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Campsite Rhineland-Palatinate Germany

Looking for a part of Germany where you can really enjoy a holiday at a campsite? Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) is a region with some outstanding campsites where you can have a really relaxing and varied holiday. This is one of Germany’s romantic highlights, with rolling hills, attractive vineyards and small-scale, pretty cities, all threaded through by meandering rivers.

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Campsites in Rheinland-Pfalz

Children will have a whale of a time on holiday in Rheinland-Pfalz. Around here, you will often find there is a swimming pool, playground and enthusiastic animation team laid on for you at the campsite. Rhineland-Palatinate is of course somewhere where you can bring your own tent or caravan with you, but here is also the option of renting a mobile home or bungalow.

Countryside camping

If you’re looking for a holiday deep in the countryside on an attractive campsite, Rheinland-Pfalz caters to you with its very diverse landscapes. In the south-western corner is the lovely Eifel, a range of wooded hills dotted with crater lakes and mountain streams: here, you can go off hiking right from your campsite. The Eifel is a walkers’ paradise.

There is also some fantastic cycling to be had here along the region’s rivers, the Rhine, Nahe, Moselle, Lahn, Saar and Ahr. Campsites in Rheinland-Palatinate that are located on the banks of a river will offer you canoe rentals. Wherever you are, you’ll see that the hospitality and welcome of the Rhineland are not just found in the old fairytales.

Campsites in Rheinland-Pfalz are also a great base from which to go wine tasting. This region is the hub of German wine production and is justly known as the ‘vineyard of Germany’.

Ancient cities to be discovered

There are several cities in this region that are well worth visiting while on holiday: Rheinland-Pfalz is not just romantic countryside, there are some outstanding city sights, too.

  • Trier
    You really mustn’t pass up on visiting Germany’s oldest city while staying locally at a campsite. Trier (Trèves if you’re coming from the French side) nestles on the banks of the Moselle and exudes charm. Plenty of surviving architecture attests to the Roman legacy here, the most famous example being the Porta Negra or ‘Black Gate’.
  • Mainz
    Another city you ought to visit from your campsite, Mainz, is the capital of the Bundesland of Rheinland-Pfalz. This is a city with a lovely old town, the jewel of which is the Cathedral of St Martin’s (the Domkirche or Mainzer Dom). Mainz is best known to Germans as a media city, with some of the main broadcasters being based here, including ZDF, Germany’s respected ‘Channel Two’. Another attraction in Mainz is its range of large and lively wine cellars.
  • Saarburg
    You will remember Saarburg as a gorgeously picturesque and romantic old town. You might as well be in France when you’re standing by the waterfall in the town centre.
  • Bitburg
    Not far from the (German-speaking) Belgian hill town of St. Vith, the river Moselle or the South Eifel Nature Park (Naturpark Südeifel) is Bitburg. Beer connoisseurs will probably already know the name, and that is this pretty town’s claim to fame!

This is by no means an exhaustive list of the local sights. Rheinland-Pfalz borders on France, Luxembourg and Belgium. It’s very straightforward to have a holiday in Rheinland-Pfalz that also involves a visit to one of those neighbouring countries. The whole region — but most especially the north and west — has a ‘wine and Rhine’ tourist economy.

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Reviews

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in August 2019

By car it is easy to access many different locations such as Vianden in Luxembourg and even the very beautiful Biersdorf am see a short drive away. The roads are generally quite quiet and always provide some stunning views as you climb the winding hills. In one week's summer holiday we travelled out three days to Vianden, Biersdorf am see and Prüm then relaxed with walks around site and swimming for another three days - perfect for a family of four children ranging from 16yrs to 9yrs.

10.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in August 2018

Beautiful place, the town is lovely and very quiet. Surrounding countryside was lovely and we really enjoyed a couple of day trips which were both just over half an hour away - the dinosaur place (can't remember the name!) and the Eifelpark Gondorf which is full of rides and animals.

10.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in August 2018

An hour from Nurburgring. Very good village local with nice shops and friendly people.

10.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in August 2017

Lovely area, good for hiking and some good local restaurants. The town is very quiet with one supermarket, a petrol station and a few pubs, eis cafe and restaurants (italian, german traditional and pizza/kebab house)

10.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in August 2017

The south eifel is a stunning area and providing you're happy to drive at least 30 minutes, there is plenty to see and do from adventure parks, to castles and museums. The area is known for it's cycle routes. Although we didn't hire bikes, there was plenty of cycling in the area. Our location was ideal for hopping in to luxembourg and belgium. Trier is a beautiful city and vianden castle in luxembourg is stunning. We loved the volcanic museum at daun and driving to see the crater lakes nearby. The lake outside bitburg was lovely but if you want to go to the beer museum in bitburg you need to pre book.

8.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in July 2017

The area was very pretty but with that come remoteness so you had to drive to find shops you needed.

6.0

Stayed on Campingpark Eifel in Waxweiler in July 2017

A beautiful little valley, lovely quiet village of waxweiler in the area. The only downside is that it is quite a distance from towns. This was not too important to us but worth people know. It is a shame there is not bus service locally. We took a motorhome and public transport can be really helpful in getting out more and means you don't have to take the motorhome every time.

7.0

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