Germany

Family Accommodations in Rothenburg, Munich, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch Partenkirchen Apartment Sleeps 5

Need a family hotel in Rothenburg, near the Munich airport, or Galrmisch-Partenkirchen? Here are 3 family-friendly hotels for 5 or 6 people in these Germany popular tourist-spots. A mom from Adelaide, Australia, who has a 5-person family, contacted us recently to share her reviews of these accommodations. She said she is “happy to help others”…

Travel with 3 Boys: Incentive to Behave

The problem: They fight! It is not easy to corral 3 boys, which is frequently necessary when traveling. There are always waits for boardings, check-ins, subways, tables, and much more. And when the boys are corralled, they use tactics like a pinch or prod to annoy one another for entertainment, or for revenge from some…

Please and thank you are the most important foreign language words to learn when traveling; crucial for civil discourse. But there’s one word we did not expect to need to know: Rechnung. In Germany last summer, most service employees at restaurants and cafes helped us with their excellent command of English. But still we practiced…

City Tour – Top Pick for Family Travel

A bus tour was not included on our London agenda years ago because they are expensive, at least for our tight budget. But we splurged last summer, taking a live-guide bus tour of Munich, and a few days later, a recorded-audio bus tour of Berlin. Now that we’ve experienced those tours in Germany, we will…

Before Your Family Travels – Teach Geography with a Game!

My working knowledge of geography is limited — in school I’d memorize enough to get an ‘A’ on the test, then let it go. Having 3 boys who seem to soak up country, city, mountain, and water body names like sponges, though, has increased my interest in the subject. And now, searching for hotel family…

Declared as “the most expensive city in Germany” on wikitravel.org, Munich is not cheap to visit. Affordable Europe leader Rick Steves says you can comfortably eat and sleep there for $100 per person per day, and lonelyplanet.com travelers report spending 50 to 70 Euros per person per day. Based on these figures noted by budget…

Buy Kids a Nintendo DS Adapter for Europe Travel

We prepared thoroughly for our dream vacation to Germany last summer. Gathered over a period of months: travel books, passports, Google maps, email hotel confirmations, fanny packs, and of course, International Plug Adapters for all the electronics. We knew that nearly every day we’d need to charge the laptop, the digital camera, the second digital…

Tube, U-Bahn, Subway – Family Travel Safety

Notice the logo used for this blog and our website, sleeps5.com. The image is of a family of ducks on their way. Even before Holly and I constructed our website we consistently utilized a duckling analogy to describe the image of traversing busy sidewalks in big cities with 3 children. You know – the mama…

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Hotel Rates per Night in US $
(room rates are only approximations and will differ by season)
$ = $150 or less
$$ = to $200
$$$ = to $250
$$$$ = to $300
$$$$$ = to $350 and above

How to Book a Hotel Room for 5, 6, 7 or More People
Click the hotel name on a Sleeps5 city page to see that hotel’s page. Each hotel page includes a description of the room, suite, or apartment. It also includes the hotel’s email address, website link, and phone number, and any specific booking information or tips. How to Book Details.
If you contact the hotel directly, mention your children and their ages for best results.

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