Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour

A guided visit to the medieval-era underground salt mine

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Duration: 4 hours

This tour will allow you to experience one of the most popular attractions in Poland – the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of the world's oldest operating salt mines.

During the experience, you'll descend 443 feet underground and follow your guide along a three-mile path, which winds its way past chapels, statues and an underground lake. Along the way, your guide will share interesting facts about Poland's centuries-long history of salt mining.

Why Visit

  • Opportunity to experience one of the most popular sites in Poland
  • Chance to explore an underground salt mine right outside Kraków
  • Fast-track entry so you can avoid the attraction's normal queues

What's included

  • Skip-the-line admission to Wieliczka Salt Mine
  • Guide services

What's Not Included

    What's not included
    • Food and drinks
    • Photography pass (PLN 10)
    • Transfers

    Additional information

    Comfortable footwear is recommended.

    Participants should expect to climb approximately 800 steps during the course of the tour. There is a elevator, but it is only used to reach the surface from the bottom of the mine.

    Please bring warm clothing. The temperature underground is 14–16 degrees Celsius.

    Smoking and the use of open fire is strictly forbidden within the mine.

    Animals, pushchairs and luggage larger than 12 in x 7.9 in x 3.9 in are not permitted.

    Location

    Meeting point
    Daniłowicza 7, 32-020 Wieliczka, Krakow
    Meet your guide at the Kraków booking meeting point, next to the Karczma Halit restaurant.

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