# Salzwelten Hallstatt

Activity company en Hallstatt

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/companies/salzwelten

## Who they are

Salzwelten GmbH is the company that opens Austria's historic salt mines to the public. It has three sites: Hallstatt, with its office at Salzbergstraße 21; Altaussee, in the Styrian Salzkammergut; and Hallein, near Salzburg. Its star mine is the one at Hallstatt, which it presents as the oldest salt mine in the world, with about 7,000 years of exploitation, within the Salzkammergut landscape declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.

## What it offers in Hallstatt

The ascent starts at the valley station with the Salzbergbahn funicular, modern and barrier-free, to the upper Hallstatt valley. There a panoramic lift takes you to the Skywalk "World Heritage View", the viewpoint that juts out over the lake, and from the bridge you walk about 15 minutes uphill to the Knappenhaus, the miners' house, where the tour starts. Underground you walk about 2 km with a guide, go down on the mine train, slide down the miners' slides (there are stairs with handrails for those who don't want to) and reach an underground salt lake. The guided tour lasts about 90 minutes; with the funicular and the walk, allow at least two and a half hours. Up top is the Weitblick 7000 restaurant, with a terrace and regional cooking, and you can walk down by a path instead of taking the funicular.

## The practicalities

Inside the mine it is between 7 and 10 °C: bring a coat and sturdy footwear. At the entrance you are lent compulsory protective clothing, which also serves for the slides. Children are admitted from age 4; under-4s cannot go down for safety reasons, although they travel free on the funicular. Dogs (there is a dog kennel in Hallstatt) and wheelchairs cannot enter, and it is not recommended for anyone claustrophobic. At the valley station there are lockers for 2 euros an hour, and small rucksacks can be left free at the Knappenhaus.

Normal tours are given in German and English, and there is a free audio guide in Spanish and other languages in its app Salzwelten Destination Guide, for Android and iOS.

## Hours

It is open daily almost all year. From 2 November 2026 to 6 January 2027, the last tour leaves at 14:50; from 30 January to 19 March 2027, at 14:30, and from 20 March to 31 October 2027, at 16:30. The last funicular ascent is 50 minutes before that tour. It is closed from 7 to 29 January 2027 and on 24 and 31 December.

## Tickets and how to get there

Tickets are bought in its online shop, choosing the tour time, and shown on your phone; some tours and whole days sell out. At the ticket office you can switch to another tour the same day if places remain, but nothing is cancelled or refunded on the spot. Groups can cancel free up to three days before.

The mine has no car park of its own: in Hallstatt there are only paid public car parks and there may be waits, so they ask for at least an hour's margin and recommend going by public transport with the Austrian railways' (ÖBB) combined tickets. Contact: +43 6132 200 2400, info@salzwelten.at.

## What they run

- [Hallstatt salt mine, funicular and Skywalk](https://www.geocalia.com/en/austria/upper-austria/salzkammergut/things-to-do/hallstatt-salt-mine), in Salzkammergut. Salt mine with return funicular. Desde 49 € adult. 3 h. Ages 4 and up. Children aged 4 to 15, €23. Funicular only, €29; mine only, walking up, €33. Free audio guide in Spanish via app

Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.

## Practical details

- Phone: +43 6132 200 2400

## Contact

- Web: https://www.salzwelten.at/en/hallstatt/
- Coordenadas: 47.562, 13.643