.. you can enjoy a ride on one of the narrow gauge steam trains running through different corners of this enchanting German state any day and in any season. Along the STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE, you can discover and enjoy artistic and cultural delights, world-famous traditional crafts, great wellness programs, or remarkable natural beauties during an active holiday. No other region in Germany and beyond boasts such a living cultural heritage with five daily running narrow gauge railways, three other steam-driven museum railways, numerous museums, monuments and perpetuated objects from railway history.
Saxony's STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE – a vacation road through the Free State – is more than just a railway guide where visitors hungry for adventure can find railways. It is a mix of fabulous accommodation options, fine local cuisine and activities the whole family will enjoy. The Saxon STEAM RAILWAY ROUTE connects unique holiday regions such as Muskau Heath and the winter sports resort of Fichtelberg, or the baroque Moritzburg Palace near Dresden and the Zittau Hills nature reserve.