Kleinenzhof

Friendly welcome upon arrival had choice of 3 pitches. Water to ea pitch. Many permanent caravans as per usual on German sites. Nice restaurant and small pool indoor and outdoor. Good shop. Good walk into Calmbach where you can catch the train into Bad Wildbad using the free train travel with Kris Card. Pitches were reasonable size mostly hard standing. Site a little isolated if using motorhome or lots of walking. Car hire is available

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This long established, family run business has clearly expanded over the years and predominantly serves the needs of its home client base who maintain a diverse range of caravans they use as holiday homes on the site. We were somewhat surprised on arrival but never judge a book by its cover. We were welcomed by the owner and offered 2 pitches to choose from. Water was not available on pitch due to adverse temperatures early April) but we were told of alternative arrangements and offered help. Facilities were very clean and warm ( most welcome). There is a restaurant, bar, cafe and small shop and laundry facilities on site. Fresh bread can be ordered daily Site is especially good for walkers and cyclists. On site facilities for families are good. We were offered free use of sauna on Tuesday, free use of indoor pool at anytime. There is a lovely children's outdoor play area and several animals to pet and also an indoor sport room. Go carts can be hired. Wi-Fi was not expensive but wasn’t the most reliable. Owners were friendly, welcoming, spoke good English and were very helpful indeed. Served us well for short stopover on our extended tour of Europe

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We stayed for 3 nights at the beginning of September 2019. We had a serviced pitch which worked well and was separated form adjacent pitches by hedges which also gave a little welcome shade. The toilet facilities were excellent and always clean. The restaurant was good and all of the staff spoke reasonable English & were very helpful. We read the previous review some time after we had made our booking & were concerned as to what we might find when we arrived. True enough there were lots of "old caravans" that had been there for many years but it was amazing to see how much time, money & imagination had been spent on converting them into summer residences. Shame we live so far away as we could be tempted to do something similar. In all we visited 5 sites in Germany & 3 of them had similar permanent caravans - it is obviously something the locals do.

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We pre booked to stop off for two nights en route to Luxembourg having spent 5 nights in Lake Garda as part of an early summer holiday. (End of may to early June) The site does have excellent showers and toilets, spotless and warm. The restaurant serves excellent food too. The pitches however are “haphazard” with hook ups located so distant that we had to cross 2 pitches to hook up, and that was using a 25 meter lead. The “Perimeter of the site” pitches are given over to permanently sited caravans that all have a neglected look, usually surrounded by rickety fencing that is either falling down or requires painting and most usually both. The grass is long, the pitches not particularly level and the description of hedging as separation must be referring to the hedge between the main road and the site! I didn’t see any hedging to speak of within the main body of the site. As a touring base to explore the region I would say it is okay. But it is tired in appearance, has the feel of a mid-west “trailer park” and not a relaxing environment. We left after the first night as this site is not comparable to any CAMC/ CL site we have visited either in the UK or Europe. Please, conduct a site visit and seriously consider if this is the quality the club should be “recommending” to its members. I wondered why there is no review for this site, maybe it was also disappointment to other members who have been too polite to write an honest appraisal.

 

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The site Kleinenzhof was visited last year and inspected for the CAMC , the images on the CAMC website were taken then. 
As you mention the site has great shower and toilet facilities ,a lovely traditional Gasthof hotel with a super restaurant all run by the Harter family. It has both an indoor and outdoor pool and a wonderful array of wild animals and indoor and outdoor play areas for children. In addition it features a modern reception and well stocked shop on site.  It is situated in the middle of the forest in a valley with a small stream running through it surrounded by the mountains and ideal for visiting Bad Wildbad and the surrounding BlackForest area (including the stunning suspension bridge that is featured on the CAMC website.) 

In Germany most sites have an area of residents that are for the local city people to come and relax in the summer and yes they are often well-loved caravans with individual characteristics used mostly at weekends/during the summer holidays. These customers pose no risk, they are just German people on holiday. 

As for the pitches, as you can see on the images on the CAMC website -  there are hedges separating some pitches, whilst  some pitches are not delimited. 
We wish you had asked the site to change pitch, or rung the Travel Services at the CAMC, if you had difficulty with your electric cable. We are always happy to try and help, and could have resolved the problem for you.

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