Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour

The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine is one of the most valuable monuments of material and spiritual culture in Poland and is the product of multiple generations of miners who hand-carved it from blocks of salt. Suffice to say, this subterranean world of pits, tunnels and huge rooms have to be seen to be believed!

The first tourist trail in Wieliczka was established as early as the turn of the 19th century and a few hundred years later the salt mine was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (1978).

Nowadays the route consists of 20 monumental chambers joined by 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometres) of pathways although the whole underground labyrinth stretches over 9 levels and descends 327 meters below the surface of the Earth.

Your guided tour takes you from 210 to 440 feet (approximately 64 to 135 meters) down, passing through galleries and chambers where traces of mining activity have been preserved. Along the way, you will also see many examples of sacred art and themed compositions relating to the history of the mine and legends. 

One of the undoubted highlights is the spectacular Chapel of the Blessed Kinga - a huge, underground church where everything, from the chandeliers to the altarpieces, has been chiselled out of salt. Spectacular!

Also, don't miss the world's largest mining heritage museum with a collection encompassing unique pieces of mining equipment reflecting the development of mining techniques from the Middle Ages until today.