Next on the agenda wa the salt mine at Wieliczka,just before we set off the lady who ran the hotel we were staying at gave us a tip about the parking there, and told us we need to take no notice of parking attendants waving you into the car parks, and drive past them to the last car park as that one is free, saved us about 8 euro.
The mine buildings above ground are very well kept and spotless, and there is an area thats laid out as a park that people were using as a picnic area, all very clean.
You have to have a guide to go down into the mine, you just pay for your ticket and queue up at the station for the language you need, they run at 30 minute intervals so not a great wait. To get down into the mine you have to walk down 380 steep steps, once at the bottom the tour begins where you will be walking a total of 3km, its been a working mine for almost 900 years so it has plenty of history, not to mention all the fantastic sculptures you see and the massive chambers and structures that hold the place together, it is a worthy world heritage site, and if you visit Krakow put half a day aside to visit the mine i dont think it will dissapoint.
The mine buildings above ground are very well kept and spotless, and there is an area thats laid out as a park that people were using as a picnic area, all very clean.
You have to have a guide to go down into the mine, you just pay for your ticket and queue up at the station for the language you need, they run at 30 minute intervals so not a great wait. To get down into the mine you have to walk down 380 steep steps, once at the bottom the tour begins where you will be walking a total of 3km, its been a working mine for almost 900 years so it has plenty of history, not to mention all the fantastic sculptures you see and the massive chambers and structures that hold the place together, it is a worthy world heritage site, and if you visit Krakow put half a day aside to visit the mine i dont think it will dissapoint.