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Hi Jo,

We stayed there 5 or 6 years ago. At that time, it was very crowded and the pitches were not laid out as in France for example. There was literally 6" between us and our neighbours. Many of the pitches are too small to take your tent/caravan and your car. We found it quite noisy at night due to parties going on mainly with the large Dutch contingency. Having said that, the public pool next door is superb and the town is lovely. The whole area is beautiful and a visit to Parc Europa is well worth the effort.

Thanks folks, hopefully the pitches may be better laid out now, we've booked a pitch with a family bathroom, (saves waiting for the shower!), so let's hope they are.

I speak a little conversational German and the OH speaks quite well, he learned when he worked for BMW. My son's just done his first year of German at Secondary school too. Hopefully I'll be able to order a glass of wine or two!!

We have been to Germany before, we went to a Gran Dorado - which is now Centerparcs. We've never been to the Black Forest and we haven't camped in Germany either. It looks like there's a lot to see and do in the area and I daresay the kids will want to visit Parc Europa.

Thanks for the info!!

Just a few places of interest.

Frieburg, very medieval. Lake Titisee, beautiful scenery and the spectacular Rhine Falls, although about a 50 mile drive a worthwhile day out.

harryb

Hey Candida,

'Minimalist Tenters' lol! We were tenters til last August. Spent the past 4 years in different parts of France for our main hols in our trusty tent!! We're there from 1st Aug on pitch 516, will try to pop over & say hello - or guten tag. We seem to be right at the back looking at the plan! Not that it'll worry us, don't really mind where we are. Will look out for the Schwarzwaldkarte as it sounds like a good deal.

Harry B - We'd been looking at waterfalls we were going to see, not sure if it's the same ones, actually I think it was Triberg - does that sound right? We were planning to visit Freiburg and Lake Titisee too. Been looking at loads of places of interest on t'internet!

Thanks again!

Well, a happy camping trip that was. We thoroughly enjoyed this campsite and the area was superb. The pool complex next door was great, although I'm not sure I believed the water temperature they displayed - it was freezing! The kids didn't seem to mind though. We visited Freiburg, which was great, with some wonderful places to eat too, we also visited Titisee where you could take a boat or pedalo out on the lake, great for a quick dip and the scenery was fabulous. We spent a day at Eurpoa park and my kids enjoyed it better than Disneyland Paris. Well worth the money.The waterfalls at Triberg were amazing and possibly my favourite day out. You could buy monkey nuts to feed the native 'nutcracker' birds, which were beautiful! We also saw many red squirrels which was something we hadn't seen in the flesh before. Kirchzarten is great and only a few minutes walking gets you into the main area where you would find many supermarkets, shops, bars and restaurants - all very reasonably priced. The free travel card to use on buses and trains was invaluable - they're very eco friendly and don't really want you driving to your days out, but that made our holiday even better as we could have meals out with a few drinks and get the train back home! Thanks Candida and Richard (and the boys of course) for your company over part of the holiday, it was lovely to meet you all and the kids enjoyed your company much more than ours!

Sorry to go on and on but this campsite, although a bit crowded when we arrived, was great and certainly one to which we plan to return. A word of warning, if you tow a caravan, some of the narrow roadways and right-angle corners on site were challenging! And the 3 days of rain we encountered made the ground very boggy, hence we had to be 'helped' off our pitch by Candida and a family on a pitch close by!

Jo

It's nice that you have reported back on your holiday. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Many people ask for site advice on here but very few come back and share their thoughts when they return.

harryb

Hi folks, I've done a review but it's not on yet as it's such a busy time. Great to hear you got to do the climbing and ropewalking thing...I think! Even though you got the bruises, I bet the boys loved every minute of it! Hope your last few days travelling home went ok too as I know you had a couple of stops planned. We 'almost' got an earlier ferry home, but they were doing stringent checks at the port so we had to wait for our 8pm crossing. Not to worry, we made it home ok and even went away for the weekend when we got back! We've got other trips planned for our next visit to the Black Forest and look forward to going back to Camping Kirchzarten.