Pension Vanii

Bill N6 years ago

We stayed for 3 nights in an apartment of Pension Vanii. The property wasn't hugely easy for our GPS to find, being on a small quiet side road. That was our issue, not that of the property, who had sent us a clear map. We parked directly outside the property, and popped next door to reception. We were greeted in a friendly and helpful fashion by Mr Heinrich Ditmar whose English was faultless. He took us to our apartment on the top floor of the apartment building. There was no lift ( but you wouldn’t expect one!)||There was an unoverlooked balcony/ terrace, two good size bedrooms, a kitchen with eating table and chairs as well as a toilet and shower room. The bedrooms each had a TV, although we found no English speaking channels, which didn’t matter to us in the slightest. The beds were comfortable. Bed linen was supplied, as were towels. || The kitchen had a decent fridge, with some drinks in it allowing it to be used as a minibar. Also a two-ring hob and microwave. The sink had washing up liquid, sponge, teatowel etc.||All rooms had the usual German door/windows that could be closed, opened fully or opened with the top moving into the room but the bottom retained to allow ventilation.||There was no maid service, but we didn’t expect such aservice, and the rooms were very easy to keep clean.||Location: it was very close to the Europa Park hotel exit, maybe 4-5 mins walk. There was a route to the main entrance of the Park, but we didn’t use this. It would have been maybe 15 mins walk from the Pension. Close by was Edeka supermarket on a fairly main road, and walking along this road for about 10 mins took you to town centre where there were lots of restaurants. We walked this once and drove it twice as we were tired after a day in the park. On one evening we found every restaurant full until a Greek restaurant took pity on us and put us onto a reserved table. I’d advise reserving beforehand if possible, or eating a bit later after the main flush of people had gone..||Back to the Apartment: there was a second apartment on the top floor with a balcony, and it could have been noisy. However the “rules” asked people to come in at 10 pm to stop keeping other guests awake, and they did just that. We needed the door/windows open due to the heat.||Breakfast was served in the pleasant basement breakfast room. A typical German buffet, with coffee, tea, chocolate, juices, meat, cheeses eggs etc. The usual excellent bread rolls. Helpful young lady serving drinks etc.||Staying at the Pension did involve paying the local Tourist Tax, and this gave us an exit token from the Europa Park’s car park for one day, which was useful and saved us money