We knew we were going to be on a big come down after leaving Europa Park. The three full days, two at Rulantica and one at the main theme park were amazing, exhausting, but amazing.
We packed Sassy (our Motorhome) up, emptied our grey waste which got a little bit stinky as we were stationery for four days at Europa Park and put rubber to the road.
Driving from Europa-Park to Bernau Im Schwarswald – Dorf was quite a fun drive. It didn’t take us long to eat up the miles. The German roads appear to be very similar to the French. As soon as we started to enter the forest through Frieberg Im Breisberg-Sud- the scenery changed so dramatically. It was gorgeous.
We drove through Todtnau and took a left to get to Bernau Im Schwarswald – Dorf . This village is so pretty, it has a bakery and some shops. The Vohnmobil Stellplatz – Spitzenberg was a fantastic stopover. It had all of the services, was only €15 and the icing on the cake was the giant astro full sized football pitch. The kids and I made plenty of use of this facility. We had an amazing night sleep. It was super quiet even though the site was quite busy and had about 30 motorhomes on it.
The next morning we woke up and drove straight to Todtnau suspension bridge and waterfall.
We parked our Motorhome at the bottom of the hill and we had to walk 300 m up to the entrance where we purchased two junior tickets and two adult tickets which came to €42. That gave us access to the suspension bridge and the waterfalls. The hike up to the suspension bridge was 20 minutes. Both my kids A-12 and H – 9 ate-up the steps, but it was still a bit of a sweaty ascent.
The ascent is very pretty, and you can see the waterfall the whole way.
Once at the top, they have a black Forrest line tourist information and then you need your ticket for entry. We purchased a ticket before the ascent.
The walk across the suspension bridge is very thrilling. Both A and H powered across only taking momentary pauses to look down. The view is amazing. There is also a bannister the whole way across if you are slightly more sensitive. It only took us five minutes to get across the full suspension bridge.
After visiting the waterfall and suspension bridge at Todtnau we drove into the centre of Todtnau and found a Motorhome parking spot – we initially found some public free parking but as soon as we left it there within two minutes we looked back and saw that a parking attendant was documenting our van and taking photographs ready to issue a ticket. So I would highly recommend using the VohnMobil Stelplatz – see location.
Even though we parked slightly further out of town, the chairlift to the top of the Hasenhorn was only a ten minute walk from where we parked. See link.
We walked up to the stair lift entrance, paid at the ticket booth; this was only €56 for two adults and two children. We thought this was a little expensive at first, but afterwards felt this was money well spent. It was a great experience.
Children 8 and older could go by themselves once at the top of the Hasenhorn-Coaster and ride the coaster down. Although H is nine, we felt as though it may be a little too vigourous for her. A – who is 12 was very excited to be let loose going downhill on the rollercoaster by himself. And at the end he absolutely loved it.
The kids and us found the downhill rodelbahn thrilling and a lot of fun. We would certainly do this again.
After finishing off the rodelbahn coaster we walked back to our Motorhome and drove back to Bernau Im Schwarzwald- Dorf, which was only 20 minute drive away.
We set up our Motorhome in the exact same pitch. The kids and I then walked to the Astroturf and watched a German football match as FC Bernau were playing
Top tips:
- If you have small children, take snacks and water up to the suspension bridge.
- 1 hour full loop including waterfall and suspension bridge.
- Motorhome parking is a bit of a hit or miss in Todtnau. Use the Wohnmobilstellplatz Todtnau – Stellplatz.
- We stayed at the Stellplatz Sptitzenberg – great site. Super quiet after the motorbikes have stopped – site here.
- Whatever you do, do not look down when walking across the suspension bridge.
- Sundays, most of the shops are shut so don’t count on getting any supplies on a Sunday.
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