tanek

Hello, I wonder how can one book a farm stay, or something like a guest house/airbnb with other guests.
I tried Airbnb but over there it's often the case that you're the sole guest and I have my reservations about being all alone or sharing a house or apartments with a family/host without any fellow guests.

I guess I'm looking for guesthouses, inns, a small family b&b houses, farm stays or mountain chalets where there are other guests staying at the same time.
It's more lively and to me seems a tad safer to be in a place where you're not the only guest but at the same time I'm looking for this home-like atmosphere you can't get at a typical hotel.
Is there a website or an app that's like Airbnb but for places like that?

I've seen some German movies where chalet or Alpine houses serve as B&B/family hotels so they must exist I guess but I rarely find anything like that, they usually offer the whole house for rent on Airbnb. Is the booking of such properties usually done in person? Maybe I can just walk into a B&B and reserve directly?

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Tulips

If you go to booking.com you can select the option 'Bed and Breakfast'. Small hotels and B&B's are on booking sites too.
Which country are you going to? Some have their own organisations, such as Gites de France.

Michael

You can use these two sites:

https://www.gites-de-france.com/fr

Bed and breakfast, cottage and holiday rental in France

Jean

Booking.com also has search categories for farm stays, guest houses, hostels and even homestays. The number of results will vary depending on country and region. And there is a wide range of accommodations (and rates) in these categories, so you'll need to do a lot of clicking to find a match to your preferences and budget although Booking does let you filter for some needs/requirements.

bilboburgler

you'll also find google maps will light up little red dots if you search for b&b

tanek

Hi, generally interested in Eastern Austria, Slovenia or thereabout. The thing with booking.com is those options show offerings to rent the whole far/house for me or my family. I guess in that case I will look at chalets that work as inns or guesthouses.

janisj

That depends how you filter your search. Many B&B's, inns, small hotels, etc are listed

Michael

Localize your search by Austrian province: Lower Austria and Burgenland for the eastern part of Austria. Just Googling "accommodations in Burgenland" will give you a variety of options.

lavandula

For Austria this site might be helpful:

https://www.landhotels.at/en/

Lavandula

basingstoke2

In looking for a B&B skip the "air"part. In Europe we mostly stay in B&Bs and never have a problem finding one. We just search B&B in the area in which we are interested. We enjoy the homelike atmosphere of B&Bs and enjoy the interaction with hosts and other guests.

tanek

Thanks all for the suggestions, I will look them up!

shelemm

France has the most extensive, government supported system for gites and you already have that link upthread. There is also https://www.bienvenue-a-la-ferme.com/

The French program has been copied elsewhere, and there used to be a website called Eurogites which provided links for many countries. I am not sure if that site is maintained any more. Also, I have stayed on a small farm in Poland. I have seen extensive website listings for Andalusia as well as the Canary Islands.

You can find many variations of Agritourism by looking on Google Maps.
Aside from that, web searches for agritourism or gites plus the country or region you'd like to visit will get you some results. The official government-supported programs are quite the bargain, but if you look up holiday rentals you'll be paying full price (though you might have more choice).

bigtyke

For German countries URLAUB AUF DEM BAUERNHOF

shelemm

Here is the Euro site to visit:

https://www.ruraltour.eu/

And there are a few links here:

Eurogites quality

bilboburgler

see also agriturismo

PatrickLondon

It could be worth looking for the "official" websites for the tourism authorities in areas you're interested in - they should have links to local accommodation at all levels.

kleeblatt

Air bnb offers some excellent accomodation. In fact, just last night, I was talking to a woman who lives on a farm and rents out her upper apartment as a BnB. I would highly recommend that place (See Steinen, Switzerland).