Although we have family in Franconia, it is not always possible to spend the night at a sibling’s place. Once in a while we have to rent a room or an apartment. For our last trip there, we decided to rent a vacation apartment in my hometown village Hambach (population: 2700), a borough of Dittelbrunn.
Zum Hühnernest, a former chicken farm, has been turned into a big family business. The owners’ grown up children have expanded its lines of service by adding accommodations (rooms and apartment), a guesthouse, a cosmetic studio, a nail studio, horseback riding, horse-drawn carriage rides, horseback riding camps, farm animals, a farmer’s market, etc.
We checked in on Saturday afternoon and found a very spacious apartment and comfortable beds to keep us warm at night.
But… when we came back late at night, we found the guesthouse totally locked up. We had forgotten to ask how to get in during after-hours.
It took about 10 minutes and a bit of slow panic crept in, before my husband located a door by going around the place on three sides, entering a former chicken coop, climbing an outdoor stairway, to reach a veranda door leading to the inside of the building.
My goodness, we made it in! With relief, we settled down for a good night’s sleep.
Visit the Gasthaus und Pension Zum Hühnernest for more information. Recommendable, besides the key episode!
That looks like a nice little place, I will remember it next time I visit Hambach. Thank you for recommending it !