Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour From Cracow - Hotel Pickup
Why Choose Us?
When visiting the Wieliczka Salt Mine, you’re exploring a truly exceptional destination—but ask yourself, will you return?
We understand that for most, this is a once-in-a-trip experience, and that’s why we focus on making your visit unforgettable. With Discover Cracow, you’re choosing Krakow’s largest and most trusted tour operator, ensuring every moment of your journey is exceptional:
- Personalized Communication: From booking confirmation to the tour’s conclusion, we’re here every step of the way. Using WhatsApp, we provide instant confirmations, tour reminders, and answers to any questions you might have. Before the tour, you’ll receive clear details and can join a dedicated group with your tour leader, who is available to assist with anything you need.
- Largest tour operator in the city: 175,000 tourists book with us annually. Don’t just take our word for it - our reviews speak for themselves. Years of experience have taught us that your experience is our top priority, and we know exactly how to deliver it.
- Comfortable, Hassle-Free Transport: Start your journey with a convenient hotel pick-up, relax in our air-conditioned coach, and enjoy interesting insights shared by your tour leader during the ride to Wieliczka.
- Expert Local Guides: Let an official Wieliczka guide bring history and art to life as you explore the mine.
With Discover Cracow it is hassle-free experience. Just relax knowing every detail of your journey is handled by our professional team. From transport to expert-guided tours, we take care of everything.
When you choose us, you’re choosing a team dedicated to delivering a meaningful, once-in-a-lifetime experience.
What’s Included
- Round-trip transport: Comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle from Krakow to Wieliczka and back.
- Convenient hotel pick-up: Enjoy the convenience of a hotel pick-up in Krakow, making your journey to Wieliczka effortless and stress-free.
- English-speaking driver and tour leader: Friendly assistance during your journey.
- Entry tickets: Pre-booked, no waiting in lines.
- Official Wieliczka guide: A licensed expert to lead your tour inside the mine.
- Tour leader insights: Care and engaging commentary during your ride
Guided Tour Itinerary
Tour Details
Explore the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine on a Guided Tour from Krakow.
Explore the maze-like tunnels, filled with fascinating chapels, rooms, and captivating artwork carved from salt deep within the mine. Your guide will lead you through the winding paths, revealing hidden caves made of salt for you to discover and marvel at.
Descend 800 stairs to reach a depth of 135 meters, immersing yourself in what feels like an entire underground city made of salt. Explore chambers adorned with salt sculptures, art displays, and vintage machinery harking back to its operational days as a salt mine.
Discover the fascinating process of salt extraction as your guide shares insights into the mine's rich history. Take a moment to appreciate the unique acoustics of the space, where even the music of Chopin resonates in harmony with spectacular underground lighting.
Learn about the therapeutic properties of salt as you traverse through various chambers. As your experience draws to a close, return to Krakow via convenient transportation, enriched by the unforgettable journey through the depths of the salt mine.
About Salt Mine
Amazing underground labirynth, one of the most precious Polish monuments. UNESCO World Heritage you can’t miss.
- Unforgettable experience and must-do in Krakow
- UNESCO World Heritage
- World’s largest mining heritage
- Beneficial microclimate for health
About Salt Mine
As you may know, salt has healing properties, so take a deep breath and feel refreshed during your visit.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, dating back to the 13th century, is one of the world's oldest salt mines near Cracow. Descending almost 327 meters underground, it stretches over 287 kilometers. During your two-hour guided tour in English, explore 20 salt chambers and learn about medieval salt extraction and famous visitors from the past.
Besides admiring magnificent timber constructions, an underground salt lake, chambers, and majestic corridors, your sightseeing tour will also have a positive effect on your health. Get ready for an amazing trip to Wieliczka Salt Mine!
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site alongside Auschwitz Birkenau Museum, don't miss the opportunity to explore both.
Check out the Auschwitz Tour for more details.
Other Wieliczka Salt Mine options:
Wieliczka Salt Mine Regulations
- Please mind that the tour begins with climbing down 380 steps and the regular tour does not include the lift that takes you down
- Please, wear comfortable shoes - the tour requires a lot of walking
- The regular Salt Mine tour requires lots of walking and climbing stairs. If you have trouble walking you should consider taking the special route for physically challenged tourists. It is easier and shorter and we can organize it for you - you just need to choose the Wieliczka Salt Mine tour with private transport and inform our booking department that you want to attend the shorter Route. If you are a person using a wheelchair it is the only possible way of visiting the Salt Mine.
- The temperature in Salt Mine is around 14 degrees so please take a jacket with you
Terms & Conditions
- To receive a discount the participant is required to show a valid ID confirming the age of the participant (students are required to have a valid Student ID).
- Please arrive at the designated pick - up point at least 5 minutes before departure time.
- Minor delays (circa 20 minutes) are possible due to traffic conditions in Krakow.
Faq
It takes around 30 minutes to get to the Wieliczka Salt Mine
The entire tour from pickup to drop off takes approximately 4,5 hours. The sightseeing itself takes around 2,5 hours.
The regular Salt Mine tour does not include the lift to get down. After the tour, the group is taken by lift to the surface.
