Farm Holiday: 12 Tips for Real Bavarian Country Love

This organic goat farm is situated in the westernmost community of Upper Bavaria, in Bernbeuren. Between the Auerberg, around one thousand metres high, and Lake Forggensee. In one of Bavaria’s loveliest holiday regions, the Pfaffenwinkel, with its diverse pre-Alpine scenery. The Mayr family farm stands alone on green meadows and offers wonderful views of the Alps, including the Zugspitze. The smallholding is run on organic principles.

The Mayrs milk their 160 goats twice a day, morning and evening. A special highlight: when the kids are born, the farm literally comes to life. They are raised in a “kids’ creche”. It is great fun for young and old to watch the feeding or even get involved! Children can play in the great outdoors, far from any traffic, including on the farm’s own playground. Shared evenings in the summer round the campfire and barbecue. Two comfortable, modern holiday homes for maximum three (in the farmhouse attic) or five guests (small Sennhütt’n cabin).
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A room with a view! This holiday home at the Talerhof am Samerberg in the district of Rosenheim perches high up in a tree. In a secluded location on a slope on the edge of some woods and up to seven metres off the ground. It is just 200 metres from the Demeter organic farm. The walls, ceiling and floor of this treehouse are made from natural timbers, giving it the feel of a mountain cabin. 

Space for a maximum of six guests. Two bedrooms, a sitting area with corner sofa, fully equipped kitchen and bathroom. Custom-made oak furniture. Superb views from the balcony that runs all around the treehouse and is up to two and a half metres wide: to the northwest across the Rosenheim region and Lake Siemsee, the largest lake in the district. To the south, you can see the mountain range with the Hochries at almost 1,600 metres. A double bed can be rolled onto the balcony so that you can sleep out in the open through the summer! An organic breakfast can be supplied to the treehouse on request. Member of the Wanderhöfe Samerberg.
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The Dünser family has four holiday homes tucked away on the Oberstixner Hof, plus an apartment in the main farmhouse. Two have space for two guests, the others hold five, six and fourteen guests (the latter in a cabin by the stream, some three hundred metres from the main farm). The homes are fashioned out of spruce in Alpine style and fitted with home-made furniture. They all have either a terrace or a balcony. With sunbathing lawn, trampoline, minigolf and playground.

The Oberstixner Hof enjoys a secluded location in the Oberallgäu Alpine foreland, north of the large Lake Alpsee near Immenstadt. You hear the sound of cowbells and birds from the nearby forest and can marvel at the many wildflowers in the meadow. Four generations of the family live on the farm. The organic cultivation is currently transitioning from a dairy enterprise to permaculture (“permanent agriculture”: the creation of stable ecosystems through a closed material cycle).

Animal residents: Irish Dexter cattle, chickens, quails and cats. Destinations include Hauchenberg with its viewing tower, the Alpine Farming Museum at Diepolz and the Breitachklamm gorge.
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The Ücker family farm lies almost one thousand metres up in the Upper Allgäu in the small village of Rieggis. You can enjoy the views of the Allgäu mountains - or feel good by building up a sweat! A new wellness area invites you to try a combined steam room and Finnish sauna, an infrared heat booth, a solarium, a foot bath and a relaxation area. Or you can take a refreshing dip in the farm’s own natural swimming pool.

Children have fun in the play area with swings, slide, sandpit, giant trampoline and more. There are other activities too: pedal cars, table tennis and table football. On this traditional farm, guests come across a whole host of animals, from milking cows, chickens and goats to rabbits, guinea pigs and cats. And, of course, the farm dog Kira. Four modern holiday homes, fully equipped in Alpine style, sleep two (one home) or four guests (three homes). Cross country skiing trails and walking tracks from the farm.
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The history of the Schlossberghof in the Upper Franconian district of Kronach has its roots in the 13th century. The site once housed a fortress owned by the Counts of Orlamünde. A quiet, secluded location, surrounded by meadows and woods, near the Radspitze (678 m) in the Nature Park Frankenwald. Views of the Staffelberg and the Thuringian Forest as well as towards the Coburg and Kulmbach region. The organic farm is run as a sideline enterprise by the Martini family. It has thirty rare-breed Coburger Füchsschaf sheep as well as micro pigs, geese, chickens and other animals. Guests have access to a sunbathing lawn, a barbecue site with fireplace and bread oven as well as a well-stocked library of books, including titles for children and teenagers. It also has a play tower, sandpit and table tennis table.

Four stylishly elegant, well equipped holiday homes, three for four guests and one for two guests. Sauna and gym. Nature tours with experts and many walking opportunities. The cities of Bayreuth, Bamberg, Coburg and Hof are all a short drive away. Also nearby are the Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and the village of Mödlareuth with its well-known German-German Museum.
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A genuine farm atmosphere awaits guests to the farm run by the Herrmann family. It is located in the Middle Franconian town of Herrieden Rauenzell, in the upper reaches of the Altmühl, south of Ansbach. The farm offers family-friendly experience holidays. It is extensive, bordering on meadows and fields. Anyone who wants to - children and adults alike - can help with the everyday work on the farm. Hand milking and feeding the cattle, goats, pigs and other animals. Guests can help with sowing, haymaking and ploughing. And tractor rides are fun for everyone.

The three functional, modern holiday homes, each accommodating four guests, have separate bedrooms for parents and children, sitting and dining areas with kitchenette and a bathroom. All with stylish solid wood furniture and sunny terraces overlooking the playground. Destinations: Franconian Lake District, Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Nuremberg.
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The Höcker family specialises in catering for the holiday needs of families with children. Their organic farm in its unique location between Schönberg and Spiegelau in the High Bavarian Forest has been awarded the Kinderland Bayern quality mark. Families can choose between eight comfortable homes and two apartments for two, three or four guests. Bright, modern and child-friendly.

Wide range of children’s activities: many animals, from guinea pigs to cows, playground and recreation area, play barn with ropes and slides in the straw, climbing tower, sleeping in the hay, pony or horse riding, helping around the farm, tractor rides, finding animal tracks in the forest, walking with miniature goats, campfires with stick bread, pedal cars, table tennis, table football and trampolining. Barbecue and pizza nights for hungry mouths. Destination ideas: Bavarian Forest National Park with wildlife area, treetop trail in Neuschönau and the Western town of Pullman City.
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