For children

Germany is a very child friendly country - not gushy like the Latins, but children's existence and needs are taken for granted. Most restaurants have high chairs and a children's menu. Many restaurants and places of interests have children's play areas.

Getting around the area by public transport is easy from Bayerisch Eisenstein, especially using the local Waldbahn trains, which are easy to get on and off with young children and pushchairs. Parents who want to walk in the forest with pushchairs will find plenty of forest roads and cycle paths.

Click here to see the facilities and equipment we offer in our apartments for babies and young children. Click here to see photos of a baby's holiday in the Bavarian Forest.

The following are some of the things to do in the area with young children:

In Bayerisch Eisenstein, there is an excellent children's playground in the village park in the centre of the village.

Swimming: our guests love the Osserbad at Lam and there is also swimming at Zwiesel (carfree by train). Both have indoor and outdoor pools.

Walks from the village: Schwellhaeusl, an old woodcutter's hut in the forest with lake, playground, animals and restaurant, is very popular but takes about 1 hour to walk to and cannot be reached by car. Can be accessed by cycle routes with a pushchair. The walk across the border to Zelezna Ruda is mostly on a cycle route and easily done with a pushchair.

Outings (all within 30 minutes drive of the house):

• Take the gondola to the top of the Arber mountain where there is a children's playground and restaurants. Carfree: by bus from the village station.
• At the Grosser Arbersee lake there is a walk around the lake (part difficult with a pushchair), pedaloes, a restaurant and a park with fairy tale figures. Carfree: by bus from the village station, change at the Arber cable car.
• Regenhuette Animal Museum. Carfree by bus.
• Lohberg Tierpark with animals indigenous to the area and the tourist 'train' the the Kleiner Arbersee Lake
• Lam Fairytale and Ghost Castle
• Ludwigsthal - Haus zur Wildnis - wide, flat paths lead past animal enclosures to the Information Centre, with play area and information for children, 3D cinema, shop and cafe. Carfree by train to Ludwigsthal, just one stop.
• Joska Crystal at Bodenmais has play areas and activities for children. Carfree: by train to Bodenmais via Zwiesel.
• Sommerrodelbahns - there are 4 summer toboggan runs in the area, the nearest is at Bodenmais, with cable car and plenty of children's activities. Carfree by train to Bodenmais via Zwiesel, then the Bimmelbahn.
• There are 3 fun parks in the region:

Hohenbogen at Neukirchen bei Heiligen Blut.

BayernPark at Reisbach (between Dingolfing and Eggenfelden).

Churpfalz Park, Loifling bei Cham

Winter:

Skiing: children can learn to ski at the Ski Kindergarten from the age of 3. Carfree: to the Arber by Skibus.

Tobogganing: there is a toboggan run close to our apartments (toboggans and sliders can be borrowed) as well as 2 toboggan runs on the Arber (toboggans can be hired there)

Contact us

Bavarian Forest Holidays
Hans-Watzlik-Strasse 8
94252 Bayerisch Eisenstein
Germany
Tel. (Germany) +49 (0)9925 90 32 04 (UK) 07976 403434
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