Explore the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine on a guided tour from Krakow or choose to meet in Wieliczka. Walk the labyrinthine passages, marvel at the chapels and chambers, and be wowed by the statues and art installations of the mine. Let your guide take you down winding corridors and into salt caves. Enjoy transportation from Krakow or choose to meet in Wieliczka, then descend 800 stairs to a depth of 135 meters to enter what feels like an underground salt city. Be awed by chambers of salt sculptures, art exhibitions, and old machinery from the days when it was a functioning salt mine. See how salt was extracted as you learn about the space's history from your guide. Pause to listen to the unique acoustic properties which come from the nature of the space. Hear how Chopin sounds in this environment, accompanied by spectacular underground lighting. Learn about the health properties of the salt mine as you tour its multiple chambers. At the conclusion of your experience, head back to the vehicle for transportation back to Krakow.

Book this skip-the-line entrance ticket to Wieliczka Salt Mine and meet your local guide in front of the entrance. Follow him through the underground historic city as you learn about the major health benefits of visiting the salt mine because of its special climate and microelement-filled air. The Wieliczka Salt Mine dates back to medieval times and has a history of around 9 centuries of salt exploitation. The tourist route through the mine is located 135-meters (about 443-feet) underground and is accessible by stairs or by elevator.

Visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of Poland’s top attractions that's on UNESCO's World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage. The half-day skip-the-line tour departs from Krakow. Learn about the salt mine that is the best-preserved site of its type in the world. Opened in the 13th century, it has been in continuous operation since that time. Explore some of the 300 kilometers of hallways extending over 9 levels and reaching depths of 327 meters. See the chambers and chapels in the mine's underground city, including the famous St. Kinga Chapel, visited each year by more than a million tourists from all over the world.

Step inside the Wieliczka Salt Mine and admire the salt sculptures, chambers, and tunnels in this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hear the story behind the mine from your guide and descend 140 meters. Begin your trip at your accommodation where an English-speaking tour leader will collect you.  Drive to Wieliczka Salt Mine which is about 40 minutes away. Arrive at Wieliczka and descend the 378 stairs 64 meters down to Level 1. Your guide will brief you about safety regulations in the mine. After this, your English-speaking guide will take you 140 meters further underground for a 2.5-hour tour route that is almost 3 kilometers long. Discover many unique chambers with amazing carvings and statues made of salt. At the end of the route, explore the souvenir shop and snack bar. From here, return to the surface by the high-speed lift.

Skip the lines and visit one of the world’s most remarkably preserved mines, the Wieliczka Salt Mine, on this trip from Krakow. Dating back to the 13th century, this mine produced table salt up until the year 2007 and was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978. Lying on nine levels, the mine’s original excavations stretch for the total of 300 kilometers and reach a depth of up to 327 meters. Descend into the mine by a staircase (380 steps) to the 1st level (at a depth of 64 meters) and return to the surface by lift from the 3rd level (at a depth of 135 meters). You can marvel at the Wieliczka Mine’s impressive corridors as well as its remarkable statues and figures. Carved into walls of rock salt by miners, or sculpted from dissolved salt by contemporary artists, these works of art help to describe the rich past of this historic site. The mine also has a long tradition of tourism attracting famous visitors such as Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Frederic Chopin. Take in the history of this important historic site, before taking the short trip back to Krakow.

Visit one of the world’s oldest working salt mines that has been producing table salt for over 700 years! Your English-speaking guide will take you 140 meters underground on a 2.5-hour journey into the Wieliczka Salt Mine. The more than 2.5-kilometers long route is full of chambers with amazing carvings, statues, mining machines, and equipment, where everything is made of salt. To reach the first level of the mine, which is 64 meters underground, you have to descend a wooden stairway with 378 stairs. At the end of the tour, you’ll travel to the surface by elevator. Over the centuries, miners developed a tradition of carving sculptures out of the rock salt. You’ll find entire underground churches, altars, and dozens of life-size statues on 9 underground levels. There’s an underground museum and special-purpose chambers, including a sanatorium for those suffering from respiratory ailments. The Chapel of the Blessed Kinga is the largest of the chapels, and is located more than 100 meters underground. There’s also a subterranean lake that’s been open to visitors since the early days of mining operations.

Tour Leader will assist you with entrance to the museum. Sightseeing takes place 135 m below the surface. Get ready to walk down 800 stairs to get to the starting point. The tour takes up to 3 hours. Channel your inner miner, exploring the depths of underground chambers, churches, and altars made of salt. After a 2.5 km walk with a licensed guide provided by the museum, you'll return to the surface with an original elevator used by the miners. The Wieliczka Salt Mine reaches a depth of 327 meters and extends via horizontal passages and chambers for over 287 kilometers (178 miles). The rock salt is naturally of varying shades of grey, resembling unpolished granite rather than the white crystalline substance that might be expected.

Starting at the Wieliczka Salt Mine main gate, an English-speaking tour guide will hand you your entrance ticket and your tour will begin. The group will then descend the 378 stairs 64 meters down to level 1, where you will receive a brief explanation about safety regulations in the mine. Following this, your English-speaking guide will take you 140 meters deeper underground for a 2.5-hour tour almost 3 kilometers in length. The tour consists of a regular tourist route during which you will discover long corridors, unique chambers with amazing carvings, and statues made of salt. You will hear of the legend of St. Kinga and see her amazing underground chapel, as your guide explains to you the miners' daily routines. You will have an opportunity to get to know everything about salt extraction whilst hearing stories about past times when salt was referred to as "white gold". At the conclusion of the route you will be granted time to explore the souvenir shop and snack bar, and from there you will return to the surface with the high-speed lift.

Our host will help you find your group and enter the museum. The tour takes place 135 meters below the surface. Get ready to go down 800 steps to get to the mine. Sightseeing takes up to 3 hours. Following your guide, you will explore the depths of underground chambers, churches, and altars made of salt. After a more than 2.5-kilometer guided walk, you will return to the surface in the original elevator used by the miners. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is 327 meters deep and extends over 287 kilometers (178 miles) through horizontal corridors and chambers. The rock salt is naturally different shades of gray, reminiscent of rough granite rather than the white crystalline substance that would be expected.

Każda z tras przenosi nas w odległe czasy, pozwalając lepiej zrozumieć trud i znój ludzi tutaj mieszkających. Daje też obraz potęgi i wartości soli, która wpłynęła na kształtowanie się handlu, rzemiosła, turystyki i szkolnictwa. Pozwala zrozumieć, dlaczego Wieliczka po licznych wojnach, epidemiach i pożarach ciągle wracała do swojej świetności. Zwiedzanie Wieliczki z przewodnikiem jest uzupełnieniem zwiedzania Kopalni Soli i daje całościowy obraz tego niesamowitego miasta, które od wieków żyje nie tylko na powierzchni, ale również na kilku poziomach pod ziemią. Podczas wspólnego zwiedzania poznacie najstarsze zabytki. np. Zamek Żupny, Szyb Regis czy Kościół św. Klemensa. Dowiecie się, jak wyglądała praca górników, codzienne życie mieszkańców, jak rozwijał się handel i rzemiosło, jakie fortuny wyrosły na wielickiej soli. Wieliczka z przewodnikiem to niezapomniane spotkanie ze średniowieczną historią miasta. To w tamtych czasach dwie najważniejsze zmiany wprowadzone przez Kazimierza Wielkiego, na długie wieki ukształtowały miasto i pracę kopalni soli. Zachęcam do zaplanowania przyjazdu do Wieliczki tak, aby oprócz Kopalni Soli znalazł się czas na poznanie miasta i jego bogatej historii. Do spacerów po Wieliczce podchodzę z wielkim zaangażowaniem i pasją.