The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a salt mine in the town of Wieliczka, near Kraków in southern Poland.
From Neolithic times, sodium chloride was produced there from the upwelling brine. The Wieliczka salt mine, excavated from the 13th century, produced table salt continuously until 1996, as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. Throughout its history, the royal salt mine was operated by the Żupy Krakowskie company.Due to falling salt prices and mine flooding, commercial salt mining was discontinued in 1996.The Wieliczka Salt Mine is now an official Polish Historic Monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its attractions include the shafts and labyrinthine passageways, displays of historic salt-mining technology, an underground lake, four chapels and numerous statues carved by miners out of the rock salt, and more recent sculptures by contemporary artists.
Tourist Route & Pilgrims' Route:
Apr - Oct: 7:30 am - 7:30 pm
Nov - Mar: 8 am - 5 pm
Miners' Route:
Apr - Oct: 9:30 am - 6 pm
Nov - Mar: 10 am - 2:30 pm
Graduation Tower:
May - Oct: 8 am - 9 pm
Nov - Mar: 9 am - 7 pm
Apr: 9 am - 7 pm
Closed: Jan 1, Easter Sunday, Nov 1, Dec 24 & 25.
Tourist Route & Miners' Route (foreigners):
Adults: 89 PLN
Concessions: 69 PLN
Family (4 people): 247 PLN
The prices are higher during the summer.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine
Official Website https://www.kopalnia.pl/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wieliczka-Salt-Mine/109314569122107
Twitter https://twitter.com/Kopalnia_Soli
landingPages.LANDING_PAGE.DETAIL.EMAIL informacja@kopalnia.pl
landingPages.LANDING_PAGE.DETAIL.PHONE +48 12 278 73 02
landingPages.LANDING_PAGE.DETAIL.ADDRESS Ul. Daniłowicza 10 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland
landingPages.LANDING_PAGE.DETAIL.COORDINATES 49°58'59.005" N 20°3'20.52" E
