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Krakow: Wieliczka Salt Mine Guided Tour with Hotel Pick-up option

By Krakow Tours by KrakowDirect
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is €49 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Uncover paths of the underground corridors during our half-day, 4- hour trip from Krakow where it all begins. After 30 - 40 minutes drive you will get to the Wieliczka Salt Mine and join English guide. The guide will bring you closer to the history of the place and will show you the most important places in the underground world. Guided tour in Wieliczka Salt Mine usually takes around 2 - 2.5 hrs. During the tour you will be able to visit St Kinga’s Chapel - 54 m long and almost 12 m high chapel resembles interiors of medieval wooden churches and is a real underground wonder with breathtaking chandeliers made of salt crystals, underground corridors and landscapes that cannot be seen on the surface saline lakes and beautiful underground chambers. On a standard touristic route visitor have to walk around 800 stairs - 400 at the entrance. After the tour our driver will drive you back to Krakow.

Activity location
  • Krakow
    • Krakow, Poland
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability

%%OFF%% Skip-The-Line Ticket
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Availability : This is an offer with a limited number of tickets.
Option description: Choose this option for a skip-the-line guided tour ticket to the Salt Mine
Starting point:
Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland

Language options: English
Starting time: 15:20
Price details
€48.90 x 1 Adult€48.90
Total
Price is €48.90
Skip-The-Line Ticket Only
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Option description: Choose this option for a ticket only for a Guided tour of Salt Mine. No transport is included.
Meeting point: Please arrive at the meeting point (the UNESCO monument near the Salt Mine entrance) 5 minutes before your chosen time.
Starting point:
Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland

Language options: English
Starting time: 15:20
Price details
€57.90 x 1 Adult€57.90
Total
Price is €57.90
Spanish Skip-The-Line Ticket
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • Spanish

Meeting point:: Please arrive at the meeting point (the UNESCO monument near the Salt Mine entrance) 5 minutes before your chosen time.
Option description:: Choose this option for a ticket only for a Guided tour of Salt Mine. No transport is included.
Starting point:
Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland

Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 15:15
Price details
€62.20 x 1 Adult€62.20
Total
Price is €62.20
Italian Skip-The-Line Ticket
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • Italian

Meeting point: Please arrive at the meeting point (the UNESCO monument near the Salt Mine entrance) 5 minutes before your chosen time.
Option description: Choose this option for a ticket only for a Guided tour of Salt Mine. No transport is included.
Starting point:
Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland

Language options: Italian
Starting time: 15:45
Price details
€62.20 x 1 Adult€62.20
Total
Price is €62.20
French Skip-the-line ticket
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • French

Meeting point:: Please arrive at the meeting point (the UNESCO monument near the Salt Mine entrance) 5 minutes before your chosen time.
Option description:: Choose this option for a ticket only for a Guided tour of Salt Mine. No transport is included.
Starting point:
Daniłowicza 10, 32-020 Wieliczka, Poland

Language options: French
Starting time: 11:45
Price details
€62.20 x 1 Adult€62.20
Total
Price is €62.20
Guided Tour from Meeting Point
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Option description: Choose this option for a ticket for a guided tour to Salt Mine with transport from the central meeting point.
Starting point:
Floriana Straszewskiego 17, 31-101 Kraków, Poland

Language options: English
Starting time: 14:20
Price details
€69.00 x 1 Adult€69.00
Total
Price is €69.00
Guided Tour with Hotel Pickup
  • Activity duration is 4 hours and 30 minutes4h 30m
    4h 30m
  • English

Option description: Choose this option for a ticket for a guided tour to Salt Mine with transport from your accommodation.
Pickup included

Language options: English
Starting time: 14:20
Price details
€79.00 x 1 Adult€79.00
Total
Price is €79.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Fuel surcharge and insurance
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Hotel pickup (if option wth hotel pick up selected)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Skip-the-line entrance ticket
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Permission to take photos
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transport by air-conditioned minivan
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • A moderate amount of walking is involved. The route includes over 800 stairs.
  • Not recommended for participants who become easily claustrophobic. There are some very narrow paths inside the salt mine and this may be difficult for some. Once you have begun the tour there is no possibility to shorten your visit or turn back.
  • Hand luggage should be of a reasonable size, and larger luggage should be left in the car.
  • There is no minimum age to experience the activity, however, children should be capable of walking unassisted or be carried in baby slings or baby carriers. Baby buggies are not allowed underground.
  • Temperatures in Wieliczka Salt Mine are around 15ºC or 59ºF, it is recommended that you bring a jacket
  • 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. This applies only to options: Discounted guided tour Guided Tour with Hotel Pickup Guided tour from meeting point
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 to visit a bookshop, or simply rest. After another 40 minutes of travel, you will be taken to Krakow.

Location

Activity location
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    Krakow
    • Krakow, Poland
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Floriana Straszewskiego 17
    • 17 Floriana Straszewskiego
    • 31-101, Kraków, Województwo małopolskie, Poland
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Daniłowicza 10
    • 10 Daniłowicza
    • 32-020, Wieliczka, Województwo małopolskie, Poland

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