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VIP tour to Salt Mine – natural heritage site Wieliczka – continuously functioning mining site since the middle ages.
Magnificent chambers chiselled out in rock salt. Amazing underground saline lakes, majestic timber constructions and unique statues sculpted in salt. Almost 3 kilometres of meandering corridors, 800 steps to climb of which 350 have to be descended to reach the depth of 135 meters underground.
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Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Southern Poland, Poland
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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VIP tour to Salt Mine – natural heritage site Wieliczka – continuously functioning mining site since the middle ages.
Magnificent chambers chiselled out in rock salt. Amazing underground saline lakes, majestic timber constructions and unique statues sculpted in salt. Almost 3 kilometres of meandering corridors, 800 steps to climb of which 350 have to be descended to reach the depth of 135 meters underground.
This half-day tour begins and ends in Krakow. We wait for you at a reception desk at your hotel/apartment. Private chauffeur is also a local guide and is only at your service. Destination to Salt Mine is about 30 min. The tour in Wieliczka starts at the Danilowicz Shaft. Here you meet your Private Salt Mine Guide, who during your excursion will tell you everything you want to know about the mine history and its secrets. About the forces of nature ruling within the depths of the mine, about the ethos of hard work performed by the generations of miners. Travelling further and further into the mine chasm tourists discover unusual places and see with your own eyes the power of human hands that once excavated rock salt, as well as magnificent mining tools and machines.
You will have a moment for reflection hearing the music of Chopin accompanying a light and sound spectacle on the shores of one of the saline lakes. And finally, at the end of the journey an elevator will take you up to the surface.
OPENING HOURS
8:00 AM – 17:00 – form 2 of November to 31 of March
7:30 AM – 19:30 – from 1 of April to 31 of October
Except:
• 1 January
• Easter Sunday, (Holy Saturday to 2:30 pm)
• 1 November
• 24, 25 December (31 December only from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm)
