As we are situated only 5 minutes drive away from the Steam Train Museum at Chabowka, a stay at 'Raba 500' is ideal for all steam train enthusiasts. On the last weekend in August, there's a two day Carnival with trains running to Zakopane and back.  www.skansen.hg.pl/ We can also arrange for you to spend a couple of days at Jaworzyna, another Steam Train Museum offering, summer 2011, the opportunity to actually drive the Steam Trains at the Museum. www.muzeumtechniki.pl: The course costs 3000zl for a group of four people and includes a nights stay.

Visit both the Chabowka Steam Train Museum and the Museum of Industry and Railways at Jaworzyna. Get a group of four steam train fans together, buy flights INTO Krakow airport, and RETURN to UK from Wroclaw and we will organise the following week long entertainment for £400 per person. Includes: collection from Krakow airport, then, at Raba 500: 2 twin rooms, your breakfasts, local transport, and some evening drinks – local vodka and beer, plus evening meals at Raba 500, four nights of the week (one night at a local restaurant at your cost). Visits to Chabowka Steam Train Museum*, Zakopane and Tatra Mountains by train, Szaflary Thermal Baths*, and Wieliczka Salt Mines*. Also, 2 nights accommodation at the Jaworzyna Museum, and a day on the steam trains. Steam train driving and firing-on shunting courses utilise the 2-8-2T Tkt48-18. Participants will spend a full day shunting trucks around the depot, and on and off the turntable, with retired Wolsztyn driver Janus.  Last day:  Wroclaw airport is 35miles by bus or taxi. *You pay entrance fees: activity pages for details. Click here for more information.