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Wieliczka Salt Mine: Explore Polish Heritage
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Kraków
Experience the best of Krakow in one day with this Super Saver tour. Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, two UNESCO World Heritage sites, and learn about their historical significance.
Experience the best of Krakow in one day with this Super Saver tour. Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, two UNESCO World Heritage sites, and learn about their historical significance.
Duration:
4 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Krakow - Our meeting point is at Pawia 18b St. Here our driver will meet you for the transfer to Wieliczka. The transfer will take approximately 45 minutes. - Wieliczka Salt Mine - Your tour begins with meet-up at the central meeting point followed by a 30-minute drive to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, southeast of the city. The 700-year-old mine…
- Krakow - Our meeting point is at Pawia 18b St. Here our driver will meet you for the transfer to Wieliczka. The transfer will take approximately 45 minutes. - Wieliczka Salt Mine - Your tour begins with meet-up at the central meeting point followed by a 30-minute drive to the Wieliczka Salt Mine, southeast of the city. The 700-year-old mine and UNESCO World Heritage Site houses nearly 200 miles (300 km) of eerie tunnels, all carved by hand from salt blocks, and you’ll see the section that’s open to the public. With your guide, visit the three upper levels of the mine, at depths of 209 to 443 feet (64 to 135 meters). Begin with a descent down the stairs to the first level, where you’ll be led through chambers and shown underground lakes, shrines and salt monuments. Admire the showstopper – the Chapel of St. Kinga – and marvel at how every one of its features, from chandeliers to the altar, is made of salt! Hear from your guide about the chapel’s history and how it took more than 30 years for two men to complete the wonder, which required more than 200,000 tons of rock salt. - Stare Miasto - After the tour, your driver will be waiting in the place where you left the car. Time to get back to Krakow city center.
What's Included
- Professional local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Highly qualified, helpful and friendly customer service
- Hotel pick-up (If relevant option is selected)
- Admission to Wieliczka Salt Mine
- Professional local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned vehicle
- Highly qualified, helpful and friendly customer service
- Hotel pick-up (If relevant option is selected)
- Admission to Wieliczka Salt Mine
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The Wieliczka Salt Mine holds a special place in Polish cultural history, drawing over a million visitors annually to marvel at its intricate carvings and reliefs. Designated as a UNESCO Cultural and Natural World Heritage site since 1978, it remains a top destination for travelers worldwide.
The mine’s underground chambers are adorned with sculptures…
The Wieliczka Salt Mine holds a special place in Polish cultural history, drawing over a million visitors annually to marvel at its intricate carvings and reliefs. Designated as a UNESCO Cultural and Natural World Heritage site since 1978, it remains a top destination for travelers worldwide.
The mine’s underground chambers are adorned with sculptures and bas-reliefs crafted by miners, preserving their legacy for generations to come. Descend 800 steps into the depths of the mine, where you’ll encounter the first underground floor after navigating 350 steps. At the end of your tour, an elevator awaits to whisk you back to the surface.
- The salt mine stays at a temperature of approximately 57 degrees F (14 C); please wear warm clothes and comfortable shoes
- Please note that the tour is offered in English
- Be aware that in the Salt Mine there are 800 steps on the way, including 380 right at the start
- Not recommended for participants with claustrophobia
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
Location
Pawia 18b
Pawia
Kiss&Ride Park, next to Mercure hotel.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(775 Ratings)
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Daisy_l
Mar 28, 2024
Very good - Fantastic, your guide was very informative. Make sure to take food and drinks. Also Id as we were never told this. Quite rushed but to be expected for such a large area
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Claire
Sep 24, 2022
Simply amazing - My dad and I have been talking about doing this tour for years. We are both massive history buffs particularly WW2 history.
To say we loved it would be the wrong words.
It was life changing.
Sombre, informative, reflective and sad. Our guide Sophie took us through with such respect for the many horrific atrocities that occurred over the two sites.
Very well organised and so respectful. Everyone should go and see this in their lifetime.
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I4013ngchristopherd
Mar 14, 2020
You will never forget or regret your visit Auschwitz. - Our guide was excellent. She spoke with gravitas, had an emotional connection with the victims and answered all of my many questions.
Unfortunately the salt mine was closed, by government directive, because of the corona virus.
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Tennisne12016
Aug 27, 2018
On my bucket list... - I've seen enough documentaries regarding ww2.....as well as the Holocaust museum in Washington DC (USA)....so it was quite meaningful to walk the grounds in person. The tour guide was well informed and took approx 3 hours to see.
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Bhanu
Aug 20, 2018
Auschwitz concentration camp was a... - <p>Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Nazis. It is a poignant story of the past and hits you straight at your heart. As I went up and down the various buldings and the a few streets of the yester years, along with my guideprovided by Viator i shrivelled inside me. How can humans turn to animals? i went to the town centre,at 7 AM for my pickup and travelled in a comfortable mini van with 18 others.I came back around 1.30 PM, had a quick lunch in the nearby Polish restaurant and was back at the pickup point at 2.45PM/ The afternoon tour was just the opposite-exhilarating to see the preserved salt mines and to hear the story of the miners in a very telling way. It was not tiring and was well worth the day spent.</p>
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483susieb
Mar 20, 2024
Overall very good but Auschwitz tickets could have been more organised - Overall a good experience. Our initial pick up time was changed from 6:30am to 05:45, good communication via whatsappp to arrange, pick up was on time and transport was clean and comfortable. However when we arrived at Auschwitz we had to hang around for 2 and a half hours until our tour time. Tickets weren’t previously booked (not sure if this was the museums fault) so meant we had to hang around outside for a while until our driver and discover Cracow guide kindly took us to the nearest McDonalds until it was time for our tour. Due to this we weren’t able to complete the Salt Mine on the same day as we missed pick up but again great communication to rearrange this for the following day. Pick up for this was was on time and discover Cracow gave all the information needed.
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G5837piclarem
Oct 22, 2023
Good day’s tour - Good information given re pick up for Auschwitz, bus was on time and good tour of Auschwitz- Birkenau with the guide. Everything organised and no waiting around - we were able to go straight in.
Less information given about the time for the salt mine tour pickup as you are dropped back in Krakow between tours. We had to ask our driver who then phoned to check for us. The bus for the afternoon was half an hour late due to bad traffic but we received no information from the company which would have been helpful. We only found out because someone else phoned up. However, a great tour of the salt mine.
Overall, a very good day and excellent value for money but it is long and tiring.
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Tamsin_s
Apr 2, 2024
We got there early -... - We got there early - picked up at 5am! Waited in the que and got a spot at 10.30.
Only downside was at the end of the tour waiting nearly 2 hours on the coach because people left without advising the coach!
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Costantino_t
Mar 28, 2023
Salt mines are well worth a visit but Auschwitz was rushed - Not a great day. We visited Auschwitz & Birkenau and the whole trip was rushed to the point that we had no time at all for a drink, to look at things properly or to take in the place at all. Whilst i do understand that the place was busy, i feel that we missed so much. The day was booked thinking that we would go straight to the salt mines afterwards but no, despite asking the tour guide who had no idea what was happening, the driver wanted to drop us at a random hotel in Krakow and insisted that we wait on the street outside for almost 2 hours to be collected for the Salt Mine visit. We refused that and asked that we be taken back to our hotel. We did get dropped off at our hotel. Later that day we got a call from the driver of the Salt Mine visit as he was waiting at the random hotel. We explained what had happened and he was nothing less than brilliant. He came to our hotel, collected us, provided us with a bottle of cold water and took us to the salt mines. This guy was exceptional, the mines were brilliant and the driver waited for us but kept telling us not to rush and to take our time and see everything. He literally sat and waited in his car the whole time. He then offered to drop us off anywhere in Krakow. Salt Mines themselves were exceptional and i would highly recommend them to anyone but if you are going to Auschwitz, DONT book a guide just buy a guide book and go alone.
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Jamie
Mar 17, 2023
Good - Never got too salt mine because driver never turned up in morning other than that was good and overall a experience thanks
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