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Camping and DIRECTORY
Caravanning
During the months of July, General Sporting Verband Deutscher National Parks Tourismusverband
August and September there Information Sporttaucher Europarc Ruppiner Land
are a great many foreign (VDST) “Deutsche Tonstraße”
holiday-makers on Germany’s German Olympic Bundesgeschäftsstelle, Deutschland (Ceramics Route)
autobahns heading for the Sports Confederation Berliner Str. 312, Pfalzburger Str. 43/44, Fischbänkenstr. 8,
camping parks. The word (DOSB) 63067 Offenbach. 10717 Berlin. 16816 Neuruppin.
“camping” in Germany means Otto-Fleck-Schneise 12, Tel (069) 981 90 20. Tel (030) 288 788 20. Tel (03391) 65 96 30.
primarily caravanning, not 60528 Frankfurt am Main. ∑ vdst.de ∑ europarc- ∑ deutscheton
pitching a tent. Most sites are Tel (069) 67 000. deutschland.de strasse.de
privately owned and offer a lot ∑ dosb.de Inline Skating Verband Deutscher
of extras. The majority have Experts in Speed Touristik
wash facilities, snack stands or Walking and Thalkirchner Str. 101, Naturparke Arbeitsgemein schaft
restaurants as well as small Hiking 81371 München. Holbeinstr. 12, Romantische Straße
shops and playgrounds. The Burgenstraße (Castle Road) scenic route following the Rhine Tel (089) 720 15 150. 53175 Bonn. (Romantic Road)
more upmarket parks will offer DAV Summit Club Tel (0228) 921 28 60. Segringer Str. 19,
electricity as well as group and historical sites. The but some also offer packaged Am Perlacher Forst 186, ∑ experts-in-speed.de ∑ naturparke.de 91550 Dinkelsbühl.
activities, and caravans and Deutsche Märchenstraße holidays. To find out more about 81545 München. Golf and Tennis Tel (09851) 55 13 87.
bungalows for hire. To find out (Fairytale Route) covers more wine holidays contact Deutsches Tel (089) 64 24 01 94. Camping and ∑ romantische
more contact the Deutscher than 600 km (370 miles) from Weininstitut GmbH. ∑ dav-summit-club.de Deutscher Golf Caravanning strasse.de
Camping­Club. Tent-pitching Bremen (see pp434–7) to Hanau There are equestrian centres Verband
holidays are also possible and (see p381), linking more than 70 in many parts of Germany Deutscher Volks- Postfach 21 06, Backpacker Network Specialist Holidays
this is strongly regulated in towns and villages associated where visitors can ride under sportverband 65189 Wiesbaden. Germany
order to avoid misuse of with the Brothers Grimm and supervision or head off on their Fabrikstr. 8, Tel (0611) 99 02 00. Senefelder Str. 8, Deutsche Reiterliche
national parks. Tents are often the realm of fairytales, sagas, own. Specialized weekends or 84503 Altötting. ∑ golf.de/dgv 10437 Berlin. Vereinigung
allowed in the camping parks myths and legends. The week-long riding holidays are Tel (08671) 963 10. Tel (0177) 362 82 41. Freiherr von Langen-Str.
mentioned above and many Deutsche Wein straße. (Wine available throughout Germany. ∑ dvv-wandern.de Deutscher Tennis ∑ german-hostels.de 13, 48231 Warendorf.
national parks have places Route) (see p351) is 85 km More information can be Bund Deutscher Tel (025 81) 636 20.
set aside for pitching tents (52 miles) and runs from Bad obtained from the Deutsche Deutscher Hallerstr. 89, ∑ pferd-aktuell.de
and lighting campfires. Dürkheim to Bad Berzabern. The Reiterliche Vereinigung. Wanderverband 20149 Hamburg. Camping-Club
Backpacker Network Germany. Touristik Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wilhelmshöher Allee Tel (040) 41 17 80. Mandlstr. 28, Deutsches
is a good resource for Romantische Straße (Romantic 157–159, 34121 Kassel. ∑ dtb-tennis.de 80802 München. Weininstitut GmbH
information about camping. Road) is Germany’s most famous Spa Vacations Tel (0561) 938 730. Tel (089) 380 14 20. Gutenbergpl. 3–5,
and popular tourist route. It runs Germany has more than 350 Skiing and ∑ camping-club.de 55116 Mainz.
for 350 km (217 miles) through health and spa resorts, as well ∑ wanderverband.de Mountain Sports Tel (06131) 282 90.
a rich and varied landscape as numerous hotels and Cycling Historic and ∑ deutscheweine.de
along the River Main to the holiday centres where your Deutscher Scenic Routes
Alps. The Tourismusverband wellbeing is the top priority. ADFC (Allgemeiner Alpenverein (DAV) Goethe Institut
Ruppiner Land “Deutsche Cultural delights, culinary Deutscher Fahrrad- Bundesgeschäfts- Burgenstraße Dachauer Str. 122,
Tonstraße” (Ceramics Route) experiences, sights of historical Club) stelle (Castle Road) Allee 28, 80637 München.
is a circular route running 215 importance and physical Grünenstr. 120, Von-Kahr-Str. 2–4, 74072 Heilbronn. (Postal address: P.O. Box
km (134 miles) through the activites all form part of the 80997 München. Tel (07131) 973 50 10. 19 04 19, 80604 München).
Ruppiner Land area of northern German philosophy of 28199 Bremen. Tel (089) 14 00 30. ∑ burgenstrasse.de Tel (089) 15 92 10.
Brandenburg (see pp134–5). looking after yourself, known Tel (0421) 34 62 90. ∑ alpenverein.de Deutsche ∑ goethe.de
as “Das Wellness”. Health and ∑ adfc.de Haus des Ski, Märchenstraße 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition
fitness breaks are available all
Specialist Holidays Water Sports Deutscher (Fairytale Route) Road, London SW7 2PH.
Spiegelau, the well-known hiking spot in the year round and facilities vary Skiverband DSV Tel (020) 7596 4000
Bavarian Forest Language tours offer you the from the minimalist ultra- Am Erwin-Himmelseher- Kurfürstenstr. 9, or (020) 7594 0240.
chance to immerse yourself modern to marble and gold Deutscher Segler- Platz Hubertusstr. 1, 34117 Kassel.
in German culture. Living imperial luxury, with Verband Tel (0561) 920 479 10. Viniversität – Die
Historic and arrangements range from everything in between. Gründgensstr. 18, 82152 Planegg. ∑ deutsche- Weinschule GmbH
Scenic Routes homes to hotels and hostels, Each region has something 22309 Hamburg. Tel (089) 85 79 00. maerchenstrasse.de Bilker Allee 49,
Germany has over 50 official depending upon budget. The special to offer, though Tel (040) 632 00 90. ∑ deutscherskiver Deutsche 40219 Düsseldorf.
band.de
driving routes. These routes Goethe Institut is the best some of the most well- ∑ dsv.org Tel (0211) 390 020.
highlight the best features of place for information on known spas are in the Black Verband Deutscher Weinstraße
an individual region. The this type of holiday. Forest (see pp330–31), on Deutscher Wasserski- Berg- und Skiführer (Wine Route) Spa Vacations
following are just a few of many Wine holidays are the East Frisian Islands (see und Wakeboard (VDBS) Martin-Luther-Str. 69,
excellent drives. The becoming more p432) and in Schleswig- Verband Fraunhoferstr. 4, 67433 Neustadt an Deutscher
Burgenstraße (Castle Road) is commonplace because Holstein (see pp459–69). Am Campingpark 10, 82377 Penzberg. der Weinstraße. Heilbäderverband
over 1,000 km (620 miles) long, German wines are coming The Deutscher Heilbäder­ 49597 Rieste. Tel (08856) 936 09 13. Tel (06321) 91 23 33. Charlottenstr. 13,
from Mannheim (see p298) back into popularity. verband can help you Tel (5464) 969 11 66. ∑ bergfuehrer- ∑ deutsche- 10969 Berlin.
through Bavaria to Prague. It Most winemakers offer Wine from find the right spa and ∑ wasserski-online.de verband.de weinstrasse.de Tel (030) 24 63 69 20.
offers plenty of romantic castles tastings and small meals, the Mosel holiday package.

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