) 812 20.
∑ trivago.de ∑ landreise.de 20. ∑ camping-club.de ∑ cbf-da.de

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