Wieliczka Salt Mine Half-Day Trip from Krakow

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Experience Highlights

Get to know the famous Wieliczka salt mines with this half-day excursion from Krakow. With a local guide and in groups of around 30 people you will discover this impressive UNESCO World Heritage Site. This English-language guided tour of the salt mine takes you through up to 20 chambers connected by 2.5 kilometres of tunnels. To reach the first level, you descend a staircase of 380 steps. Through the underground tunnels and chambers you will see everything from salt carved figures to chapels.

This tour includes a round-trip transfer from Krakow, with a choice of hotel pick-up or a meeting point near the river. In the first case, you must be at the hotel lobby at least 5 minutes before the stipulated time. In the second case, you must be at least 15 minutes in advance.

  • Enjoy a guided tour of the Wieliczka Salt Mines together with a local guide .
  • Travel from Krakow by bus together with other travellers.
  • Visit underground chambers, enter the chapel of St. Cunegunda and admire the salt sculptures.

What’s included

  • Pick-up from selected hotels in the city centre (optional)
  • Entrance to the salt mines.
  • Round-trip bus transfer from Krakow.
  • Air-conditioned vehicle.

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Step by Step

If you are travelling to Poland you can't miss this half-day excursion to the Wieliczka Salt Mines from Krakow. You will discover one of the most popular and impressive tourist destinations in the country.

Enjoy the pick-up at your hotel in Krakow or go directly to the meeting point. On board a bus you will travel together with other travellers to this UNESCO World Heritage Site museum. During this guided tour in English, you will have the opportunity to explore the various underground chambers of the mine, which stretch for more than 300 kilometres.

Together with an expert guide, who will accompany you throughout the tour, you will walk through serpentine corridors and down more than 800 steps. You will also have the opportunity to visit one of the mine's most famous chapels. In this salt-carved chapel you will see impressive sculptures, altars and candelabras made entirely of salt.

Throughout the visit your guide will provide you with interesting information about the history of these famous Polish mines.

Don't worry about transportation, the transfer to and from Krakow is included in the tour .

Reviews

4.5
· 1338 Reviews
  • L
    L.
    4
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    Marveled at the underground beauty of the mines, but the tour felt a bit rushed.
  • J
    J.
    5
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    The visit to the salt mines was an incredible experience, an underground journey full of history and unique beauty.
  • A
    A.
    5
    (0 Reviews)
    The tour was fascinating, but I think they could improve the organisation of the time to allow for a more in-depth exploration.
  • E
    E.
    4
    (0 Reviews)
    I went to a salt mine in Krakow. It was interesting to see how the miners worked.
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