St Kinga's Chapel

Salt Mine

---

July 19th 2013
A short 40 min bus ride from Krakow is the town of Wielczka which is built around a huge salt mine, operating for 700 years, closed for extracting salt after a big flood in 1990. This was an excellent place to visit, good to buy the tickets before hand and we were glad when we came out that we’d gone for the 9am tour. All visitors have to go on a guided tour; it was a little rushed but informati ... read more

Europe » Poland » Lesser Poland » Wieliczka

---

Poland is an ancient nation that was conceived near the middle of the 10th century. Its golden age occurred in the 16th century. During the following century, the strengthening of the gentry and internal disorders weakened the nation. In a series of ... ... read more