We’ve just returned from a road trip around France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg. Our trip included a few days with Eurocamp in Wirfttal, Germany. The site is very pretty as the park is in the Eifel National Park in the North Rhine-Westphalia region. We went swimming, played mini golf, explored the local area – as well as ate schnitzel, apple strudel and drank German beer.

Our trip to Eurocamp at Wirfttal, Stadtkyll, Germany

We picked to stay at Wirfttal, Stadtkyll because we had previous enjoyed our time at Eurocamp in the Netherlands at Duinrell. The sites are always very family-friendly so we looked for any Eurocamps in Germany, preferably within easy drive of the Nurburgring. Happily we discovered Eurocamp at Wirfttal and managed to book a classic Eurocamp cabin for 2 nights.

Wirfttal is a family-friendly site based around a private recreational lake where you can go fishing, hire a pedalo or go wild swimming. Accommodation includes several classic Eurocamp holiday homes, as well as safari tents, camping pitches and bungalows situated in the mountains.

The park had some great facilities, such as in indoor swimming pool, restaurant, shop, recreational lake, bike rental, games room and outdoor play area. There were daily activities and you could even order daily fresh bread to collect from reception in the morning.

We ate in the restaurant twice and enjoyed local dishes such as schnitzel. We also spent some time in the pool and played mini golf. We really appreciated the smaller nature of the site and could easily have spent more time relaxing.

We had time to explore the local area and drove the short distance to the pretty medieval town of Kronenburg. This is well worth a few hours as although the castle is a picturesque ruin, the village below is nestled within the castle walls and is a wonderful place to explore. We discovered Villa Kronenburg was open for lunch which we enjoyed on their terraces at the back. We tried the local speciality flammekueche, a very thin dough, covered with creme fraiche and savoury toppings.

Whilst we were admiring the houses in the village we found many had numbers and letters chalked on the door frame: 20*C+M+B+25. This is part of the Epiphany house blessing tradition, the numbers “20” and “25” denote the year, the letters “C, M, B” represent either the traditional names of the Three Wise Men (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar) or the Latin phrase Christus mansionem benedicat, meaning “May Christ bless this house”. The crosses, sometimes written as asterisks or other symbols, stand for Christ or blessing. This tradition is a request for Christ to bless the home and its inhabitants for the year.