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Ride a steam train and visit a train museum in the Ardennes!!
You ride the train from Mariembourg to Treignes. You stop in Treignes for about one hour, which is good enough to see the museum, have a picnic and maybe visit the playground near the train station in Treignes, then you ride the train back
Practical Stuff
-The train is running:
the three days of the Easter weekend
every weekend and public holidays from early April to the 7th of November
every Tuesday and Thursday from early July to late August
a weekend during the month of December (Father Christmas Train)
-Cost:
Roundtrip: kids < 6 free, kids 6-12 years old EUR 8, adults EUR 13
One way: kids < 6 free, kids 6-12 years old EUR 6, adults EUR 9
-Normally there is also a Steam Train Bar Restaurant with menus between EUR 15-50
-There is also a café with warm drinks and snacks
-You can book your train tickets here (be careful, not all tickets are for steam trains! Some are for diesel trains, check the last pics to see on the brochure when the steam train is running or give them a call to make sure you book a steam train, if that’s important to you. Diesel trains are also fun!):
http://site.cfv3v.eu/site/
-The Steam Railway Museum is also open
-Audio guide in FR/NL/EN/DE
-There is a café with warm drinks and snacks. You can also have your picnic at the tables of the café of the museum next to the train lines
-Opening hours:
March-November Tuesday to Friday 10.00-17.00, Saturday & Sunday & public holidays open 10.00-18.00. Closed every Monday, except public holidays
In July and August open every day 10.00-18.00
-Cost: kids < 6 free, kids 6-12 years old EUR 4, adults EUR 6
-You can book tickets here:
http://site.cfv3v.eu/site/museum-2/
-There is a repair workshop, where you can pay EUR 1 per person at an automatic machine and visit via the footbridge
-There is also a Steam Festival in September
-Stroller friendly (steps to get in the train) and wheelchair friendly (there is one wagon that is adapted for people with reduced mobility, but you need to call in advance and reserve it, no additional charge)
-Dogs are allowed on a leash
-Toilets at the Steam Railway Museum
-It can be combined with Jardin d’O, a great park with an awesome water playground, and Fondry des Chiens to see the geologocal formation (posts coming soon)
Address
About 1 hour 20 minutes drive S of Schuman, Brussels (or 2 hours 20 minutes by public transport)
Park here:
Chaussée de Givet 60-64, 5660 Couvin
https://goo.gl/maps/EKc3DLdaagqjLvJb8
Then walk to the train station here:
Chaussée de Givet 49/51
5660 Couvin
https://goo.gl/maps/HveeG2iF5KdsTmou6
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Nismes is a charming little village worth exploring. You can spend the day at Jardin d’O, the communal park with a castle, an amazing water playground,`pedalos, stepping stones and much more. Fondry des Chiens is a unique rock formation in Belgium with beautiful nature around
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