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Yeah, but two weeks car rental is pretty expensive. It would sit there unused for most of it. Would prefer four days grab and go from Colosseo

Edit: Actually Poisson you’re right, I just did a quote on Sixt, £430ish for the whole duration which is a lot less than I was expecting, I’ll just do that I think! When I checked last year it was way more probably because I was doing it from Basel.
 
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There used to be a Sixt desk at Colosseo but the last time I looked into this, I couldn't find any mention of it on the Sixt website (no option to drop off or collect there) and there was no desk at the hotel either. I'm not sure if it's a thing anymore.

We just hired the car for the entire trip, in the end.
 
Soprano187 said:
Yeah, but two weeks car rental is pretty expensive. It would sit there unused for most of it. Would prefer four days grab and go from Colosseo

Edit: Actually Poisson you’re right, I just did a quote on Sixt, £430ish for the whole duration which is a lot less than I was expecting, I’ll just do that I think! When I checked last year it was way more probably because I was doing it from Basel.
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Alsty said:
There used to be a Sixt desk at Colosseo but the last time I looked into this, I couldn't find any mention of it on the Sixt website (no option to drop off or collect there) and there was no desk at the hotel either. I'm not sure if it's a thing anymore.

We just hired the car for the entire trip, in the end.
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Yeah I've looked at this too, and although it's still mentioned on Europa's website I don't think it's a thing anymore as you can't select Europa on the Sixt website. We're looking at hiring a car for the length of our trip in May. Yes it's expensive but it gives more flexibility, and the free hotel parking is another bonus.
 
Soprano187 said:
Yeah, but two weeks car rental is pretty expensive. It would sit there unused for most of it. Would prefer four days grab and go from Colosseo

Edit: Actually Poisson you’re right, I just did a quote on Sixt, £430ish for the whole duration which is a lot less than I was expecting, I’ll just do that I think! When I checked last year it was way more probably because I was doing it from Basel.
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A lot of the hire fee seems to be setup/admin cost, the actual daily hire charge is usually reasonable.

Basel Mulhouse Freiburg has varying costs depending which side you hire from.

Baden Baden is a Ryanair special shed in the middle of nowhere, or it felt like that. Probably why it is cheaper. Also car collection is under a minute from the desk.
 
When we hired a car from Sixt back in 2022, we had to hire it from Baden-Baden airport and drop it back at Baden-Baden airport, as the Europa Park drop off and pick up option on the website was not seemingly available by the time of our trip, despite being advertised by Europa Park.

It worked fine in the end; we hired a Ford Fiesta from Baden-Airpark and just parked it in the hotel car park for the entire time we were there.
 
thanks everyone for the Sixt advice; EP need to sort that out because like others have said I spent ages trying to book through Sixt with EP as a pick-up/drop off.. even rang them spent a while on hold and got nowhere with the guy who answered (not even a definite “No”)

Emailed EP about it beforehand like the website says but it was ignored which I was really surprised about as they’ve been great with other emails.

Just gonna go with a full rental from Baden as sounds convenient!

Thanks
 
Soprano187 said:
Any other cool places to take the kids (and me) driving distance from EP (max 2 hours)?

Other than Funny World, Tripsdrill and Holiday Park?
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The Hassenhorn alpine coaster is an hour from Europa, that's been recommended to me and is on my radar for May.
Opening times vary though so check ahead, not currently sure if it'll be open on my departure day.

 
A day out in improbably posh Baden Baden itself is a joy in summer. You can amble from the town center and up through the German equivalent of Beverley Hills and then onto a huge funicular that takes you up Murkur Mountain, with stunning views from the peak. I had a great time unexpectedly hawk-spotting there a few years back, and there are even Wild Boars around.
 
Soprano187 said:
Ah mate that looks amazing! Just checked out a POV, my family will love it! Great recommendation!
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There’s also a pleasant walk to a waterfall near Todtnau and an impressive suspension bridge.

I wrote report of our trip to the area in 2023 which might be of some help to you.

Germany Trip September 2023

During September 2023 we undertook a week long trip to Germany visiting three parks and trying to squeeze in a few beers along the way. Inspiration for the trip was based around a similar one taken by @pluk way back in 2016. 09/09/2023 Travel day. We flew into Karlsruhe / Baden Baden (FKB)...
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