Fantastic place to visit and certainly one of the highlights of our trip. Excellent service from the tour company in ensuring the trip went smoothly and supplying Damian as our guide, as he was very courteous and professional throughout, a real credit to the company. The salt mine tour takes you through the centuries of life below ground, and the mind blowing achievements of the people who work here very courageously. A must see if visiting Krakow! The tour guide allocated to us at the mine was so knowledgeable and friendly.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Round-trip transport by private, air-conditioned car
- Guided Tour in Choosen Language
- Professional driver
Excludes
- Gratuities
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
Itinerary
After a roughly 30-minute drive, arrive at the UNESCO-listed mine, leave your driver, and join a guided group tour of this 700-year-old complex of salt-cut tunnels and chambers. Then, with a guide leading the way, delve into the subterranean corridors, halls and chambers. As you walk, learn about the reputedly health-giving microclimate of this underground complex, and admire the salt-carved monuments and figurines that line the galleries and depict the characters, legends and events associated with the mine's history. Along the way, enter the magnificent Chapel of St Kinga – a subterranean church decorated with an altarpiece and chandeliers that are all hand-sculpted from salt. Listen fascinated as your guide recounts how it took two men more than 30 years to create this glittering underground sanctuary. Having explored to a depth of 443 feet (135 meters), ride the elevator back to the surface. Then, bid farewell to your group and meet back up with your private driver.
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Reviews
Loved the salt mine so much! Very fascinating and fun. Damien was also an exceptional guide, would 100% recommend and book again!
Great experience, our guide on the coach, Damian gave us lots of information and tips whilst on route. It was a lovely place to visit, with beautiful salt sculptures and the workings of the mine. It was a very informative 2.5hr tour with plenty to see. We were in a small group of 27 which was perfect!
Damian was a brilliant guide. He was very friendly, polite and attentive. Overall he made it a very enjoyable and positive experience:)
Damian was a nice guide, we spent a nice day and a nice expirience
We had a wonderful trip to the Salt Mines in Poland. The mines were absolutely incredible, with stunning underground chambers, fascinating history, and beautiful salt sculptures. It was a truly unique experience and one of the highlights of our visit. A special thank you to Damian, our transfer guide, who made the journey smooth and stress-free from start to finish. He was friendly, professional, organised, and always happy to help with any questions. His excellent communication and positive attitude helped make the whole experience enjoyable and relaxing. The Salt Mines are a must-see attraction, and having someone as reliable and welcoming as Damian looking after the transfers made the day even better. Highly recommended. Thank you, Damian, for helping to make our trip so memorable! 😊🇵🇱✨
Damian was charming and professional and saw that we were well looked after.
We visited the salt mines and had a good experience with Damien. He was personable, helpful and organized.
Interesting trip. Host Damien very helpful as well as museum instructor
Everything would be perfect except of the cheating the customers by Headout web site. The name of the product is purposely ment to confuse the customer and when the customer buys the product then at the meeting point he finds out that he needs to pay another money for the entrance fee.
Great experience, Lucas is been extremely helpful. A great addiction to the companyz
The Discover Cracow driver was very professional and informative. Kacper helped us with all our tour details and met us after the tour in the Salt mine. He was very personable and concerned for our welfare. He responded quickly to all messages we sent and took care of all the details. This was a great trip!
Yusuf sweet young man, very helpful, we could not find the meeting point, he was so helpful and patience
The private pick up was a few minutes late from our hotel ( privately purchased as an add on ) but this was not a problem as we were in constant Wattsapp communication with Lucas. Once at the bus station it was only a short 30 minute drive to the mine. It was well organised and structured. The mine was about a 2 1/2 hours trip underground. Lots of walking and interesting facts. The guide was good and overall it was well worth seeing. Postives: Good value for money, Lucas was providing good communication and information with everyone days before the start. Negatives: I was constantly messaged and emailed multiple times to buy a packed lunch. This was not neccessary as there was food and drink available throughout the tour. We purchased 2 packed lunches for 100 ZL. They were nice but not really neccessary. Dont bother with the packed lunch.
Jona was amazing well organised and informative trip
Jake was a really good guide. Really enjoyed the tour
We booked via the travel agents so so got the tour and pick up as part of a package deal - possibly cheaper than if we did it ourselves. But fair warning, the tour is popular so you should pre-book the tour before the day. We met up at the central bus station in Krakow. The journey was short but unfortunately for us it was raining on the day. The bus guide, Natalia, was informative on what would happen when we got there. We parked and walked a short way up some stairs to some gazebos and we told we would have a short break to buy some things before we entered as when we left we needed to go straight back to the coach so would not have time later. Our bus guide showed us that there were free toilets to the right of the entrance we could use before going in. My only issue was that because of the rain and the amount of visitors, I struggled to hear our guide giving the instructions on where to go. There was a bit of waiting around and standing before we entered the mine proper as they were working to a time table. Our mine guide, Olga, was very good and informative. Well worth the visit. Plenty of photo opportunities and our guide was quite funny. For info: there are a set of toilets halfway/towards the end of the tour, but you will have to wait and hour and a half depending on what tour (how fast or slow the tour) went before you. There are also toilets at the entrance. Would NOT go on this if you have bad knees, anckles, legs or backs! This tour is definitely for those who are physically able to walk a fair distance as well as go up AND down stairs. We brought raincoats as it was raining but we found the mines to be fairly warmish, especially after all the walking so make sure you take easily removable layers. You will have to walk a bit after exiting to get back to any organised coaches/buses. We ended up following the crowd to get back.
It’s a shame about the location, but the organization is a disaster—the guide was just as bad, and we had to wait there for an hour! I wonder why. And the sandwich was a disaster too—I threw it straight into the trash!!
This trip was incredible, very organised and Damien was very friendly and very helpful. The tour was really interesting and incredible to see. Would highly recommend
We ve struggled to find the meeting point - you should probably put up a sign 😜.
Very enjoyable experience, and excellent communication from our guide Damian from start to finish. Would definitely recommend.
Damian was our guide for the journey and he was in touch the day before with directions to out pickup. On the day he was great and very helpful. This company have been excellent and their communication is superb. Cannot recommend them highly enough
Transport and the tour went fantastic. Damian is a great tour guide and gave clear directions on what to expect and where to go for amenities.
Lucas was a lovely helpful guide and the tour guide in the moment was very well informed. Not for the infirm as lots of steps and walking but would highly recommend this tour and this company. Thank you Lucas
The salt mine tour was fantastic ,, our guide Simon was one in a million I went to the wrong pick up point (1st time in Poland) but came and got me no problem ,, open to questions and I gained valuable information about public transport etc A really good day and highly recommended
Tour guide Jake is a excellent host and guide. Tour slightly delayed for reasons beyond anyone's control. We were kept informed by WhatsApp and not just stood around guessing. Safe, clean and comfortable coach journey to and from the mine. The mine itself is spectacular. Well worth the admission price. The only slight issue was at the end. Being part of a Tour meant we were rushed through the gift shop on exiting the mine so as the the mine tour guide (not Jake!!) could get us back to the start point. Didn't spoil what was a very enjoyable day. Thanks!
Highly recommended. Lucas was a great guide and kept us entertained on the journey. Our guide through the mine was fantastic (sorry, I forget his name) but was informative, knowledgeable & answered any questions. The mines are awesome, incredible to think everything crafted out of salt.
A memorable trip and definitely worth the effort. Our guide was Lucas to the salt mines and he was excellent. He looked after us from start to finish and told us exactly what to expect at each stage so we were lucky.
Lukas was exceptional! He gave us all the right information. Thank you and Pura Vida!
The salt mines was enjoyable and overall we did have a good day. However, pick up instructions was not clear. The tour set off 30minutes late after the time stated and the pack up was not worth the money, especially given how cheap everything is to purchase.
Good experience and exhausting
Damian was amazing, me and my family loved the tour
Damian was a great guide and the salt mine was beautiful place!
Great experience 🤩 Damian was a great guide—we highly recommend him! Excellent organization.
Our guide Damian was ABSOLUTELY Marvellous. An extremely nice person, so very helpful and shared some tips about the trip at Salt Mines with us. Could not be more pleasant or helpful. The Baldwin family all rate him 10 out of 10. Much appreciated 👏
Very interesting, not too tiring!
Damian was a great guide, had complete mastery of the subjects, and taking part in the itinerary put together by the company was very important to us
Excellent informative tour, Damien was super excellent and helpfu. He kept in touch via WhatsApp prior and during tour to ensure any queries were answered. Overall a great experience .
Damien great guide. Very informative Pick up went smoothly no problems and on time from hotel Tour of the mine’s really good
Enjoyed it very much, definitely recommend it
Brilliant salt mines tour. Very good guide.
Great service with hotel pick up and our host and guide Damien was very helpful and friendly.
Damien was an exceptional guide - picking us up on time at the bus station and very friendly. Provided clear precise instructions on what would be happening and when! Thanks Damien!
Well worth it! Very comfortable and stress free! Our guide was so nice and funny!
Damian was such a helpful tour guide, made everything easy during pick up and drop off, didn’t have a single thing to worry about. The 2 hour tour itself in the mines was amazing really worth it , the sculptures are insane. Get to see the biggest underground chapel and it is a sight to see
I had a lovely time at tge mines. Damien our guide was wonderful. Before trip I got text message with details of the pick up. The pick up was in time. We were added to whats app so could stay updated. Damien was very I formative and helpful. Shared location for return point to be collected. Lovely experience. Will recommend
Really great experience & the mines were unreal
Amazing experience!!! Damian makes everything easy and as he says don’t just visit, discover Cracow.
The review is about getting there and back, because the guide was from the company operating the tours inside the mines. It’s a unique experience, much recommended
Great day and great host yusuf
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