Germany is Europe's number one country for motorhome travellers. Over 5,000 stellplatz sites, an autobahn with no speed limit, and an endless choice of castles, beer and Alpine scenery.
In Germany you can fill up cheaply, drive fast and stop for the night in practically every village — often for free or just a few euros. The routes are legendary: the Romantic Road winds from Würzburg to Füssen, the Alpine Road crosses Bavaria, and the Moselle wine region is a dream stop in summer.
Autobahn freedom and stellplatz culture
The German stellplatz is an institution: a municipal or private site for motorhomes usually with power, water, waste disposal and sometimes even a pool. Wohnmobilforum.de and the Promobil app list them all. Prices run €8–20 per night, and many are right in the heart of town.
Romantic Road — from Würzburg to Füssen (460 km)
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Würzburg
Start with Franconian wines and the Residenz palace. The stellplatz is by the river.
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber
A perfectly preserved medieval walled town. Stay overnight in the Tauber valley.
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Nördlingen
A town built inside a meteorite crater, whose church tower looks like it's straight out of Star Wars' Hoth.
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Augsburg → Landsberg
Old merchant towns along the Lech river, easy stops for a motorhome.
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Füssen & Neuschwanstein
The route's grand finale: King Ludwig's fairy-tale castle at the foot of the Alps. Stay overnight by Lake Hopfensee.
Other must-do routes
Deutsche Alpenstraße
450 km of Alpine road from Lindau to Berchtesgaden — Zugspitze, Eibsee and Königssee along the way.
Moselle wine region
Cochem, Bernkastel-Kues, Trier. Dozens of riverside stellplatz sites.
Black Forest
Schwarzwaldhochstrasse, Titisee and cuckoo-clock workshops — a slice of cherry cake is mandatory in summer.
Berlin & Saxony
In Berlin, the Wohnmobilstellplatz Am Treptower Park; from Dresden, a quick day trip to Bohemian Switzerland.
How to make the most of your trip to Germany
- Get an Umweltplakette sticker (about €6) online before your trip — without it you risk a fine in environmental zones.
- There's no general speed limit on the autobahn, but a sensible motorhome speed is 100–110 km/h for fuel economy.
- Lidl and Aldi have the cheapest fuel — often with space at the back for motorhome-sized vehicles.
- June–August is busy; May, September and October are the best times to travel.
Best season
May–October. The Advent markets in November–December in Nuremberg, Dresden and Munich are an adventure of their own.
From Ylihärmä
Vaasa–Umeå then the E4/E20 through Sweden to Malmö, the Öresund bridge and the Puttgarden ferry — Hamburg is two days away.
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