Spa / Nurburgring trip

[LDM]

I am going to Spa and the Nurburgring later in the year and am looking for any advice on accommodation with secure parking etc. The plan is to visit both locations during a week long trip.

Cheers
Lee

[doogalman]

If secure you mean locked away, you would probably be looking for the big hotels with underground carparks that are accessed via barriers or other security measures. My only experience via work with Spa would be La Source hotel right next to the track. They have a big undergrond carpark with access via security shutter.
Nurburgring, try Lindner hotel. Most other carparks at the hotels are generally open access.
Car crime at both spa and the ring is not very common. Supercars and everything below parked everywhere.

[LDM]

Thanks for the reply.
No doubts that whichever car I go in its monetary value will be insignificant to that of most of the cars, however its still nice to know it would be reasonably safe. Especially as some older cars can probably be unlocked / started with a wooden spoon.

[cbmotorsport]

doogalman said:

Car crime at both spa and the ring is not very common. Supercars and everything below parked everywhere.

This.

This is a typical view in Nurburg:

[Nabu]

As already said by Roy, it is not common to have car crime in any of the 2 locations.

Apart from that, any of the big hotels will provide some sort of car parking.

For Spa, the big ones are Hotel De La Source, Silva, Radisson Blue, Radisson Balmoral but you should be ok pretty much everywhere around town.

RSR organises a trackday on the 3rd of August at the Ring and 6th of August at Spa, so that could work very well for you if you were looking to do it in the summertime.

http://www.rsrnurburg.com/blog/nuerburgring-trackd...
http://www.rsrspa.com/product/trackdays

Regards,
Kostas.

[Helical]

Not a recommendation as such, but I've always like to stay a number of miles away from the ring so the drive to the track in the morning gets the oil nice and warmed up so can ease straight through the barriers and open the taps.
Also, I've sometimes been guilty of dragging my heals with getting accommodation sorted, so a little further out has proven both available and a bit cheaper.

[doogalman]

Nabu said:

As already said by Roy, it is not common to have car crime in any of the 2 locations.

Apart from that, any of the big hotels will provide some sort of car parking.

For Spa, the big ones are Hotel De La Source, Silva, Radisson Blue, Radisson Balmoral but you should be ok pretty much everywhere around town.

RSR organises a trackday on the 3rd of August at the Ring and 6th of August at Spa, so that could work very well for you if you were looking to do it in the summertime.

http://www.rsrnurburg.com/blog/nuerburgring-trackd...
http://www.rsrspa.com/product/trackdays

Regards,
Kostas.

Kostas, I trust you are well, I am instructing at Spa 3rd and 4th april. You guys there with any cars, will be good to say hi.

[Dakkon]

Hotel an der Nordschliefe is a B&B near Adenau which has garages for the 'Ring, Eddy is a great guy and I am sure he can help, you can also walk to Pinochio's and the comfy corner in the evenings

As for Spa, I have stayed at La Source, car was in their open car park and Hotel St. Gereon in Malmedy and used public parking in Malmedy (lovely little Belgium town, with great restaurants in the town square).

Spa is only an hour from the 'Ring, so it is easy to move from one to the other.

[iguana]

Nabu said:

As already said by Roy, it is not common to have car crime in any of the 2 locations.

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Not common, but its not unheard of either, years ago indeed nowt happened but now you would be foolish to ignore security, a few nice cars have been pinched & even my very humble track car got broken into & a gearknob & some gauges from the dash nicked.

[doogalman]

Someone on the Spa 2018 dates thread is selling some tickets for Javelin trackday at spa on 3/4 april.
Perfect for anyone at the ring for easter to do spa on the way home.

[chopper602]

Helical said:

Not a recommendation as such, but I've always like to stay a number of miles away from the ring so the drive to the track in the morning gets the oil nice and warmed up so can ease straight through the barriers and open the taps.

To that end, a few years ago I stayed here Hotel Wilhelmshöhe. Lovely spot, good food and beer (half English family run place) and a great drive of about 20Km through to Nürburg. They even have proper lockable garages.

[baronbennyt]

chopper602 said:

To that end, a few years ago I stayed here Hotel Wilhelmshöhe. Lovely spot, good food and beer (half English family run place) and a great drive of about 20Km through to Nürburg. They even have proper lockable garages.

I've stayed there too, it's a nice place and safe and secure.

[ukkid35]

Dakkon said:

Hotel an der Nordschliefe is a B&B near Adenau which has garages for the 'Ring, Eddy is a great guy and I am sure he can help, you can also walk to Pinochio's and the comfy corner in the evenings

Eddy sold up a couple of years ago, I think he has bought another establishment near the GP circuit but I don't know the details

Hotel an der Nordschliefe is now run by Ohans from Pinnochio's, he's not a petrol head but he is very customer focused and has helped me out in a big way when things have gone wrong