My 14-year old daughter and I will be traveling to Germany for eight days in the Spring of 2008. She loves horses, so I've been trying to locate places in Germany where we could take a trail ride on horses for anywhere from 1-4 hours. A place where we could stay overnight and do a trail ride would be excellent. I'm also trying to find castles that offer overnight accommdations. Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Posted by
Seattle, WA
16192 posts
Dawn, have you found anything yet? I tried googling "horseback riding Germany" and came up with several possibilities, but most are tour operators that offer multi-day trekking tours, or on-site training in jumping or dressage. Hidden Trails offers one such tour at Castle Sindlingen Equestrial Center. Here is another website with some listings:
http://www.horse-riding-guide.com/holidays/germany.htm
But if your daughter would like to ride Western, I found one place that offers trail rides by the hour:
http://www.reinert-ranch.de/english/ and they have holiday apartments.
Posted by
OP
Plainfield, IN, USA
4 posts
Lola - thanks! I did find the first link that you mentioned. If we were going to be there longer, I would definitely look into signing her up for lessons for a weekend. I'll check out the second today.
Posted by
Paradise
6628 posts
This place is in Nastätten, not far from Frankfurt and Koblenz. Riding is 11 Euros/hour; accommodations available. Or stay in the castle hostel in Diez (see photo at bottom of same page) which has recently been remodeled and is quite nice; prices there include breakfast.