Salt Mine sights in Europe

1. Salzwelten

   • Hallein, Austria
   • Sights › Salt mine

   The sale of salt filled Salzburg’s coffers during its princely heyday. At Austria’s biggest show mine, you can slip into a boiler suit to descend to the bowels of the earth. The tour aboard a rickety train passes through a maze of claustrophobic passageways, over the border to Germany and down a 27m slide – don’t brake, lift your legs and ask the guide to wax for extra speed! After crossing a salt lake on a wooden raft, a 42m slide brings you to the lowest point (210m underground) and back to good old Austria. Guided tours depart every half-hour. Bus 41 runs from Hallein train station hourly on weekdays, less often at weekends.

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2. Salzbergwerk

   • Hallstatt, Austria
   • Sights › Salt mine

   Situated high above Hallstatt on Salzberg (Salt Mountain) is another major cultural attraction, the fascinating Salzbergwerk. In 1734 the fully preserved body of a prehistoric miner was found and today he is known as the ‘Man in Salt’. The standard tour revolves around his fate, with visitors travelling down an underground railway and miner’s slides (a photo is taken of you while sliding) to an illuminated subterranean salt lake. Closing times given are admission for the last tour.

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