Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour with 4Travellers

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Stop At: Wieliczka Salt Mine, Jana Mikolaja Danilowicza 10, Wieliczka 32-020 Poland

Join us for a wonderful tour to the one of the oldest and longest operated salt mines in the history of Europe! Located in the town of Wieliczka, nearby the city of Cracow, the salt mine contains approximately 287 kilometers (178 miles) of walkways throughout its 9 levels. The deepest level of the mine lays 327 meters below the ground level. According to the old legend, the Princess Kinga was the one that pointed out the exact spot where the miners started their first diggings in the 13th century. There is a magnificent underground chapel built in her honor, which is one of the highlights of the tour along with many salt-lakes and chambers inside the mine.

Thanks to the beautiful chambers and health benefits of the Wieliczka Salt mine, about 1.2 million tourists visit it annually. Few of the notable visitors are Pope John Paul II, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Fryderyk Chopin, former U.S President Bill Clinton, and many others.

Wieliczka Salt mine is currently one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments and in 1978 it was placed on the original UNESCO list of the World Heritage Sites, which makes it a must-see tourist attraction.


Duration: 2 hours