Wieliczka Salt Mine: Group Guided Tour From Krakow
Your tour begins in Krakow, where you’re picked up directly from your hotel. Journey to the Wieliczka Salt Mine and, upon arriving, make the descent 440 feet (135 meters) below ground, passing through tunnels and chambers on three levels. Travel through each unique chamber with your guide, learning the history behind the centuries-old salt mine. Hear the legend of the Hungarian princess, Kinga, whose dowry included the salt mines when she married Boleslaw the Shy over 700 years ago. Explore the ornate Chapel of the Blessed Kinga, with altarpieces and chandeliers made from natural salt deposits, and visit an underground salt-mining exhibition. The last stop on your visit to the mine is the souvenir shop and snack bar. From here, shoot back up to the surface in a high-speed lift, where you will be returned to your Krakow hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Opt to include pickup and drop-off from your Krakow hotel
- ✓Choose from a morning or afternoon tour to suit your schedule
- ✓Go beyond the guidebooks with insightful commentary from your guide
- ✓Beat ticket stress with included admission
What you'll see & do
- ✓Magnificent chambers chiselled out in rock salt. Amazing underground saline lakes, majestic timber constructions and unique statues sculpted in salt. Almost 3 kilometres of meandering corridors, 800 steps to climb of which 350 have to be descended to reach the depth of 135 meters underground. Thus it is no surprise that till now, the Tourist Route, the main visiting route of the mine has been visited by 43,026,898 tourists from around the whole world in search of adventures.
What's included
- ✓Local live guide and entrance ticket.
- ✓Elevator ride to the ground level on exit.
- ✓Headsets to hear the guide clearly.
- ✓Air-conditioned vehicle.
- ✓Tour escort/host.
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Food and drinks, unless specified
- ✓The tour does not include the lift that takes you down.
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
DEPARTURE POINT Choice of pickup from our main tour departure point or selected hotels all over Krakow. If you do not require hotel pickup, or your hotel cannot be serviced, you must make your own way to the main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/. Check-in at this location is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.
PICKUP SERVICE Our pickup service is available from selected hotels all over Krakow. Depending on the location of the hotel, the pickup service will be between 30–50 minutes before the tour departure time
RETURN to the center of Krakow at 2 Wielopole Street
The tour does not include the lift that takes you down
The guided walk through Wieliczka Salt Mine consists of 20 monumental chambers joined by 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) of pathways. Visitors entering the Wieliczka Salt Mine descend a 380-step staircase to Level 1 (64 meters below ground level). This walk is not strenuous and can be undertaken in ordinary footwear, however we ask you consider the walk and 380-step staircase when booking this tour. The return to the surface will be by lift up the Danilowicz Shaft, from Level 3 (135 meters below ground level)
Children must be accompanied by an adult
The maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the main cannot exceed dimensions: 35x20x20 cm
The temperature in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, though constant is low (14C or 57F). That is why even in summer, warm clothes should be worn
DEPARTURE POINT Choice of pickup from our main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/ or selected hotels all over Krakow. If you do not require hotel pickup, or your hotel cannot be serviced, you must make your own way to the main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/. Check-in at this location is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time. PICKUP SERVICE Our pickup service is available from selected hotels all over Krakow. Depending on the location of the hotel, the pickup service will be between 30–50 minutes before the tour departure time. Please enquire at your hotel reception desk regarding the pickup time and the possibility of a pickup. RETURN DETAILS Regardless of whether you have chosen the pick-up option or the main meeting point, you will be dropped off at the end of the tour to the center of Krakow at 2 Wielopole Street.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Wieliczka Salt Mine: Group Guided Tour From Krakow
Your tour begins in Krakow, where you’re picked up directly from your hotel. Journey to the Wieliczka Salt Mine and, upon arriving, make the descent 440 feet (135 meters) below ground, passing through tunnels and chambers on three levels. Travel through each unique chamber with your guide, learning the history behind the centuries-old salt mine. Hear the legend of the Hungarian princess, Kinga, whose dowry included the salt mines when she married Boleslaw the Shy over 700 years ago. Explore the ornate Chapel of the Blessed Kinga, with altarpieces and chandeliers made from natural salt deposits, and visit an underground salt-mining exhibition. The last stop on your visit to the mine is the souvenir shop and snack bar. From here, shoot back up to the surface in a high-speed lift, where you will be returned to your Krakow hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Opt to include pickup and drop-off from your Krakow hotel
- ✓Choose from a morning or afternoon tour to suit your schedule
- ✓Go beyond the guidebooks with insightful commentary from your guide
- ✓Beat ticket stress with included admission
What you'll see & do
- ✓Magnificent chambers chiselled out in rock salt. Amazing underground saline lakes, majestic timber constructions and unique statues sculpted in salt. Almost 3 kilometres of meandering corridors, 800 steps to climb of which 350 have to be descended to reach the depth of 135 meters underground. Thus it is no surprise that till now, the Tourist Route, the main visiting route of the mine has been visited by 43,026,898 tourists from around the whole world in search of adventures.
What's included
- ✓Local live guide and entrance ticket.
- ✓Elevator ride to the ground level on exit.
- ✓Headsets to hear the guide clearly.
- ✓Air-conditioned vehicle.
- ✓Tour escort/host.
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Food and drinks, unless specified
- ✓The tour does not include the lift that takes you down.
Good to know
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
DEPARTURE POINT Choice of pickup from our main tour departure point or selected hotels all over Krakow. If you do not require hotel pickup, or your hotel cannot be serviced, you must make your own way to the main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/. Check-in at this location is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.
PICKUP SERVICE Our pickup service is available from selected hotels all over Krakow. Depending on the location of the hotel, the pickup service will be between 30–50 minutes before the tour departure time
RETURN to the center of Krakow at 2 Wielopole Street
The tour does not include the lift that takes you down
The guided walk through Wieliczka Salt Mine consists of 20 monumental chambers joined by 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) of pathways. Visitors entering the Wieliczka Salt Mine descend a 380-step staircase to Level 1 (64 meters below ground level). This walk is not strenuous and can be undertaken in ordinary footwear, however we ask you consider the walk and 380-step staircase when booking this tour. The return to the surface will be by lift up the Danilowicz Shaft, from Level 3 (135 meters below ground level)
Children must be accompanied by an adult
The maximum size of backpacks or handbags brought into the main cannot exceed dimensions: 35x20x20 cm
The temperature in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, though constant is low (14C or 57F). That is why even in summer, warm clothes should be worn
DEPARTURE POINT Choice of pickup from our main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/ or selected hotels all over Krakow. If you do not require hotel pickup, or your hotel cannot be serviced, you must make your own way to the main tour departure point: Parking Kiss&Ride (2 Wielopole street) next to the Main Post Office /Poczta Glowna/. Check-in at this location is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time. PICKUP SERVICE Our pickup service is available from selected hotels all over Krakow. Depending on the location of the hotel, the pickup service will be between 30–50 minutes before the tour departure time. Please enquire at your hotel reception desk regarding the pickup time and the possibility of a pickup. RETURN DETAILS Regardless of whether you have chosen the pick-up option or the main meeting point, you will be dropped off at the end of the tour to the center of Krakow at 2 Wielopole Street.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.