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Next year, august 2010 we plan on going to parts of Eastern Europe during our annual European tour.

We will have three weeks in total and will be covering; Cherbourg, Paris, Strasbourg, where the kids want to visit Europa Land. Then it’s on to Munich and after that Vienna, Bratislava, Oświęcim [the Polish town where Auschwitz concentration camp is near], then we’ll continue on to Poznan where we’ll be meeting a friend of mine before going to Berlin. After Berlin we’ll be making our way to Liege to see some more friends before finally working our way back to Cherbourg for the boat back to Ireland.

I am looking for any camping advice you may have on places like Strasburg, Munich, Vienna, Oświęcim, Poznan or Berlin.

Yes, it’s a bit early and a lot to ask but I thought I get the info now rather than wait until too close to the off date.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Patrick

This is a handy site for Europa Land http://www.laue-camp.de/zentrale_dateien/frameset_engl/frameset_engl.html Its in Germany near to the A5 autobahn. Stayed there last year and its a nice site. For Berlin we stayed here http://www.camping-potsdam.de/ which is near Potsdam and within cycling distance of the Sanssouci Royal Gardens in Potsdam. The site also run a free minibus service to the nearest tramstop which you take into Potsdam and then the train in the the very impressive Haupt Bahnfof in Berlin. I have put reviews of both these campsite on here.

David

I spotted a couple of campsites inbetween Krakow and Auschwitz but thought they looked a bit grim and uninviting !!

There could be a better site near Krakow that i didn't see but i don't think there is anything too near Auschwitz.

Dave.

Thanks to one and all for the great responses so far. I will have a look over them again tomorrow and make the necessary notes.

Thanks again

we camped at Krakow. We also stayed near Auschwitz at a youth centre which accepts campers - don't know if it is still open.

IMHO I dont think you have to go on an organised tour to the Auschwitz sites. The sites speak for themselves and taking things at your own pace and doing yout own thinking is better.