T R A V E L L I N G T O C R O A T I A
I N O U R M O T O R H O M E
Back in the summer holidays of 2022 we decided to take our motorhome and travel down to Croatia for just over 5 weeks. We took the eurotunnel link here from Dover to Calias and used the Park4night app link here to find places to stay the night on the way down. These were some lovely stop overs, very cheap and sometimes free. We stopped in Belgium, took a quick day trip to Amsterdam, stopped over for a night in Frankfurt, Germany, did a night in Gaishorn am See, Austria, and our last stop was Raztez, Slovenia before we arrived to a very hot Croatia! I actually thought it would be hot from the beginning but I was wrong, I only packed light sheets thinking would be too hot and save on space and we were freezing on the way down… oops!
We didn't have anywhere booked to stay until we arrived in Croatia so it was winging it (yes I was slightly nervous but had done a fair bit of research still with the park4night app)
First stop- Belgium.
Only a couple of hours away from the Eurotunnel, we found a little park up just outside of a pretty little town, perfect for Jaime to ride and grab some fresh croissants and doughnuts in the morning.
Second stop- Frankfurt, Germany.
We actually tried to stop in a small park up overlooking a beautiful castle but it was full when we got there (you can't book any of these park up) the guy who worked there didn't speak a word of English but managed to get us down the road right next to a lovely river and didn't charge us. This had a park back up by the castle which the girls loved, it was a nice little walk along the river to get to it.
Third stop- Gaishorn am See, Austria.
This was a very pretty stop, lots of mountains in all the backdrops and a park right next to a huge lake which the girls loved playing in and some nice walks around.
Fourth stop- Raztez, Slovenia.
We parked up next to a little restaurant and fishing lake which we had driven through all the mountains to get too which was a scary drive for Sienna and Harper, it was only locals at the restaurant who came for their Sunday lunch, and we were the only ones in the park up come evening which was a little scary as we were very isolated, and the next morning Jaime saw the sign saying beware or wolves, I'm glad we didn't see it before we stopped otherwise I would have had even less sleep! Tahlia decided she loved frogs legs…. Definitely wasn’t for the rest of us.
And then we arrived to 35 plus degree heat to our first campsite. I will share each campsite on its own blog post. Hopefully you can get some ideas of places to visit!
