Luxembourg

Small country but lots to do, each area is different. We last visited a couple years ago. Stayed at a site in Diekirch on the banks of a river, cycle path run for miles. Easy walk into town, plenty of shops to choose from.Good  train service right into Luxembourg city, if you are going to stay for a few days it might be worth getting the Luxembourg card, gives travel on trains buses and free entry into some castles etc.

PTS have a look at my notes >here< I have stayed at Grit several times over the years. The last time was in 2013,  The record of this visit is  >here< I think it is a great spot to base yourself

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thank you for your reply, have either of you traveled from Hook of Holland into Luxembourg, if so what route(s) did you take how long was the journey? Did either of you take a dog with you?

We have travelled fairly frequently from Europoort, which is just across the river from Hook of Holland, to and from sites in Luxembourg and it is easily accomplished within the day. We have used routes both via Brussels and Namur and via s-Hertogenbosh, Maastricht and Liege, both work well. Be aware of the different spellings of Belgian place names, e.g. Liege (in Walloon/French) is Luik in Flemish, similarly Namur/Namen, Antwerp/Anvers and Mons/Bergen.

We stayed at Camping Gritt in 2015 and enjoyed it. There are regular train services into Luxembourg City, the picturesque town of Vianden is not far away, the hills of the Ardennes are most attractive, the areas of "La Petite Suisse" and the Mullerthal have good walking and trips to the Moselle Valley and Trier are easily done.

Incidentally, have you considered crossing from Hull to either Rotterdam or Zeebrugge, you'll save about 180 miles each way in the UK and if you can travel over on a Saturday or Sunday, booking the campsite in the same transaction, you may be able to get a free caravan crossing making it much more financially viable. The ferries on these routes do have kennels.

Would agree with Marsker about the Hull crossing this is the one we would choose if going direct to Luxembourg, when we went we were coming down from North Germany after visiting our son who was living there at the time. However we did travel from Luxembourg direct to Zeebrugge on our return it is an easy run to catch the teatime ferry, the Rotterdam one sails about 1.5 hrs later. As Marsker says there are deals on with the CC for sat/sun ferries where caravans go free.

just to say we stayed at Diekirch Acsi no 572 in the 2017 book, there is another site next to it but the first site IMO is the better one. We cycled along the cycle path all the way along the river past Camping Grit and the town beyond, you really can't go wrong with this area. Trier isn't far away and the lovely town of Saarburg is also worth a visit, both of course in Germany.

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We loved Luxembourg. We stayed at Berdorf and walked down through the woods to Echternach and got the bus back. Agree with Marsker the Mullerthal is an absolute must for amazing scenery to walk through.

Thanks everyone for your advice, will look at the crossing from Hull. Sounds as if there will be loads to do and see when we get there. Anybody advice about taking a dog abroad for the first time?

The Club has produced an guide note regarding taking a pet abroad, it is >here< There is also a thread on the same subject running >here<

When we stayed a Grit I took my dog for his checkup to the vet in Diekirch who is located not far from the station but you will need to make an appointment. Cost 26 euros.  I haven't the address to hand but I will post it later.

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I eventually found the address:

Docteur GuErit Arlette
18 Rue du Gymnase
Tel - +3 52 80 21 16
Possible park outside.
Open normal hours inc Saturday.
By appointment only.
Excellent English.

For a map of vets on the continent have a look at Keith and Margarets map >here< on Google maps.

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