Kraków Trip Overview
Visit the legendary salt mines of Wieliczka near Krakow for a half-day guided tour and admire the beautiful salt sculptures made with “white gold”.
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Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Kraków, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Visit the legendary salt mines of Wieliczka near Krakow for a half-day guided tour and admire the beautiful salt sculptures made with “white gold”.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Floriana Straszewskiego, Kraków, Poland
Our Main meeting point at Straszewskiego 14 St.
Here our driver will meet you for the transfer to Wieliczka.
The transfer will take approximately 45 minutes.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Wieliczka Salt Mine, Jana Mikolaja Danilowicza 10, Wieliczka 32-020 Poland
Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the most precious and fascinating Polish monuments. The first tourist trail in Wieliczka was established as early as the beginning of the 19th century. A couple of centuries later the salt mine was designated as one of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites (1978).
The underground path leads through numerous drifts, galleries and chambers, where traces of mining activity have been preserved, as well as examples of art, theme compositions relating to the history of the mine and its legends. Wieliczka is the world’s largest mining heritage museum.. Moreover, the microclimate of the mine has a beneficial impact on visitors who suffer from asthma and allergies.
The tour starts with a descent of 64 meters by stairs. You are then led through a number of chambers and shown underground lakes, shrines and salt monuments. The trip finishes at the level of 135 meters below the surface and the return to the surface is by lift.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Stare Miasto, Rynek Glowny, Krakow 30-062 Poland
Back to Krakow city center.
Duration: 30 minutes
