Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour with Skip The Line Entrance Ticket

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

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  Wieliczka Salt Mine

  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 descends the 378 stairs 64 meters down to Level 1 where gets briefly explenations about safety regulations in the mine. English-speaking guide takes you 140 meters further underground for a 2.5-hour tour that is 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 the legend of St. Kinga and see her amazing underground chapel. The guide will explain miner's daily routine, hard and dangerous, underwork struggles. You will have an opportunity to get to know everything about salt extraction and hear the stories about times where salt was called white gold. At the end of the route you will explore the souvenir shop and snack bar. From there, return to the surface with the high-speed lift.

  Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• The temperature underground falls within the range of 14–16ºC and therefore it is recommended to bring warm clothing even in the summer
• The maximum dimensions of hand luggage which can be brought on the tour is 35cm x 20cm x 20cm
• Not recommended for travelers with claustrophobia
• Not recommended for travelers with walking difficulties

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