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Guided tour to Salt Mine & Schindler Factory with Pick-Up Options

By Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect
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Overview

Explore Wieliczka Salt Mine with a 4.5-hour guided tour from Krakow. See one of the oldest salt mines in the world, dating back to the 13th century. This unique underground complex of chambers and chapels, carved entirely in salt, has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage sites list. You'll have 2.5 hours at the mine, enough time to visit all the wonders of Wieliczka with your professional guide. Guided tour at the mine will be done with a maximum of 35 people. Afterwards, experience Oskar Schindler's Factory, a site of a museum dedicated to the man who saved thousands of Jewish people during World War II.

Activity location

  • Krakow
    • Krakow, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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What's included, what's not

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    Headsets to hear the guide clearly
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    Hotel pickup if option with hotel pick up selected
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    Professional guide in Salt Mine & Schindler's factory
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    Transport by air-conditioned minivan or minibus
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    Tour leader assistance
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    Wi-Fi access

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Temperatures in Wieliczka Salt Mine are around 15ºC.
  • At the entrance, visitors descend 400 steps down and the whole tourist route features over 800 stairs. Narrow paths in the Salt Mine can seem claustrophobic and there is no possibility to shorten your visit and turn back.
  • In the Salt Mine taking photos and filming is possible only after purchasing an additional pass, which costs 10zł PLN or €2,5 EURO in cash only.
  • There are no restrictions regarding the age of children in the Salt Mine, but they should be either capable of walking unassisted or carried in baby slings or baby carriers. Baby pushchairs are not allowed underground.
  • Exhibition halls in Schindler’s Factory are wheelchair accessible.
  • Your hand luggage should be in a reasonable size and your larger luggage should be left in the car.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Krakow

  • 40m
Our tour starts with transport from Krakow, either from your specified hotel or a meeting point of your choice. Salt Mine is located in Wieliczka, approximately 40 minutes away (20 km). All of our drivers hold the necessary EU certifications for passenger transport. A friendly, English-speaking group leader will be available to assist you whenever needed. On-site you'll be introduced to a professional local guide, licensed by the Salt Mine.

Wieliczka Salt Mine

  • 2h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Visit the Wieliczka Salt Mine, one of Poland’s top attractions that's on UNESCO's World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage. The half-day skip-the-line tour departs from Krakow. Learn about the salt mine that is the best-preserved site of its type in the world. Opened in the 13th century, it has been in continuous operation since that time. Explore some of the 300 kilometres of hallways extending over 9 levels and reaching depths of 327 metres. See the chambers and chapels in the mine's underground city, including the famous St. Kinga Chapel, visited each year by more than a million tourists from all over the world.

Krakow

  • 40m
At the end of the tour, you won’t be rushed. You’ll have at least a 15-minute break. After another 40 minutes of travel, you will be taken to Schinder's Factory Museum.

Muzeum Krakowa, oddzial Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera

  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Driver will leave you in front of the museum, where tour guide will wait for you. Oskar Schindler’s Factory will show you the storey of a man who devoted himself to save lives of Jewish people. What’s more, the museum represents Krakow from the World War II period and due to interactive exhibitions you can feel as you were walking the streets of old-time Krakow!

Location

Activity location

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    Krakow
    • Krakow, Poland

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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