Salt Mine Guided Tour from Krakow (hotel pick up)
Overview
Available languages
4 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Visit the Salt Mine in Wieliczka. Discover one of the oldest mines in the world thanks to the help of a professional guide speaking in your language. Admire the underground lakes and sculptures in rock salt, traverse the maze of corridors and learn mining history from your guide. Explore the Salt Mine, place written by UNESCO on the first World Heritage List. Use the transport from your hotel and booking service without waiting in queues. Travel by comfortable air-conditioned vehicle from Krakow.
• Service door to door from Krakow are provided
• No need to buy tickets on site - admission is included
• Learn about history of salt mining from your guide
REMEMBER !
Visiting the Salt Mine takes place in groups of up to 30 people.
Additional Info
Specialized infant seats are available
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
NOT accessibility for small scooter, crutches, cane, walking frame
Not recommended for people with reduced mobility
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Individual entrance ticket to the Salt Mine
Helpful driver at your disposal during the tour
Hotel pickup and drop off
Round-trip transportation from Krakow
Professional english language speaking guide
Lunch
Private guide
What To Expect
Krakow
Your tour begins with transportation from Krakow to the Wieliczka Town where there is a salt mine. Pickup by car or minivan from a pre-determined place (hotel or other place that you choose) at a specified date and time. Transport takes about 30 minutes.
Wieliczka Salt Mine
As part of the visit, you will receive an individual entrance ticket to the salt mine and a professional yours language speaking guide. The guide is available in one of the selected languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian. Visiting the Salt Mine takes place in groups of up to 30 people. You will also receive a set of headphones during your tour. The mine has 9 levels, underground. During the tour you will learn about the history of salt mining in particular historical periods. With a guide, you will visit a maze of corridors and a complex of thematic chambers where there are numerous sculptures, chapels carved into the rock and an underground lake. Feel the unique microclimate of the mine, which is ideal for people suffering from asthma and allergies, and feel the benefits for your health. After completing the tour you will return with an elevator to the ground. After the sightseeing, you will return to the parking lot where your driver will be waiting for you.
Options
transfer only- no entry ticket
transfer only- no entry ticket: The option includes hotel pickup and round-trip transportation. This option does not include entry tickets to the Salt Mine.
Pickup included
Polish Guided Tour
Pickup included
English Guided Tour
The exact pickup time: for the tour depends on the location of your accommodation in Krakow. Hotel / Apartment
Pickup included
Reviews
242 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
One of a Kind Experience
Agnieszka K,
Jul 8, 2025
- Viator
5.00Pick-up from the hotel was right on time—down to the minute. The service was excellent throughout. The tour of the Salt Mine was incredibly well organized and efficient. We spent about 1.5 to 2 hours walking underground, surrounded by healing salt air—it truly makes your lungs feel great! A unique and memorable experience.
Saltmines
Janette L,
Jul 7, 2025
- Viator
5.00The saltmines Tour itself was absolutely amazing. Our Driver Matthew picked us up on time and was very knowledgeable and informative about Polish history and Krakow. Well worth doing this tour highly recommended. Travelling as family of 4 with 2 teenagers from Ireland.
Professional and polite transport service; mine tour disappointing
Maia G,
Jul 7, 2025
- Viator
4.00The company operating the transfer service does not conduct the actual mine tour. Transport was professional and polite. The driver provided the tickets, and the van was nice and clean. The tour itself was interesting but I was disappointed that it was very focused on the sculptures, legends and stories, and the fact that everything in the mine is made of salt, and there was almost no factual narrative history or description of mining technology and how it changed over time. The visual features were very interesting but I learned more about the history of the mine reading Wikipedia afterwards. If you are the kind of traveler who is interested in museums and historical sights, this tour will probably leave you unsatisfied. There is a museum at the site, but the itinerary of the transport did not leave time to visit it. If you want to visit the museum you need to plan much longer than the four hours allotted in this booking.
Well Worth A Visit
Alison B,
Jul 3, 2025
- Viator
5.00Fab driver - Kacpar - and a really interesting tour around the Salt Mine. Very well thought out, didn’t feel at all claustrophobic, lovely guide Magdalena.
Nice, fairly short trip...
Linda W,
Jun 27, 2025
- Viator
4.00Nice, fairly short trip from Krakow and absolutely worth it. The things that were created in the salt mine are almost impossible to believe until you see them. The guides at the salt mine were really good but it was very crowded, and we weren't even there in the height of tourist season.
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